Swan Mask

Reason for Resourcefulness:
After watching Swan Lake, my daughter wanted to dress up as a swan. 

The Creation:

1 Paper Plate

2 Coffee Filters

1 Sheet of white paper

1 Sheet of orange paper

2 Pieces of Ribbon or String

Glue and Scissors

1. Cut the paper plate in half. 

2. Hold up to your child's face and mark two places for the eyes and one place for the nose (The nose should stick out of the bottom.)  Mark a spot above each ear for the ribbon or string.

3. Use a quarter to make two circles.  Cut the circles out for the eyes. 

4. Cut out a triangle notch about a 1/4 of an inch high where you marked the nose.
5. Punch holes for ribbon.  Feed the ribbon through the whole and tie a knot on the front side of the mask.   The two pieces of ribbon should tie together in back.
6.  Help your child cut the coffee filters with children's scissors.  The messy the cuts the better.
7. To make the beak, roll one corner of the construction paper into a cone.  Tape down and cut the excess paper.  Tape the beak over the triangle notch you cut into the mask.  (Don't worry, the feathers will hide the tape.)
8. Trace your child's four fingers on the white paper, but instead of rounding out the tips of the fingers create a point.  (Trace your child's hand for slender feathers and because they love it!)  Tape these on the sides of the paper plate, flush with the bottom of the mask and covering the ribbon.
9.  Now allow your child to glue the coffee filter feathers on the mask.  Remember...Messy is better!  Bumps and Crumples add depth!