Have some Fat Tuesday fun with these FREE printable Mardi Gras Mask Templates. 8 Different designs to make masks for kids and adults.
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These free mardi gras mask templates are a fun mardi gras mask craft for kids of all ages to help in celebrating the holiday!
Whether you're having mardi gras celebrations at home or on the streets of New Orleans, these fun mardi gras masks are sure to be a fun time. Don't forget to add our Mardi Gras Bingo game and Mardi Gras Coloring Pages to your celebration!
Mardi Gras Celebrations
Mardi Gras is french for Fat Tuesday. This is the day before the Christian holiday of Ash Wednesday, which is the start of Lent. Lent is the time before Easter when people often fast from eating meat and other items.
Therefore there tend to be lots of celebrations for Mardi Gras. In New Orleans and places around the world, these celebrations include parades, masks, and lots of traditional foods.
To add to the fun of your celebration, we have free printable mask templates at the bottom of this post where you can print and decorate your own mardi gras mask.
Traditional mardi gras colors are gold, green, and purple, but you can make your own masquerade masks in whatever color you want and use whatever kind of flare. Included in our mask templates are feathers, sequins, and other fun other items you can color and glue to your masks. Have all kinds of fun making your own masquerade mask and let the good times roll.
Supplies for Mardi Gras Crafts
- mardi gras mask template (download below)
- card stock or construction paper
- elastic string
- hole punch
- markers or crayons
- glue or glitter glue (optional)
How to Make a Mardi Gras Mask
Start by printing out your own half-masks with feathers and sequins.
Color in the masks and flare as coloring pages
Cut out the mask shape and do not forget the eye holes. An easy way to cut the eye holes is to poke the scissors in the middle of the eye and then cut your way out to the edge and then continue around the eye hole. Cut out the feathers and sequins as well
Glue sequins on the front of the mask as well as the glue feathers to the top and sides of masks.
Once you are happy with your beautiful masks, using the hole punch, punch a hole on each side of the mask. Cut the piece of elastic string. In order to measure your string, I recommend holding each end of the string at your temples with it going around the back of your head. Tie each end of the string to the holes on each side of the mask.
Another way to make this mask is to use a popsicle stick instead of an elastic string. After you finish creating your own DIY mask, glue the popsicle stick to the back of the mask on one side. The mask will be held up by the popsicle stick like they do at a masquerade ball.
We highlighted this Mardi Gras Craft along with some other fun kid's crafts in our February Crafts along with our Easy Kids Crafts.
Other Masks, Hats, and Crown Crafts You'll Love
- Make Your Own Paper Crown
- DIY Flower Crown
- Printable Halloween Masks
- Decorate Your Own Mask
- Printable New Years Hats
Download Free Printable Mardi Gras Mask Template
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Mardi Gras Masks
Equipment
- Hole punch
Ingredients
- mardi gras mask template
- card stock or construction paper
- elastic string
- markers
- glue
Instructions
- Start by printing out your own half-masks with feathers and sequins.
- Color in the masks and flare as coloring pages
- Cut out the mask shape and do not forget the eye holes. An easy way to cut the eye holes is to poke the scissors in the middle of the eye and then cut your way out to the edge and then continue around the eye hole. Cut out the feathers and sequins as well. Glue sequins on the front of the mask as well as the glue feathers to the top and sides of masks.
- Once you are happy with your beautiful masks, using the hole punch, punch a hole on each side of the mask. Cut the piece of elastic string. In order to measure your string, I recommend holding each end of the string at your temples with it going around the back of your head. Tie each end of the string to the holes on each side of the mask.
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