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!

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

• Blank mask
• Stiffened felt
• VELCRO® Brand  Sticky Back for Fabrics (so you can change up your mask for different costumes!)
• Glitter glue

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)

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.

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.

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

Check out our mask inspiration post for more ideas!

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Final photo by Erika Hunt.

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