How to Make Paper Plate Masks

Let your kids make their own masks, just follow this tutorial to learn how to make a mask using a paper plate, it’s easy and fun. And once you make one, you’ll be inspired by all kinds of designs.

In this tutorial we’ll show you how to make a bear mask using a paper plate, but your kids can easily make any other animal – from peacocks, tigers and dinosaurs – the sky’s the limit.

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The kids will love seeing their eyes peek through the mask. It makes the mask much more realistic to whoever made it! Here’s how to make a paper mask.

When it comes to Halloween crafts as well as paper plate crafts, nothing beats creating something you can wear or play with, and this craft has it all.

How to make a paper plate mask (bear)

What you need:

• pencil
• drag
• glue
• colored paper (bear: yellow, green, light and dark brown; peacock: yellow and light blue)
• paper plate
• ice
• acrylic paint (bear: brown; peacock: blue)
• paint brush
• handmade sticks

Step-by-step instructions

Cut the sheet of paper in half.

Paint it with brown acrylic paint.

Draw ears on brown paper and cut them out.

Draw the inner ear using a light brown color.

Cut out the inner ears and glue them to the outer ears.

Draw the face on paper the same color as the body.

Continue drawing the nose and mouth with a black pen.

Draw eyes on the mask, then cut them out.

Stick the ears on the head. You can make the ears as close together or as far apart as you like.

Glue the nose and mouth onto the bear’s head.

Draw eyebrows with a black marker. Kids can get a little more creative with their eyebrows if they want.

Glue manually with tape. You can also stick the stick to the back of the mask.

This paper plate mask is ready to use well with your child’s imagination.

Now that you’ve made a bear, why not try making a peacock?

Both masks will look great and adding more will only add to the fun.

These paper masks make the coolest little DIY Halloween photo props, so be sure to make several with your kids.

Easy as pie!

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