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Maskmaking With Paper

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A person's hands fold a single sheet of bright orange paper in half on a white table.

An instructor shows the art of making dimensional paper masks from construction paper. From a folded sheet of paper, she forms the face, and then adds nose, colorful eyes, mouth, hair, and any other decoration to create unusual, dramatic masks from inexpensive materials. The step-by-step process is clearly demonstrated.

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    PATRICIA M. (Riverside, CA)
    October 26th, 2016 at 03:31 PM

    Directions are clear and so easy to follow and the masks turned out so well even for my 4th grade students.

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