Papier-mâché Dinosaur and Lion Masks

More Papier-mâché. This time the boys wanted to make dinosaur and lion masks.

Like the puppy mask, we covered half of the balloon and let it dry. We then cut out cardboard shapes to form the frill. I taped them on with masking tape and the boys covered it with more glue and paper to ensure a lasting frill. We used twisted pieces of newspaper taped on to form the lower horn and covered them with more glue and paper.

Now to leave the mask to dry after all of these additions (perhaps 3 days as it is winter), all that is left is for me to cut out the eyes and let the boys paint it in the colour of their choice. We might leave the painting until the weather is a little warmer.

The Lion mask is much simpler. It simply consists of making the basic mask shape out of papier-mâché, cutting eyes out, painting and drawing on the nose/mouth. Once that is done the mane is made out of two different colours of crepe paper cut into strips and glued or stapled on. All that is left to do now is attach some string so it can be worn as a mask.

Since masks and dress-ups are popular in our house I might as well start the boys on making a whole collection of mask shells for the next time they want to make one. It would be much simpler to pull out a pre-made shell.

(days have passed) and now we have our painted mask!