Paper Plate Wig Masks

My daughter loves to pretend play. She has a vivid imagination & it is fun watching her explore her world of make believe. She loves to play baker and bake us beautiful cakes. She will take the little cherries out of he Hi Ho Cherry-o game and decorate her stacking cups with them and make tiered cakes. Last week when I didn’t feel good she made me a bowl of chicken soup complete with ABC magnets & a plastic drumstick. Delicious!

One of her favorite cartoons is Sheriff Callie. She has a cowboy hat that she wears & a pink hamper that she calls Sparky her horse. Giddy Up Sparky.

She loves wearing dresses & twirling around & saying “Look Mama, I look like a princess.” Yes you do.

With her growing interest with the world of dress up & make believe, I thought we could have a little dress up fun.

Paper Plate Wig Mask.

What you will need:

Paper plates

Yarn

Glue

Pipe cleaner or string

Scissors

Directions:

Cut a hole out of two paper plates following the line of the first inside circle in the plate.

Glue the two paper plates together for a sturdier mask base.

Measure out how long you want your bangs to be & cut a piece of yarn at the desired length.

Measure out and cut several more pieces of this length.

Glue the bang pieces into place. Do not worry about them lining up perfectly, you can trim them later.

Trim along top and cut until flush along the curve of the plate.

After you have placed your bangs, add a strand of yarn on the outer edge of the plate following the curve of the plate about a 1/4 of the way around & then let the yarn hang straight down & cut to desired length.

Add another piece of yarn right up against the other following the same pattern. Do this until you have worked your way to the inner edge & then switch sides & repeat.

Continue until both sides are finished. Trim the uncovered portion of the plate.

Insert a pipe cleaner or string between the two plates or to the the back of the plates to create the backing to your mask.

And for the boys…

Cut out a half circle within your paper plate.

Sketch out & cut a mustache shape.

Start with one side of your mustache, laying down strand by strand similar to above.

Working from the top end of one side of your mustache work to the edge of the plate and follow downward along the curve of the circle until you meet the opposite side of the mustache.

My big kid enjoyed his mask too.

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