Rat Mask

Rat Mask

The kids will have fun making - and wearing - this cheerful rat mask for The Year of the Rat!

You will need:

Grey and pink card
White pipe cleaners
Elastic
Glue and/or sticky tape

Instructions:

Cut the mask shape out of grey card, with two ears and a pointed nose as shown in the photo above.

Layer three short pipe cleaners, for whiskers, on the nose and tape of glue them in place. Cut a semi-circle of pink card for the nose, and stick over the pipe cleaners.

Cut two more semi-circles of pink card for the ears.

Cut out your eyes and punch two holes on either side of the mask through which to thread your elastic.

Happy Year of the Rat!

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