Students can wear these festive masks to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Your students will love painting and decorating these masks for a classroom celebration or Chinese New Year parade!

What You Need

• Paper plate
• Paint
• String
• Glue
• Tissue paper
• Cardstock

What You Do

• Paint the cardstock with bright colors, then cut out shapes to decorate the masks. Make horns, noses, and spikes.
• Cut strips of tissue paper for more decoration.
• Paint the back of the plate. Let it dry.
• Cut two eye holes into the plate.
• Glue the tissue paper strips and the horns, noses, and spikes to the masks.
• Allow to dry.
• Cut a length of string long enough to go around the child's head but still fit snugly to hold the mask up.
• Punch a whole on each side of the plate. Tie the string on each side.
• Adjust the string as needed to keep the child's mask on.