DIY Cat or Bat Mask

    My youngest loves Batman, and now that she has been watching the Batman animated series she has now discovered Cat Woman. So now interchangeably  she will call herself Batman or Cat Woman. 

    I made her a paper mask which can either be a Batman or Cat Woman mask. Hey! It looks like both. And now I am sharing the mask design with you as a DIY.

Materials

• Black paper or card
• Thin elastic

Steps

1. Print the below provided pattern. It will fit on an A4 page.
2. Cut out the pattern along the unbroken lines.
3. Place pattern over black paper and trace an outline of the mask.
4. Cut out the outline of the mask.
5. Fold along the dotted line location [as seen on the pattern].
6. Using a stiletto [or needle or pen head] punch a thin hole into the sides of the mask where the dots are [as seen on the pattern].
7. Measure the elastic to fit around back of child's head.
8. Feed the elastic through the holes in mask and tie two knots. And you're done, just in time for Halloween.

Cat Woman/Batman mask pattern

The Wolf Is Done

© Melissa Gaggiano

    I just finished making this paper crafted wolf mask. It took a bit of paper, glue, paint and elastic to bring this girl to life. The mask will be a prop for a fairy tale photo shoot. I can hardly wait to see how it looks in the photos post production.

Quickly Now

    This will be short and sweet. I promised my youngest to read a couple of library books to her, so very quickly I will share with you my current progress on art projects…

I am in the middle of cutting up the pieces for a 'final' wolf mask.

I also framed a paper cut Street Fighter image that I made a few weeks ago.
A telling sign that I just may be dyslexic - the first time I framed the image
I put it in reversed and didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with the 'sv'
for a good 20 minutes.

Second Draft

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    The second draft and the first mock up of a wolf mask all rolled into one. Model testing is next on my agenda for this mask. Stay tuned...

Wolf

© Melissa Gaggiano

    As a side project I have begun work on drafting a wolf mask. I am making the mask for a photographer, who is planning on a 'fairytale' themed photo shoot. As always, watch this space so you can follow my design process.

Sun Flower Mask

Here is a quick and easy mask making project. It'll take less than 10 minutes…

What do you need?

• round paper plate
• yellow and orange paper
• paper folder
• sticky tape

How to…

1. Cut out a hole in the middle of the paper plate.
2. Cut multiple petal—like shapes out of the orange and yellow paper.
3. Tape the petals around the remainder frame of the paper plate.
4. Cut a 2 inch wide length strip off the paper folder.
5. Tape the strip to the back of the paper plate and shorten to fit around a head.