Any ideas pleae help!!?

Question

what can i make my mask out of, somethibg thats quick and easy but looks easy and willl be done in one day.....like example plastic plates, cups, anything around the house materials and oh it has to be a african type mask... do u have any possible ideas

Answer 1

Hi. The cheapest way maybe is with paper-masche....using pieces of brown paper bag, water, and nomal white glue to cover a balloon that will act as model-head.

You blow the baloon the same width as your head but make tie longer, more like shape football ball (tie string on middle to make it oval, and tie it with string so it remains full of air.

You cut several brown paper bags in many small pieces. You mix the white glue with water (1 part glue and 3 parts water). Cut small piece of harder paper, double it, cut a narrow triangle and make a nose that you tape to ballon and start covering all with the wet watered-glue papers and you paste them , one by one, to cover the whole baloon ( 2 or 3 layers will do) including nose. When finnished you let it dry. Should take several hours.

You deflate or burst the baloon and it will separate from hard paper. You cut the ball in half to have two sides the back mask and front mask (side with nose). Take the mask shape with nose and paint eyes and mouth with red (lipstick). Then cut out eyes, cut out mouth. Paint whole mask with brown or dark paint, (if you do not have paint take a small piece of coal or burned residues, and grind it onto the thicker watered glue and use as dark paint.

Use your dark/brown paint to colour whole football-ball dark and use red or fluorescent colour to paint last details. Take the remaining glue-water (or only part and add more glue to thiken it more) give one last hand to all mask. Leave it dry. Last make to small wholes with pointed scissorrs on the sides of your mask to put a string or elastic band to hold it on. Dry. You will have ready a very cheap and potentially excellent mask .

SF

Answer 2

Papier-mache or plaster and gauze are usually the first choice for wearable masks. Hot glue is the fastest way to attach outside decoration. Find images of African masks that you like and make a list of the kind of materials and things that they remind you of. You may come up with some really interesting ideas.

Answer 3

Have the Limo take your friends and you to one of your favorite restaraunts or to the movies(anywhere you like to hang out). Drink what you love...find out what your friends want to drink aswell. Make a mixed CD of your favorite tunes! Have a rockin' birthday bash! Shelby