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Paper · Halloween · Preschoolers

Paper plate monster mask

A silly, not-too-scary monster mask with paper horns, wild hair and as many eyes as your kid wants.

Paper plate monster mask
LevelIntermediate
AgesAges 3 to 5
Time40 minutes
Cost$2 to $5

What you'll need

Materials

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Tools

How to make it

Safety

Keep the craft knife with the grown-up the whole time and put it away before the coloring starts.

  1. Step 1: Mark the eye holes
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    Mark the eye holes

    Hold the plate up to your child's face and mark where their eyes are.

  2. Step 2: Grown-up step: Cut the eye holes
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    Grown-up step: Cut the eye holes

    Cut out 2 eye holes with a craft knife on a cutting board. Make them big so your child can see well.

  3. Step 3: Color the monster
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    Color the monster

    Let your child color the plate any wild color they like.

  4. Step 4: Cut horns and hair
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    Cut horns and hair

    Have them cut horns, spikes or fringe hair from scrap paper.

  5. Step 5: Glue it all on
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    Glue it all on

    Glue the horns and hair around the top edge. Extra eyes go anywhere.

  6. Step 6: Add the handle
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    Add the handle

    Tape a craft stick to the bottom so they can hold it up to their face.

Edie's tip

Use a handle instead of an elastic strap. Many preschoolers dislike things around their head.

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