Making Spring Animal Masks

Sheep Mask

To make this mask you will need:

• paper plate
• elastic
• pink, yellow, grey paper
• cotton wool
• stapler
• hole punch
• glue
• scissors
  

To make the mask:

• Cut out the face, and 2 ear shapes from the paper plates.
• Cut two eye holes into the mask.
• Cut out the hair shape from the grey paper, two pink ear shapes and the nose from the pink paper and a flower shape from the yellow paper.
• Stick cotton wool all over the mask and then glue on the hair, flower and nose.
• Next glue the pink paper shapes into the ears and staple them to the plate.
• Hole punch one hole either side of the eyes and thread the elastic through.
  

Variation:

Chick Mask

You will need:

• a paper plate
• orange card
• pink paper
• stapler
• paint brushes
• hole punch
• elastic
• scissors
• glue

To make:

Cut out a face shape from the paper plate.

Cut out two eye holes from the mask.

• Paint the mask yellow.
• Cut a hair shape and a triangle for the beak and glue them onto the mask. Cut two circles from the pink paper as cheeks and stick them to the mask.
• Punch two holes into the mask either side of the eyes.
• Thread the elastic through and attach.
  

Variation:

Rabbit Mask

You will need:

• two paper plates
• paint
• elastic
• holepunch
• glue
• cotton wool
• paint brushes
• scissors
• black paper
• stapler
  

To make:

• Cut a mask shape from the paper plate and two rabbit ears from the second plate.
• Cut two eye holes out from the mask.
• Paint the ears and face, we chose pink, you can choose any colour.
• Staple the ears to the face.
• Stick some cotton wool to the ears.
• Cut 6 stripes from the black card for whiskers and a black nose.
• Glue to the whiskers and nose to the rabbit mask.
• Punch two holes either side of the eyes and thread elastic through and secure.