Elizabethan Mask

Make a simple mask from card or other materials.

Card (cereal packets will do)
Elastic, ribbon or string
Colouring or painting things
Trimmings – whatever you can find
This one has feathers and sequins
Hole punch ( to punch holes in the card)
A stick or tube for a handle (optional)

Instructions

Print mask template (available as a pdf below) onto card
If your card won’t go through the printer, print onto paper, then glue it to the card
With a hole punch, make a hole on each side of the mask, for the elastic
Add elastic, ribbon or string
Paint or colour the mask
Add your decorations

Print Your Mask Template

Download the mask template.

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Masks were sometime carried, not worn on the face. You can make a handle for your mask by using a stick, a narrow cardboard tube, or by rolling some card into a tube.

Romeo and Juliet meet at a party where masks are worn.
Design masks for both Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet is set in Italy, where Venice is particularly famous for its masks in the carnival season.

Other Costume activities:

Elizabethan Ruff

Make a ruff from A4 paper

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Handprint Mask

Make a simple mask using basic materials.

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Juliet Dress

A dress made from one piece of fabric, using simple running stitches.

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These activities will be enjoyed by children and adults of all ages. The activities are rated according to difficulty and level of parental involvement: these descriptions are intended as a rough guide only. We have rated them to help parents of children aged 8-13, on the assumption that above this age supervision is rarely required, and that below it, supervision is generally required.

: Set it up and off they go.

: Some help needed.

: Challenge yourself.