If you’ve ever wanted to be your favourite wild animal, now’s your chance. Have a go at making an animal mask using our mask templates. Whether you love ladybirds, bees or something more furry like a hare – we’ve got the mask for you.
You can combine it with some research and wild animal performances too!
What you will need:
- Printed activity sheet(s) (or plain paper/card)
- Colouring pencils or pens
- String (or elastic)
- Scissors
- A hole punch (optional)
- Lollypop stick (optional)
How to make your animal mask:
- Print out the mask(s) of your choice. If you don’t have a printer – you could copy the designs onto paper or card, and then follow the rest of the instructions.
- Time to let the creativity flow and decorate the masks! Once done, carefully cut around the outline and the eyes – it can be a little fiddly so adults may need to help younger children.
- Carefully punch out the two holes at the sides of the mask. A hole punch is helpful for this, but you could use a sharp pencil or the scissors.
- Measure a piece of string around your head so that you get the right size. Tie the string between the two holes.
- You can use the masks to create some wild performances. If possible, ask the children to research their animal online or in books. Perhaps they can find out where they live, what they eat and a fun fact. Watching some videos of the animal could give them some performance inspiration too!
- After their research, its performance time! Can they move around like their animal and make some of its calls/noises? Individually, or in pairs/groups, they could present their research findings and a fun fact!
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