Soon the New Year, and adults need to think about what to give their child for the holiday and how to diversify the holiday so that it will be remembered for a long time. From this article you will learn how to make a mask of Santa Claus from a variety of materials with your own hands. You will learn how to make it from paper, plasticine and polymer clay.
The easiest paper mask of Santa Claus
If you want to make a mask of Santa Claus with your own hands with your child, then stock up on paper, paints, glue and plain cotton wool. It is best to take color paper - light pink and red. However, any color is suitable for the cap. You can also take any paints - watercolor, gouache or acrylic.
First, cut a simple circle out of light pink paper, attach it to the child’s face, and roughly figure out how your eyes should fit. Then, with scissors, make neat cuts for the eyes of an oval or round shape. Paint the mouth with red paint. Pink paint on the nose and rosy cheeks. Then cut the cap out of red paper and glue it to the head with glue.
Then take cotton wool and make it a beard, mustache, fur on the cap and pompom. If you wish, you can sprinkle sparkles on your beard. Then stick two strings or an elastic band to the product. The mask of Santa Claus is made and ready for use with your own hands!
More sophisticated cotton and paper product
To make such a mask, you have to try. As a white base-beard, you can take a cardboard plate, which can be bought at almost any store. The cap can be made of thick red paper or hard felt. First take a cardboard plate and cut out the bottom completely. Then make a triangle of colored paper or felt. Gently glue or sew the cap onto the white circle. If the cap falls, then it can be fixed with a simple cardboard on the back.
Then take cotton wool. It is best to take cotton swabs, then you do not have to form balls. Glue with PVA glue to the mask. Make a beard of Santa Claus in this way , a fur coat and a pompom on a hat. As a decor, you can stick a small green leaf of colored paper or felt on the cap.
Another way to make a mask! Polymer clay
There is another way to make a beautiful mask of Santa Claus. For this you need polymer clay flesh, red and white, acrylic paints, plastic varnish, oven, awl or toothpicks. Before you make a mask of Santa Claus from polymer clay, carefully prepare your workplace. Wipe the table from dust and wash your hands. Always keep white clay closed so that it does not get dirty.
First, from flesh-colored clay, blind the face of Santa Claus. It can be both flat and voluminous. Immediately, it’s much easier to sculpt a flat face, but it will not be so alive. Then blindfold a small cap of red clay and stick it to grandfather's face. Red powder paint rosy cheeks. From white clay, form a beard. Draw a hair texture with a toothpick or an awl. Do not forget to make cuts for the eyes. Then put the mask into the oven for about half an hour. Remember that the thickness of the workpiece should not exceed five millimeters. After the mask of Santa Claus is baked, let it cool directly in the oven. If you pull it out immediately, you risk breaking your product. Once the mask has cooled, you can proceed to further study. You can tint a hat or tint your cheeks. By the way, if you want Santa Claus's mask to turn out light, you can make a mustache, a beard, fur and a pompom from cotton wool. For polymer clay, it is better to glue it on quick-drying glue. If you use PVA, then cotton wool can just fall off.
How to make a light and voluminous mask? Papier-mâché - way out
If you do not want to spend a lot of money on polymer clay, and then also suffer from baking it, then make your papier-mâché mask. To do this, you will need clay, paper, fine sandpaper, PVA glue, paints and varnish with an elastic band. First make a shape - the face of Santa Claus from plasticine. Then take the paper and tear it into small pieces, which then fill with PVA glue. Then glue the face of Santa Claus with paper. The larger the number of layers, the thicker and stronger the mask of Santa Claus will be. After all the layers have dried, you can pull out all the clay from it. Trim the edges of the mask, and then walk along it with a fine emery cloth.
After all these simple manipulations, you can colorize your Santa Claus. After you have painted it, you can stick a beard and fur from cotton wool. Do not forget to make cuts for the eyes. In addition, to make them look more natural, you can make small holes right in the eyes. The mask of Santa Claus is ready!
other methods
What other ways can you make a mask? It would seem that we told you about all the ways. But no! You can make the mask completely out of cotton wool soaked in PVA glue. Also, the mask of Santa Claus can be sewn completely from felt.