The Montreal-based company Do-Gree Fashions produces absolutely darling winter hats for kids with its Chaos and Moonshadow brands. Granted, children wear helmets while they are skiing or snowboarding, so you won’t typically find these head-toppers actually on the ski mountains, but I’d highly recommend them for use on any winter resort vacation where your kids might be sledding, tubing, snowshoeing or otherwise playing in the snow. These hats are fashionable and durable.

The junior-sized winter hats come in all sorts of styles: beanies, brimmed, ear-flapped trapper or Peruvian with braided tassels below the ears. Some are hand-knit or hand-crocheted, others are reversible or lined in faux fur. Some have pompoms or flowers, others have a retro look or camouflage design.

The particular kids’ knit caps that I felt in my hands (and popped on my kids’ heads) are made of soft 100% acrylic. I’m partial to any of the children’s styles that have fleece lining at the ears — this feature keeps kids cozy and warm.

This season, look for the purple, pink and orange “Lupin” Moonshadow hat ($22) my daughter is sporting in the photo below. It comes with matching knit “Garden” gloves ($16) that she gives props to for not being “itchy.” She also appreciates that there aren’t any stray strings inside to catch on her little fingers.

My son is wearing the striped pom-pom “Control” hat ($24) from Chaos that reminds me of the winter hats my brother and I wore in the late 1970s — apparently the retro style has made a comeback, because my 8-year-old thinks it’s quite hip.

Super cute for kids are the Chaos “Monsters” hats — whimsical and silly for young children. Purchase hats on the Chaos Hats website, or find a dealer near you.

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