THIS IS PART 2! PART 1 CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/901424152 - SUPPLIES - - lots of cardboard, maybe like a full box flattened out/disassembled - elastic, measured to fit your head with EXTRA LENGTH - scissors - glue/hot glue (hot glue is better, tho mine is with normal glue) - rubber bands (to help it keep its shape while it dries so you don’t have to hold it) - TIME. if you don’t want your parents to know, you’ll have to take it in steps and hide the mask wherever you can. I’ve made mine with whatever scraps of time I can get, holing up in my room and hiding it whenever I hear someone. If your parents don’t care, just go ahead and make it :) - a pencil! you’ll need it to outline pieces - NEW ADDITION: tape for the elastic part. - INSTRUCTIONS - 5 - (SEE PICTURE FIVE) All of your pieces should be dry at this point. They will need to be for this step, so if they aren’t, you’ll have to wait. So first things first, you need to glue your snout/muzzle on. So go ahead and do that if you haven’t already. If you try fitting the muzzle on and the connector isn’t the right shape, then you’ll need to redo step 4. After your snout is on, go ahead and hold the mask up to your face, to make every fits you well (if you can, it would be good time to look in the mirror with it). Now you need to take your ears and find the right spot for them, then glue them on and beginning waiting once more. After EVERYTHING is dry, take your elastic and place the ends where you think would fit your head, and with your thumbs holding the elastic in place, find some way to maneuver it onto your head so you can make sure it fits right. If it does, congratulations! If it doesn’t, adjust where you put the ends and try again until it fits you just right. (KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE EXTRA LENGTH. DON’T CUT IT YET!) Mark with your pencil where the edge of your thumb (the side that faces your fingers) is on both. Now glue on ONE SIDE AT A TIME (it’s so much easier, trust me.). Use tape to strengthen its connection and once one side is partially dry, do the other side. DO NOT TRY TO PUT YOUR MASK ON WHILE THE ELASTIC IS DRYING. It sounds appealing, I know, but the last thing we want is glue on your face and you having to glue it on (I learned this the hard way lol) AGAIN. When everything is dry, continue on. 6 is mostly optional, similar to 4! If your side profile looks good and you don’t need to add a nose bridge, you can skip it! 6 - (SEE PICTURE SEVEN) For a nose bridge, you need to take some of your bigger scrap pieces and cut them to however long you need (mine was about the length of my index finger). Cut three- one for your right side, one for the middle, and one for your left. Use the picture and your instincts to guide you :D. Once you have the cut out, make sure they fit/look good and glue them on. And boom you're done! Congratulations, you now have a mask! You are amazing and never forget it- what you just made with your own two paws proves it. Now I have some recommendations for you. FOR MESH - Buckram mesh (that most people use) you will most likely find at Hobby Lobby, Joanne's or your local craft store. But if you have one of those cheap pencil bags with the mesh pocket, you could cut it out (or find one with white mesh and color it with markers) and use that. FOR FELT - if you're into dragon puppeteering, you could use the excuse that you want to make a felted puppet. If not, perhaps you could say that you need it because you want to explore making stuffed animals or something of that sort. FOR FUR - USE YARN! It’s very soft once brushed out with a pet brush, and it’s looks really nice! To get it, I would say to go with the felted/fluffy dragon puppet idea above, or again, making “stuffed animals”. Or faux works as well! SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ELASTIC - I’ve realized that not everyone can rifle through their mom’s craft box (hehe not what I did nope not at all), so perhaps a paper or cardboard band could work. If you want it to be more like elastic, shoelaces might work if you tie some together. Normal strong or unbrushed yarn strands (maybe braided to be stronger) would also be a nice alternative! So yes, this is how I made my mask! Thank you for coming along with the tutorial, and I hope to see all of your absolutely STUNNING masks! Have a wonderful day everycritter, and remember that violence is the question, and the answer is PROBABLY YES MWAHAHAHA -runs away with a knife- - CREDITS (finally) - CODE - MASK - PHOTOS - YOUR AMAZINGNESS - @[your username] - PHOTOS - 1 - basic mask shape! 2 - cut out the eye holes, and the rubber banded muzzle is here! 3 - adding cheeks! muzzle is still drying at this point TnT 4 - cutting out the ears, and rubber banding the snout connector (FINALLY THE MUZZLE IS DONE) 5 - everything is cut out and glued together (plus the elastic) 6 - on me! 7 - on me after adding nose bridge 8 - the back ;-; 9 - adding eye mesh!
