Last-minute costume idea: Make a mask!

Need a quick costume for a Halloween party or New Year’s Eve masquerade? Want to look like less of a muggle at Comicon?

Few items transform your look as instantly as a mask.

Pick up a some supplies at the craft store (or hunt around your house), and you can be in disguise in an hour!

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Basic supply list (this is what came in the Brit Kits we used to do this project at CraftHack):

Additional supplies (people also added stuff from their stashes):

  • Patterned paper
  • Ultra-fine tipped Sharpies
  • Feathers
  • Paint

Tools:

  • Scissors
  • Foam brush (to spread glitter glue)

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I forgot to bring the scissors to our CraftHack meetup. So everyone had to share this small pair that Eileen happened to have. And I felt the wrath. Even though I brought cake.

Moral of the story: Do NOT come between crafters and their scissors. Cake will not save you.

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There are instructions on Brit + Co, but there are so many possibilities with this project!

Here’s what the creative minds at our CraftHack group came up with.

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Erika finished her Cleopatra mask at home and snapped a selfie for us!

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Check out our mask inspiration post for more ideas!

 

Final photo by Erika Hunt.

A big thanks to Brit + Co and Velcro Companies for providing the Brit Kits with supplies for this project!