Masquerade Masks

As I mentioned, I am a member of Alpha Phi Omega (APO), the national service fraternity.  Each semester we have two dances, one for only the active members, and one celebrating the activation of our pledges into the fraternity. The activation dance is typically just a semi-formal dance, but this year they added a masquerade theme.  I called upon Pinterest for some mask inspiration and found an awesome tutorial HERE for the masks pictured above and below.  These masks were very simple to make and I made masks for myself and five of my friends.

All you need is tulle or other sheer fabric, fabric paint, plastic wrap, the mask template (you can make your own) and ribbon. On the blog I found the tutorial on, the template for the masks is available for download.  After printing out the template, you simply tape it down to a table, tape a piece of plastic wrap on top of it and then tape the tulle on top of that. Then, you trace the template with the fabric paint and let it dry overnight.  When it is dry, it will peel off the plastic wrap and you can cut out around the peremeter of the mask and use the fabric glue to attach the ribbon to the sides.

I made two different styles, the original template that was shown on the other blog and a "melting" mask. I used plain black fabric paint and black glitter fabric paint. The black glitter paint dried to give a silver sparkled look.