Dog mask with own hands

After reading this article, you can make yourself a beautiful dog mask, which you can wear for a carnival or a children's party. You will learn several ways of making - from paper, felt and polymer clay. So, let's get started.

Paper Dog Mask on the head

Make this mask is simple enough. You will need thick colored paper or cardboard, glue, scissors. If there is no colored paper, then you can take a simple one and then paint it with paints, markers or pencils. You can use the template that you see below.

First, cut out the silhouette of the muzzle from the brown cardboard. Then from pink, make a triangular nose and mouth. Make slits for the eyes. From the black cardboard, make the eyebrows. Glue all the parts together. A dog mask made of cardboard is ready! Now you only need to sew or glue the elastic band to attach it to your head.

There are many options for making such a mask. In addition, you can make a three-dimensional muzzle if you make it out of triangles, which you then glue together.

Felt mask of the dog with your own hands

To make masks, it's better to buy thick and thick felt, since such material will be less scraped and better to sit on the head. You can use the template that is shown above, or draw your own, for example, as in the picture below.

First, cut out the dog's face from the brown felt. You can immediately sweep the edges so that they become stronger. Make large slits for the eyes. Then, from the beige felt, make stains around the eyes (so you will emphasize the look). Then embroider with a brown thread the nose or also make it out of felt. It is worth noting that the mask itself is best made from thick and dense felt, eyes and nose can be made from thin. On the wrong side, sew an elastic band or two strings to fix the mask on the head. The mask of the dog from felt is ready! If desired, you can make a bang on the head of artificial fur.

How to make a dog mask from polymer clay

Make a dog mask from polymer clay is much more difficult and more costly than paper or felt. But the result is worth it. First make a muzzle shape from papier-mâché. The mold should be thick enough that it does not become loose when stuccoing. Then take the clay and roll it into a thin pancake with a thickness of not more than four millimeters. Attach the resulting layer to the papier mache shape and smooth it. Clay should sit tightly on a mask of papier-mache. If somewhere the stratum is torn, then fill the resulting holes with plastic. Smooth out any irregularities. At this stage, also make the texture of the wool with a toothpick or an awl. Tint the mask with powder for clay, dry pastel or shadows. Make holes on the sides. Put it in the oven for half an hour or an hour. Remove the mask and allow it to cool. Now, if you want, you can paint the mask with paints (it's better to take acrylics).

Prolachte product, grind the irregularities, if any. Tie the rope or elastic to the holes. The mask of the dog is ready! If desired, you can supplement it with artificial fur.