There's something about making a mask that is intriguing. I showed the kids some examples of Venetian Carnival masks (google images of...). Some children had not heard of Venice so once again we googled images of..., Venice this time- having a lap top has come in handy. :) It was fun to hear the kid's amazement when seeing pictures of such a, well, imaginative place.
We used tempera paints, glues, yarns, ribbons, glitter, fake flowers, feathers, whatever odds and ends seemed to be good for this out of my craft bucket.
I bought some confetti glue and some teenage girls I had in my class figured out that if you just take the lid off and use a brush to paint the confetti glue on instead of trying to squeeze it out you have more control. You do have to watch it drying though because it will drip down the curves of the masks.
Once again I am going to rave about Dick Blick- at the craft stores here you can buy plastic masks, but Dick Blick sells a nice white paper mask. With plastic you would need to prime it first so paint will stick, but with the paper masks we could paint right onto them and glue on them without worrying about whether or not the paint or glue would stick. We were also able to poke holes with a thick needle to stick feathers in so they stand up straight like some kids wanted or able to use a hole punch if anyone wanted to tie on ribbon.
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