How to make paper plate masks for kids’ costumes. Great for Halloween, a costume making party, or pretend play!
Looking for an easy Halloween costume for your kids? Or maybe they just want to create a costume for pretend play.
These masks are so easy to make and can be customized to be whatever animal or creature each child wants!
Here’s a video showing Paper Plate Masks in action! And don’t forget to scroll down to get the step-by-step instructions.
How to Make Paper Plate Masks
MATERIALS
INSTRUCTIONS
- Sketch your nose and eye holes first. Then, sketch your nose and eye holes on the paper plate. To give noses and mouths more flexibility, we decided to cut off the bottom halves of the paper plates, but if you’d rather, you can leave the paper plate as is. Note: If more than one child is creating paper plate masks, it might be simpler to trace the nose and eyes on one plate, then make the necessary adjustments on another. Here are some possible shapes for your paper plate masks.
- Add extra details: You can use a glue gun or staples to attach paper plate ears, if they are needed for your costume. Same goes for a beak.
- You can use any kind of paint, but tempera paint sticks work well because they dry quickly and create less mess. Paint and decorate your mask! Once the mask has been painted, decorate it with feathers, pompoms, glitter, sequins, yarn, pipe cleaners, paper, cotton balls, and other embellishments. For this, tacky glue and a glue gun both work well because they are sticky and dry relatively quickly.
- Tie the elastic string through one hole, fit the mask over the head, and tie off the other end, cutting off any excess once the mask is complete.
I’ve promised you a free printable on How to Make Paper Plate Masks, so go ahead and try your hand at it. Click the link or to download the PDF or print.
Your kids will be creating these paper plate masks all year long because they are so simple to make!
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FAQ
How can I make a paper mask?