At a carnival, masquerade, or any holiday, you want to look impressive. The mask adds mystery and allows you to transform, draws you into the game and creates an atmosphere of joy.
Masks can be voluminous, flat, papier-mâché and others. The easiest way is to make a flat one. Take thick paper or colored cardboard, gouache or paints, pencils, fabrics, glitter, rhinestones and everything that your imagination suggests to make the product bright and unique.
Tools that will be useful are scissors, a ruler, and a stationery knife. You need to think about how to attach it to your head and choose a braid, elastic band or strap.
It’s easier to choose a ready-made template and print it on a printer, but it’s much more interesting to create it according to your own sketch.
Papercraft
Papercraft - paper modeling - creating three-dimensional figures from paper or cardboard. The essence of the technology is to select and print a finished diagram, cut out the parts, glue them together in accordance with the indicated numbers. It is better to paint the finished figure.
The choice of figures is huge. These can be animals, fruits, human figures, geometric shapes. Using papercraft technology you can make an unusual and mysterious mask.
DIY New Year's masquerade mask made of papier-mâché: master class
Papier-mâché is a unique technique that allows you to create a mask that is as close as possible to the contours of your face. However, not everyone is ready to use their own face as a basis. In this case, special blanks are used. For example, made of plastic. This is exactly the kind of master class we will consider.
An alternative to a ready-made mask base is to make your own from foil. Fold the material in several layers and apply it to your face to give it shape. Then make cutouts for the eyes and nose.
We will need:
- mask blank;
- PVA glue;
- paper egg carriage;
- decorative three-layer napkins;
- white putty;
- scissors;
- brushes, paints, elements for decoration.
We take honeycombs for eggs without labels and crush them into crumbs. Soak in water for 1 day.
After a day, transfer the “pulp” from the cardboard to another container.
Squeeze out the liquid. Squeeze out the paper pulp and grind it into crumbs again.
Then slowly pour in the glue while kneading the cardboard mixture.
Coat the inner surface thoroughly with thick cream. This will ensure good tenacity with the paper mass, which we then lay out in a thin layer. Also, a frozen mask will be easier to remove from a greased mold.
Let it dry. At least a day. It is advisable to leave the workpiece near heating appliances.
Remove the completely dried layer from the plastic base.
Next, you need to putty the layer.
And we decorate it at our discretion.
Make a mask using origami technique
Origami (translated from Japanese as “folded paper”) is the ancient art of making different shapes without glue or scissors by folding paper.
To work in the origami technique, you must first master the basic paper modules. By sequentially assembling modules and connecting them together, like a construction set, you can get simple animal masks.
With experience will come the ability to create masks of people and any fantasy and real characters.
Insects
Masquerade masks of representatives of the insect world are less popular among children. But they are also suitable for the holidays. And baby centipedes, cockroaches, flies or mosquitoes will stand out among dozens of cats and dogs. Children will love the costumes of the grasshopper Kuzi, the ladybug Mila, grandfather Sher and woman Kapa and other friends of Luntik.
Ant
Spider
Bees
Grasshopper
Butterflies
Beetle
Ladybug
Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking (literally: “scrapbook”) is the handicraft art of making family or personal photo albums. A mask (stencil) for scrapbooking is used to apply a design or create a background.
Using a mask gives additional volume because part of the surface is not painted over. The masks are made of transparent plastic. Use ready-made ones or make them yourself.
The selection of ready-made masks is huge. But if you work with your own hands, this accessory will gain originality and brightness. And the manufacturing process itself is a reason for flights of fancy and creating a fun and creative atmosphere. And it will definitely lift your spirits.
Bird patterns
Having selected ready-made sketches, they are saved or copied for subsequent printing, and the masks are cut out. They are usually used as a headband without covering the baby's face. To make a full-fledged mask, you need to make an effort. The specificity lies in the anatomy of the bird's head. You need to prepare a template for the head and beak separately. The bird's beak is glued along the marked lines. Its size and shape depend on the bird - for an owl it will be small and hooked, for a crow it will be long and sharp.
Sparrow
Orla
Galchonka
Owls
Crow
Cuckoos
parrot
Herons
Pavlina
Fairy tale characters
At children's matinees, preschoolers often act out simple and well-known fairy tales: “The Turnip”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “The Kolobok”. For these purposes, appropriate masks are made on the head. The developments are cut out by parents or children under adult supervision, and the parts are glued together if necessary.
The Bremen Town Musicians
Kolobok
Teremok
Heroes of Turnip
Koschei the Deathless
Baba Yaga
Unicorn
Cartoon stencils
The kid will happily put on the costume of his favorite cartoon character. Patterns of Luntik, Winx heroines, Little Red Riding Hood, crocodile Genes are downloaded for free from the Internet. Paper models are made together with parents, grandparents or other adults and small relatives.
Luntik
Smeshariki
Pinocchio
Cheburashka
Leopold
Winx
Piglet
Winnie the Pooh
Catwoman
Superhero
Spider-Man
Fabrics
Crepe satin
Popular fabric for sewing elegant dresses, light blouses and other items of clothing and accessories
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Doublerin
Adhesive-based lining fabric. An indispensable tool for improving the appearance of products
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Sketches
The facial expressions of the mask are of great importance. Even the most ordinary characters convey a palette of moods. They can be sad and cheerful, kind and angry, surprised and indifferent. This is achieved by drawing the eyebrows (raised, lowered, like a house), a smile on the face, and the position of wrinkles, if we are talking about a mask of an old man or woman. Emotions are conveyed not only by the faces of people and animals, but also by inanimate images: templates for masks of flowers (bells, roses, daisies), vegetables and fruits (apples, tomatoes, plums).
