It was after the visitation by the Smurf Of Christmas Future, when Grouchy realized that the greatest Christmas present he had was that of family, he gladly received his current Christmas present of a Smurf hat and discovered that he could use it to glide his way through the air. Most Smurfs wear white hats while Papa Smurf and Smurfwillow wear red, Grandpa Smurf and the Smurf Girls wear yellow, and Sweepy Smurf wears black. Grouchy, who was expecting to get a hang glider, was constantly disappointed in that the only gift he got was a Smurf hat, and after Jokey's prank where he was fooled into believing Papa Smurf finally came through with a hang glider, only to have another of Jokey's "surprise" pranks pulled on him, he refused to have any further participation in Christmas. after Smurfette leaves to go find another Smurf who could help her with the dam, his hat briefly comes off, revealing that Smurfs are bald. and " The Magic Pumpkin" feature Smurfs with blue and yellow magician hats, while Brainy Smurf was seen wearing a green mathematics hat in the latter episode.

In the 2011 Smurfs movie, the Smurfs use their hats as parachutes to slow their descent when leaping from the window of the Winslow's' apartment building in New York City to a nearby taxicab. In the shown picture from The Smurfs And The Magic Flute, one of the Smurfs doffs his hat to a nest of birds after they have successfully transferred the nest from the tree they were going to cut down for making the second magic flute onto another tree.

On Global Smurfs Day, people in various cities around the world gathered to show their love for the Smurfs by dressing themselves in the manner of Smurfs, wearing blue shirts, white pants, and white Smurf hats with their faces all painted blue. because of confusion of what just happened; his hat, which was blown from his head, is seen falling down along with some debris.

Farmer and Nat wear a straw hat in the form of a Smurf hat, Wild wears a Smurf hat made of leaves, and Reporter Smurf who is the reporter of the village, wears a Smurf hat that is a variation of a reporter's hat. Smurf hats are sold as real-world products for those who want to dress themselves up as Smurfs for Halloween or costume parties.