Butterfly Mask
There is also a choice of small and large templates for a butterfly
mask or a basic mask (we mistakenly made
the large one for Kaitlyn -- it didn't seem to phase her).
As usual, all the template links are listed after the instructions.
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Materials:
 | printer |
| paper |
| glue |
| scissors |
| tape |
| something to color with (if you're using the B&W template)
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| piece of thin cardboard (we recycled a coke can box)
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| 2 drinking straws OR a ruler OR an unsharpened pencil
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| OPTIONAL:
 | sequins |
| sparkle glue |
| feathers |
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Instructions:
| Print template of choice
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| Color the template piece, as needed.
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| Take a big piece of cardboard (we used the coke cardboard... you
could use poster board or old cereal boxes) and spread glue on
it
| try to spread a nice even coat so it doesn't soak through the
template |
| We used our fingers to spread it and then wiped off right away
with a damp cloth.
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| Place the template (face up) onto the cardboard and press it
down.
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| Make sure all the EDGES of the mask are firmly glued down.
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| If your kids have the patience, let dry at this point (Kaitlyn
didn't, of course, so we moved right to the next step)
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| Cut out around the mask. Since we're dealing with cardboard,
this is most likely an adult's job.
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| Poke a hole through the center of the eyes and cut out the
eye-holes. This is definitely an adult's job
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| Let your kids get creative at this point. Provide sequins,
feathers and/or sparkles. Let them glue these to the
mask.
| One of the children (age 11) who did this craft put gold
sparkles all around the edge and in the star (over all the gold
parts of the template). |
| She overlapped small green sequins in all the green parts of the
template and |
| she overlapped medium sized purple sequins in all the purple
parts of the template.
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| Another girl glued multicolored feathers all along the top edge of
the mask. |
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| If you're using straws, slide one straw into the other one
| I crimped the end of one straw. |
| Kaitlyn struggled for 5 minutes to slide the one straw into the
other and finally managed it -- she was very determined to do it
herself.
Heaven help the mommy who tried to assist!
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| tape the joint of the two straws.
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| not all straws are created equally.
| Our straws were sturdy enough to hold the mask without bending
(after about 4 hours of heavy duty play, we had to reinforce ours
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| If yours aren't, wrap them once all the way up in scotch tape or
masking tape before attaching them to the mask. This will
reinforce them. |
| If you're doing the butterfly mask, you'll definitely want to do
this (it's a bit bigger/heavier)
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| OPTIONAL: Tape some feathers to the end of the straw.
We'd used a bendy straw for the top, so could tilt the feather end a
bit. |
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Kaitlyn (the one of the left who is so obviously in awe of her creation)
is 3 years old. You can see that the large mask is a tad too big for
her.
Tasha (the one on the right) is 6 years old. The large mask fits
her just fine.
Mommy (not shown) is... er, substantially older than 6 years old.
The large mask fit me fine too.
If you're not sure which you need, try printing out the B&W
template (so you don't waste too much ink). You can then quickly
poke out the eye-holes and check the size on your child. |
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| Close the template window after printing to
return to this screen.
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| Set page margins to zero if you have trouble
fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
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Butterfly Mask (large) (color)
or (B&W)
Butterfly Mask (small) (color)
or (B&W)
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