Kid Territory: Crafts: Cat Mask
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What you need
- Regular round balloon
- Newspaper
- Liquid laundry starch
- Plastic bowl
- Paintbrush
- Tempera paints
- Pipe cleaners
- Construction paper
What you do
1. Blow up the balloon and tie a knot in the end.
2. Tear the newspaper into strips that are about six inches long and two inches wide.
3. Pour about two cups of laundry starch into the bowl.
4. Dunk a strip of newspaper into the starch, and make sure it gets soaked.
5. Lay the wet strip on the balloon, and smooth it out with the paintbrush so there are no lumps or big air bubbles. Keep dipping strips in the starch and continue placing them on the balloon, but only cover one half of the balloon. Smooth the strips out as you go with the paintbrush.
6. Let the half-covered balloon dry overnight. Repeat steps 2 to 5 if you like to give your mask extra strength and let dry overnight again.
7. Pop the balloon when it is all dry. What you have left is the mask to cover your face.
8. Paint it to look like your favorite cat. Attach the pipe cleaners as whiskers, and cut half-circles out of construction paper to paste on as ears. You can also make the mask any other animal you want!
More
Animal Bytes:
Cheetah, Jaguar, Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Small
Cats, Tiger
Animal-themed Crafts: Bat
Mask, Wolf Mask, Lion Face
San Diego Zoo: Tiger River
Wild Animal Park: Lion Camp
