Mask Making

This mask project was for a third grade classroom. The teachers showed us masks for examples from all around the world. Some of the examples existed of African masks, Mardi Gras masks, and Italian play masks.
The first step to our masks was to color the paper plate that we got. We waited for it to dry, then we cut out the eyes and we made a nose for the face. Afterwards, we made the hair. We had lots of choices to make our hair. There was yarn, construction paper, or colorful pipe cleaners. Once we had the hair on, we got to add whatever else we wanted to our mask. There was paint, glitter, sticky letters, and beads that we had to choose from. It was really fun to see the masks that everyone had made  because everyone's was so unique and colorful

An extension activity that would be great with the masks would be a social students lesson. You could have the students pick a culture of their choice and then make a mask that represents that culture.