Carnival mask - An integral attribute of the celebration of the New Year. Make an unusual accessory for both adults and for children is quite easy to independently.
History
Dress up carnival costumes for the new year - Tradition that exists no longer than a dozen years. Even the Slavs for the shnik, it was customary to wear masks and wonderful costumes, for example, bears, goats and cows, a kimikor and water. We enjoyed popular and outfits of representatives of different social groups, for example, the girl could transformed into a wise old man, and a young guy - to the prosperous lady. Every suit and every festive mask had their deep meaning. In 1722, Peter I held the first New Year's Masquerade Ball. At the same time, the New Year's masks were even named with a mandatory attribute, because without them they could have not allowed.
In today's days, the tradition has changed, and carnival masks with costumes for the new year most often only put on small children.
Big variety
A variety of beautiful masks for children and adults is limited to only their own fantasy. All of them can be done From paper or cardboard, but much more attractive are models made of felt. The simplest carnival mask closes only a person's eyes and does not require any definite components. Cutting the base on the template, it can be decorated with sequins, beads and other decor. Always relevant are masks depicting animals - symbol of the upcoming year. Being versatile, they are suitable and boys, and girls. It is necessary to add that by designing such "naturalistic" accessories, you should not strive for the maximum repetition of the original - much better if they are just ridiculous.
In any case, the mask must be elegant and approach the suit. For making masks, you can use:
- paper;
- felt;
- plastic plates;
- papier mache;
- the cloth;
- Polymer clay.
How to do and what will required for this?
Having preferred to children's accessories from felt, at home with their own hands it will be possible to create a very pretty muzzle of the mouse. With a soft material quickly and conveniently work, and therefore it will be more pleasant to make a crawler. For needlework, the sheets of the felt of the SIZO and pink shades are required, as well as threads of black, gray and pink tones. Do not do without a satin narrow ribbon of any color in the tone, with which the mask will be put on. All actions will easily produce with scissors, needles and a simple pencil.
- Making a mask begins with the fact that the paper design of the finished design with all the details is drawn on paper. The pattern will be burned on gray felt tissue and cuts with conventional scissors.
- From the rose felt, spouts and middleings of the ears are created, which after sewn to the gray blank with pink threads. To work it is recommended to use conventional stitches.
- Mice mustache and eyebrows can simply embroider with black thread, moving back with a needle.
- Satin ribbon is cut in half, after which the edges are processed by a lighter so that the threads do not spread. The strings are sewn on a mask with gray threads just below the mouse ears.
- To complete the work, you can emphasize the outline of the entire mask.
In the following video, the design of the mouse mask is clearly demonstrated.
Standard carnival mask That is suitable for both adults and children can also be constructed from felt. In addition to the sheets for the base, there will be a ribbon or an elastic band for the formation of ties and a glue gun with rods. Small rhinestones, and sequins, sequins and sequins are suitable as decor.
- At the preparatory stage on cardboard drawn pattern. Since the mask is done for adults, it is enough for her just a little closed the eye zone.
- The felt itself can be chosen either in black, or a shade to the tone festive alongside. Transferring a template to the main material of the work, it is necessary to cut the mask with scissors.
- The perimeter of the decoration is drawn up using braid from sequins. The zone around the eyes is processed by the same braid or decorated with sparkles planted for glue. In the upper part of the mask, several bright feathers are glued.
- The joints of the joint are additionally masked by the straticles or colorful semi-graysins. If the accessory for the New Year carnival lacks color, then you can randomly cover the felt surface with beads, sequins or rhinestones.
- Upon completion of work to the mask, strings are sewn.
If there is an elastic band in their capacity, then it is worth limking to a piece of 30 centimeters long.
Luxurious will look openwork Felt mask. To create it, only the material of the appropriate shade and the braid of the same color used for the strings will be required.
- A template is created from a simple white paper, which is then redrawn onto the felt. Further, the openwork mask must be cut, but since it has a lot of holes of different forms, it is better to do it with the help of well-sharpened manicure scissors.
- The finished mask is either glued, or satin strings are sewn. As a rule, for this there are enough fifty-bentimet meter fragments of a thin ribbon, the edges of which are restored to prevent the straw of the threads.
For a children's New Year's costume may also be required Mask-hat From the same felt. For example, it may be Image of a bear Based on which other animals are also created. To work from materials, several felt sheets will be required: 3 pieces of a dark brown shade, 1 light brown and 1 black. The masks of the mask are designed from the white felt, although you can use simple pearl beads. To fix individual elements, either glue, or a needle with a thread of the appropriate shade.
- Work begins with the fact that on a sheet of simple paper A4 paper is a template in the form of a semicircle.
- Taking a pattern as a basis, you will need to cut two blanks of dark brown color, that is, the front and rear pieces of the hats.
- At the bottom of the workpiece, half of the circle is drawn, the maximum height of which is 4 centimeters. This stage will improve the landing mask on the head.
- For small details of the bear muzzle are cut separate patterns. Using them, it is necessary to cut the details of light brown, dark brown and black shades.
- Small details are either glued, or sewd to the front of the mask. The ears are laid between the front and rear, after which both half of the design are connected.
- The center of the eye is made up either a white felt or beads.
So that the cap does not fall from the head, it is recommended that you also create a sweep.
About how to make a carnival mask with your own hands, you can find out below.