Some of the stuff I have read about this on the internet says they are pretty easy to make with long needles from sewing stores. You have to put beads on the ends.
There is a wide selection of hat pins that are currently on the market today. They range from sports team pins to stamp pins to pins from various national parks across the country.
Tape,Flashlight,hat.
with push pins on a thin wood bord or hard styrofoam. Mark the dots before and place the pins
Hat pins kept womens hats from being blown off. They were used at the back of the hat. The lady would stick the pin into the hat and move it under her hair, then make the pin come back through the hat.
Hat pins were very popular back in the 1800's and early 1900's among the wealthy. Most of them were inlaid with jewels, and worn by wealthy women as a fashion statement.
forget I will not answer where hat pins are at.
It is then 'homemade'
There are many types of baby shower decorations that can be made at home. You can make homemade signs and hang them with close pins. You can also use diapers to make a diaper cake.
A full box has 320 pins how many full boxes can be made from 100 000 pins?
It is homemade, as in homemade bread and cakes, etc
The plug in pins on most processors are made of gold plated aluminum.
Hat pins are quite easy to find. They are available in the floral section of Micheals arts and crafts store. You can also make them for next to nothing by purchasing a a fancy pin in sewing sections of Micheals and also purchasing plastic earring holders that go on the back of fish hook earnings that protect the pins at the back.