I decided it was time to get crafty in our household since I had ordered these "specific" paper plates that I see in all Pinterest Kids Crafts. If you need to find the same ones I found these on Amazon Canada for a fair price (I'm telling myself this since I can't go to the stores and check).
I did find this particular craft kept my 3 year old's attention as well as my 6 year old. It took us almost 2 hours but each kid did 6 masks.
The left side of the picture was what I found on Pinterest and referenced and the right is how ours turned out.
Step 1: Pre-Prep (Less whining)
Mask Cut Outs
Cut out mask's
Fold the paper plate in half and cut along the line
Put the half paper plate against your child's face and mark where their eyes are
Create the circle and cut it out
Make sure it works for your child and than use as a reference for the other masks
The dinosaur I just cut along the ridges to make the curved look and the fox I just did a similar small cut to each side
*NOTE the monster mask I made the circle for the eyes and than traced out the mouth using the circles as reference. I decided to include the teeth then so we wouldn't have more to glue on
Step 2: Color the Masks (Paint or Markers)
Fox - If your child wants the white cheeks trace a line for them to follow and use orange paint
Monster - Each Child decided on the paint color
Cat - We didn't have typical paint colors so they chose random ones
Dinosaur - they chose green/blue
Bear - One chose to use markers for the brown color and the other made a cute blue bear
Bunny - No paint needed WHOOPIE
Step 3: While they painted I cut out the shapes for each animal
Fox - Two small triangle (orange paper or white) and I traced the black inside of the ear (I made these too small)
Monster - Three large circles traced onto pink paper and I colored in the black eye (any color would suffice)
Cat - I asked the kids what color they would want the ears and whiskers. I cut two small triangles. The whiskers I went the width of the paper and cut 3 strips 1/2 inch wide and then cut the strip in half
Dinosaur - Cut three larger triangles and one smaller one for the nose (yellow was very vibrant)
Bear - Cut an oval for the nose out of white paper (draw the black nose on) and then two half circles for the ears. Trace the inside of the ear for the child to color
Bunny - I asked the kids what color they would want the ears and whiskers. I cut two long ears with the rounded edge then outlined the inside of the ear. The whiskers I went the width of the paper and cut 3 strips 1/2 inch wide and then cut the strip in half
Step 4: Glue The Paper Once Paint Dried
My older child glued her pieces onto the masks I would just lay it out ahead and I did the ones for my 3 year old. If you use a stick rather than the liquid it dries faster
Step 5: Hot Glue The Handle On
Take the stick/paper straw and hot glue it to the mask. Let dry
Step 6: PLAY!
Send me a snap of what you and your kids tried. Do you have other animal mask suggestions to try?
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