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Venetian Mask by Firstpalatte

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Create your own masquerade mask for Halloween, Mardi Gras or costume parties. They’re great for school plays and performances as well.

MATERIAL

  • Printable card stock
  • Poster paint or crayons
  • Scissors
  • White glue
  • Paint brush
  • Dowel or disposable chopsticks
  • Feathers
  • Glitter glue
  • Decorative materials: sequins, rhinestones, ribbons, crepe paper strips, puffy paint, alumnium foil, etc.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Choose from any of these Masquerade Mask templates and print it out on Letter size or A4 card stock.
2. Notice that the mask templates are quite plain. This is to give you more room for modifying or drawing additional detail on the mask.
3. Cut out the mask, including the eye holes.
4. If you are planning to make a two-toned mask or a multi-colored mask, it will be helpful to sketch the design on your mask. This will make painting or coloring a lot easier.
5 Paint or color your mask. Here are some tips and options:a.) Two-toned or multi-colored masks are great for making bright and festive masks. Metallic colors like gold and silver are commonly used for masquerade masks but ordinary colors are great too.

b.) You need not necessarily use many colors for your mask. Sometimes a single color or even an unpainted mask can be a good option since more decorations can be added in the succeeding steps.
c.) To prevent your mask from curling at the edges, you can do the following:

  • Refrain from adding water to paint or add only a little bit to make it spreadable
  • If the paper or card stock you used isn’t thick enough, glue the template onto cardboard or thick construction paper before Step 3
  • Paint both sides of the mask- you can paint the underside with white or any single color of paint.

d.) Instead of painting, you can color your mask with crayons or oil pastels.
6. Add more sparkle to your mask with glitter glue. The glitter glue’s small nozzle is very ideal for decorating small areas and making those little details (top photo). For large areas, you may squeeze on a glob of glitter glue and spread it with a brush (bottom photo).Note that you can also achieve the same effect by either sprinkling glitter directly onto wet paint or brushing glue onto the mask then sprinkling over with glitter. However both these options oftentimes result in a lot of stray glitter which can irritate your eyes. For safety reasons, glitter glue is a better option.
7. Glue on decorative materials such as sequins, rhinestones, gem-style stickers and plastic gems. You can also make textured/raised dots and lines using puffy paint, glitter glue or undiluted poster/acrylic paint. Here are some examples:a.) This fiery dragon-inspired mask was achieved by gluing on various-shaped sequins along the edges of the mask. Little black dots around the eyes were made with puffy paint while red glitter glue was used to make the smaller red dots on the upper corners.
b.) The little black puffy paint dots defined the main lines for this plain silver mask. You may also make these dots by applying undiluted poster or acrylic paint using a cotton swab or the wooden tip of a paint brush. A few rhinestones and a fabric star were added as accents.
c.) A colorful mask, especially when brushed over with glitter glue, does not need a lot of embellishment.
8. Obtain a dowel or chopstick to use as the handle for your mask. You may keep the handle plain or decorate it by painting it, winding a fabric ribbon around it, or covering the whole stick in aluminum foil.
9. Glue the handle at the back of the mask. You may glue the handle’s tip in the middle or along one edge of the mask. For a quicker drying time, use glue gun instead of white glue.
10. Complete your mask by gluing on some feathers, curly ribbons, crepe paper strips, pipe cleaner and other materials to accent the handle or sides of your mask.These decorations that sprout up or trail down from the mask highlights most masquerade and Mardi Gras masks.
11. Let the glue dry thoroughly before wearing your mask. Hold it by the handle in front of your face for a fabulous Halloween or Mardi Gras disguise.
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Handmade gift Bag

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Bored of using mill made gift bags that all look the same! Now you don’t need to wrap your gifts any more. Just put your gift in these bags made by yourself and VOILA! you are all set to Leave for party.

MATERIAL

  • Decorative paper
  • Acrylic Color
  • Paint Pens
  • Markers
  • Craft Glue or Glue Stick
  • Ribbon
  • Trimming- (pom poms, fabric, fringe, Etc.)
  • Hole Punch

INSTRUCTIONS

Here is one of the template for 11cm x 8cm x 3cm. Its a default template  for a A4 size paper. But you can scale it up to make a bigger gift bag using the same ratio.
   Scale up the template to the size required and transfer / print out the pattern onto the decorated paper. Cut out carefully using knife / scissor. Score lightly along the back of the crease so that they will fold more easily. Fold down and glue the flaps along the top edge of the bag.
   Next, glue the long, side tab to form a bag shape.
   Then glue the base of the bag, folding in the short end tabs first.
   Form the pleats down the sides of the bag by pressing the long edges together gently so that the paper is pushed inwards.
   Using the hole punch, make two holes on each of the top sides near the top edge. Cut two short length of ribbon and thread each end through the holes to make two looped handles. Knot the ends at the back of the holes to secure.
Tips : Use color variations to suit any event you want to take part. Red for love or valentine. White or yellow for friendship etc. You can also decorate you bag by adding ribbon on it. A cute gift bag papercraft, all based on your imagination.
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Paper Plate Mask

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Making a paper plate mask is an easy and fun project you can do for any child or group of children. After reading a book or watching a movie together, encourage your child to make masks of the different characters and recreate some of the scenes from the story.

MATERIAL

  • Disposable Paper Plate
  • Acrylic color
  • Sketch pen
  • Fevicol/ glue
  • Brown yarn or thread
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Draw a yellow circle in the middle of a paper plate. Color the inside of the circle yellow. Color the outside of the circle orange.
  2. Cut two small circles out of the plate to make eyeholes so that you can see.
  3. For the nose draw a triangle between nose. It should be upside down in the middle of the plate. Color it with brown color.
  4. Cut 6 small pieces of yarn. Glue them on for whiskers.
  5. Draw a lion’s mouth under the nose using Sketch pen.
  6. Use the scissors to cut all along the edge of the plate. This will be the lion’s mane. Color it Orange or Brown.
  7. Use a pencil to make two holes on the side of the lion’s face where the mane has not been cut.
  8. Thread a piece of yarn through each hole and tie a knot in the front of the mask. The long piece should be on the back of the face.
  9. Put on your lion mask. Have someone help you tie the yarn around your head.
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