The Party Hat (also known as the Beta Hat, Beta Testing Hat or the Beta Party Hat) is a rare head item in Club Penguin. It was available at the Town during the Beta Test Party on September 21, 2005. It was given as a reward to all the Beta Testers for their hard work during Beta Testing.
It was the first free item given away in the history of Club Penguin.
If the player talks to Sensei in the Water Dojo while wearing this, he comments "Ahh, the Beta Hat. The most ancient of all hats. I rarely wear mine."
Screenhog designed the Party Hat. He picked what he thought were "tacky party colors and put them on a classic cone hat".[1] He chose "tacky" colors when designing the item to hopefully make the item less desirable and unwanted in the future.