Winnie the Pooh Mask

Supplies

• Winnie the Pooh mask template (part 1)
• Winnie the Pooh mask template (part 2)
• Thin cardboard
• Cardstock or scrapbook paper (two shades of golden yellow, black, and red)
• Thin black sewing elastic
• Glue stick
• Pencil
• Stapler
• Craft knife
• Scissors
• Hole punch

Instructions

1. Print out template 1 and template 2 and cut out the pieces to use as patterns.
2. Using scissors, cut out a head from the thin cardboard and set it aside (you'll use this to back the mask later).
3. From the lighter shade of golden yellow paper, cut a second head and a muzzle.
4. From the second shade of golden yellow paper, cut the face shadow and the inner ears pieces.
5. Cut out eyes, eyebrows, a nose, and a mouth from black paper and a tongue from red paper.
6. To create the mask, start by gluing the inner ears in place on the paper head. Glue on the face shadow, positioning the top of it about 1 1/2 inches from the top of the head. Attach the eyebrows right above the face shadow.
7. Glue the nose onto the muzzle. Then glue the muzzle in place so that the lower edges match up with the bottom of the head and the top overlaps the face shadow. Glue on the mouth, positioning it about 1 3/4 inches up from the chin, and then stick on the tongue.
8. Place (but do not glue) the eyes on the mask and lightly trace around them.
9. Remove the eyes and use the craft knife to cut a hole through the head within the lines of each tracing. Do not make the holes as big as the eyes -- instead, leave a 1/8-inch border between the hole and the pencil line.
10. Punch a hole in the center of each of the black paper eyes to create a pair of black rings, and glue them in place around the eyeholes in the mask. At this point, have your child hold the mask up to his face to make sure he can see well. If not, use the craft knife to make the eyeholes larger.
11. Place the mask on top the cardboard backing to mark where the eyeholes are. Cut matching holes in the cardboard.
12. Cut a piece of black sewing elastic to a length that's just a bit longer than needed to fit around the back of your child's head. Knot the elastic ends and staple them to the sides of the mask backing.
13. Glue the mask onto the backing, matching up all the edges, and it's ready to wear