This post features how to make a plaster cloth masquerade mask.

Here is a suggested supply list:

• Rigid Wrap Plaster Cloth
• Sculpey polymer clay
• Vaseline
• Card stock

You will need to create a clay mask to use as a mold. Please refer to a previous post, “How to Make a Masquerade Mask.”

Step #1: Before baking your clay mask, press the mask on a flat surface and trace the mask onto card stock to create a pattern. Then use the pattern to trace five masks onto the plaster cloth.

Step #2: Cut the five masks from the plaster cloth.

Step #3: Line the inner surface of the baked clay mask with vaseline so the plaster cloth will not stick.

Step#4: Briefly soak one of the plaster cloth pieces in warm water.

Step #5: Form the plastic cloth to the inside of the clay mask.

Step #6: Continue the process until all of the plaster mask cloths are formed onto the clay mask in layers.

Step #7 Smooth the layers with your fingers and let the layers dry, according to the product’s recommendations.

Step #8: Remove the mask from the clay mold. You can then sand the mask, using fine grain sand paper or leave the mask rough.

Finally, enjoy painting and decorating your mask.

*A special thanks to my daughter, Andrea Luna, for painting and decorating this mask!

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