Decoupage Masquerade Mask

These Masquerade masks were developed much the same way as the one Patricia made; however, instead of a painted surface, I used scrapbooking paper to create patterns over the features of the mask. Then, I used lace (on the full mask) to create Period accents and develop a bit of a Lolita feel. For the full instructions on how to do this visit my article Decoupage Project.

Another type of mask that's fun to make, is a paper mache mask using one of these cheap plastic masks as a re-usable base. I plan on working more on this project in the months to come. I'll be sure to post pictures of my finished paper mache mask(s). Here's an article on how to make paper mache Venetian masks. It's a fairly easy project. If anyone has any suggestions for the paper mache project, feel free to leave them in the comments.

Masquerade Mask

Another one of my "older" crafts. This was done for the Vampire Halloween Masquerade party I held in 2008. I used a lot of materials for this: wooden dowel, cut to wanted length; black acrylic paint, red acrylic paint, red glitter, colored jewels, 3 red feathers, hot glue, fake eye lashes, spray glue, hot glue, red ribbon, black ribbon, red fabric rose, black fabric rose, full cover mask.

First I painted the mask all over black, with the exception of the eyeshadow areas and lips. I think I had to do a couple of coats to get the color of black I wanted. I then painted the eyes and lips...again doing a few coats until I achieved the right color. After drying, I sprayed the mask with the spray glue and sprinkled the amount of red glitter I wanted on it. Again, after drying, I glued the jewels on to give the appearance of crying blood, using hot glue. I glue the three feathers on the forehead with hot glue to give the apearance of a saloon girl's headband. I put red glitter on the clump of hotglue used to hold the feathers on to disguise it some. I sprayed some of the spray glue into a paper plate, dipped the adhesive eyelashes in it, and applied them in the appropriate spot. I then evened out the red and black ribbon, reserving some of the red, on either side and hotglued them on to resemble the pigtailed hairstyle. I hotglued the red rose on top of one set, and the black on the other. I then painted the dowel black, hotglued the red ribbon on it in a spiral, and then hot glued it onto it.