This year’s New Year’s party will be a blast with fancy custom-made masks! Celebrate the past year and what the New Year will bring!
Age: 5+
Duration: 10-20 minutes
Learning Objectives:
You’ll Need:
• Glue
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Rhinestones or sticker jewels
• Feathers
• Hole punch
• Decorative ribbon
Encourage your students to think of their New Years masks as a reflection of their creative expression. So go crazy with it! Bring out your stock of decorative materials from the craft closet–look for things like sequins, bright, shiny beads or buttons, rhinestones, tinsel and more!
Gather up your plethora of decorations for the masks! You don’t need to use a full sheet of the Tie-Dye Paper to decorate the mask; in fact, it would make sense to cut each sheet in half and divide the halves between two students.
Place the Color-In Mask onto the Tie-Dye Paper and trace around the outside edges with pencil. Be sure to mark those eye holes as well as the pre-punched holes on the sides!
Cut out the Tie-Dye Paper along the traced lines.
Glue the Tie-Dye Paper cutout directly on top of the Color In Mask.
Pick out your assortment of decorative items. Start adding details to your mask! Make patterns with the sequins or rhinestones, trace the outlines of the eyeholes or the edges of the mask.
At this stage, I’ve decided to add decorative feathers to the mask. This adds a bit of flair! You can use hot glue, but regular white glue works fine as well. Simply press and hold down the feather shaft for 30 seconds. If the feather pops away from the paper, dab a bit of glue onto the feathery strands and press down onto the paper.
Finally, punch holes through the Color-In Mask on either side.
Attach a strand of ribbon onto each side of the mask. It’s a good idea to make two strands of ribbon for each mask, as it is easier to tie the mask around students’ heads. This is a great take-home project for kids before they head home for the holiday season!
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