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212 - Fiesta! |
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Face Cast |
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Here’s a project that’s great for you and the kids to create together.
These bright face masks not only add colour to any party, you can
even save them as mementos. My friend Paul Portelli, an artist,
helped us to make these masks using you-know-who’s-face as a model.
Supplies:
- a couple of packages of Plaster of Paris strips (available
at craft stores)
- petroleum jelly
- a couple of old tea towels
- gold (or any other colour) spray paint
- a selection of bright acrylic paints
- exacto knife
- small artist’s paint brush
- selection of colourful feathers (available at craft stores)
- a small sponge
- hot glue gun
First, apply a good coating of petroleum jelly to your model, or
friend’s face, make doubly sure that you coat eyelids and brows.
(They’ll have to keep their eyes closed from this point until the
mask is removed from their face)
Then, dip each Plaster of Paris strip into a bowl of lukewarm water
and apply to your friend’s face. You want to do three coats of these
strips so the mask will be nice and sturdy when done. And, don’t
forget to cut little strips to go around the nostrils.
As an added touch you may wish to form a small lip with the plaster
strips along the top of the mask onto which you can attach feathers
later.
Leave the mask on your friend’s face for about 5 minutes. It will
heat up slightly as the plaster starts to dry. Gently remove the
mask and help your friend to wipe off the excess petroleum jelly
BEFORE THEY OPEN THEIR EYES. The petroleum jelly can sting a bit.
Allow the mask to air dry for a couple of hours.
Cut out the mask’s eye holes with the exacto knife. Then spray paint
the entire mask in a metallic colour spray paint. Paul used gold.
Once the spray paint has dried, sponge on a nice red paint. Wipe
off some of the red paint with an old cloth to expose some of the
cracks and crevices.
Now it’s time for the true artist in you to come out. Using other
brightly coloured acrylic paints and your brush, you may want to
paint the area around the eyes in a bright green, the mouth a nice
blue. It’s totally up to you.
Once the paint’s all dry, you can hot glue the feathers along the
lip that you created with the Plaster of Paris strips.
Courtesy: Paul Portelli; Warkworth, Ontario, Canada (705) 924-1660
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