Culture Masks

The culture masks lesson was started out with a brief introduction on culture and different masks for varying groups of people. The class received a paper plate and was to cut out eyes and then paint it any color they wanted, between orange, red, peach, or brown. Once they were painted and out to dry, we used pipe cleaners, construction paper, foam sheets, and yarn to create whatever wacky hair we wanted to. The hair was then applied to the dry paper plates and we could add glitter, a nose, stickers, foam pieces, beads, or any other materials we wanted to finish the mask.

 

 

As an extension activity, I would have my class create masks that relate and follow characteristics of an actual culture or group of people, such as Native American, Aztec, ancient Egypt, etc. This would help reiterate the different cultures and how they are integrated in their masks, rather than just making masks that look crazy and silly. It would also be fun to see how the students integrate what they have learned from each culture and apply it to their masks.