Make A Killer Mask (a party stopper)

Every year around Halloween I attend a killer Masquerade Ball, for which I make a new mask. This particular mask was made using acrylic paint, fabric flowers, and feathers. Its Chaotic use of vibrant colors should reflect my busy year! The mask took about 5 hours to make and cost me less than $50. All supplies were purchased at Michael's Arts & Crafts store. For me, my masks have a tendency to bring out all the emotion and events I've experienced that year, so each one will look incredibly different depending on the currently flow of my life. This event is always one of the highlights of my year because I just get to see what happens when ART takes me for a ride.

For this project I used the full face plastic mask because the cardboard ones couldn't support all the weight of the flowers and can break after too much movement, so I recommend the hard plastic or melamine masks as a sturdy base. The day before I attached the flowers, I spray painted the mask with RUSTOLEUM Hammered Black Paint + Primer In One, available for about $7 a can at Lowes Home Improvment. After the mask had dried overnight I began flinging the colors and painting the lips and eye features. Following that, I attached the flowers by hot glue, starting with the biggest one, and working around it to tie the other ones into it, making sure to tuck all the big stems behind the leaves and flowers. To balance out the other side I attached an antique clip-on earring of my late grandmas' that I inherited. You can use anything you want on a mask (provided it will stay attached to it), that's the beauty of it, it should reflect you!

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