How to make paper masks for children playing Mid-Autumn

Another mid-autumn season is coming very close, next to lanterns and traditional Mid-Autumn toys, children often enjoy the masks to pretend to be lovely characters during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Instead of having to buy a plastic mask of unknown origin that could be harmful to children's health, just a few colored paper sheets, you can make cute paper masks for your children during Tet holiday. This Mid-Autumn Festival. To make a mid-autumn mask with paper is not too complicated, please refer to this guide.

How to make Mid-Autumn mask with paper

Step 1: Prepare materials for masks

1. Hard colored paperboard.
2. Scissors, brushes, color, double-sided tape.
3. Rubberband.

Materials for making Mid-Autumn masking paper (Photo: Internet source)

Step 2: Draw a picture on the moon mask

Draw the shapes of animals on a colored paperboard, estimate the size of the animal to fit the children's faces. First, you should draw with a pencil first and then use a pen again, draw a slightly larger outline to make the shapes look better.

Draw animal shapes on colored paperboard to make masks (Photo: Internet source)

You can make a face mask with your baby, let him be free to be creative with the shapes he likes. Show your child how to draw and size in accordance with the mask.

Step 3: Mark baby's eyes and nose on the mask

Draw eyes, nose, mouth . for animals. In small details, remember to color differently with the cover color to decorate the mask to look more lovely and lively.

Take care, put the mask on the face, mark the position of the eye area, empty it so that the baby can see it. Depending on the animal, you are flexible in making big or small holes accordingly.

Step 4: Cut the mask off the cover piece

Cut along the outline of the drawing to get a complete Mid-Autumn mask image (Photo: Internet source)

Take scissors to cut the edges of the animal shapes to cut off the excess paper.

Step 5: Thread the wire and complete the paper mask

Punch 2 small symmetrical holes together on both sides of the mask, about 1.5cm from the border and insert the masked string, and at the end, tighten the cord.

Thread and complete the mask (Photo: Internet source)

You can also make a hat for children by cutting a piece of paper about 3 - 4cm wide, rolling it into a circle, estimating the circumference of the circle to fit the baby's head so that when the team does not fall out Paste the animal image up. If you do make a hat, you can skip the small hole hole as an eye.

You can cut other colored covers into the eyes, nose, mouth, ears . to decorate the mask that looks more adorable.

Decorate Mid-Autumn Mask with many different shapes (Photo: Internet source)

If you are more skilled and know how to sew, you can make a Mid-Autumn mask for your baby with a thin cloth.

Making Mid-Autumn Mask with felt cloth (Photo: Internet source)

Good luck!