Color Book Masks web site is intended to provide young children access to free color book printable masks to decorate for school, parties, special occasions or just good old fashioned, family oriented entertainment. The many mask art and craft pattern ideas can assist children with the practice of visual-art, dexterity and scissor craft skills. Paper color book masks for children web site contains hundreds of free mask images and designs for any children's party, birthday or holiday event such Halloween, Easter or for masquerade balls and costume parties.
Children can exceed the far reaches of their imaginations when creating their own fables, fantasies, stories and scenes and decorating each mask accordingly. Children can make their masks come to life with characterization and sounds provided through team building exercises and other team-player skill building activities.
Printable masks young children can color and decorate for fun any day of the year. Colorful masks make perfect costume accessories.
Colorbook masks come in hundreds of varieties from animals to aliens. Children can select their favorite theme or basic mask format, full-face or half-face mask. Easy to print images are provided in grey and white instead of black and white to save a bit on ink usage, plus the grey ink doesn't bleed like the black ink when markers are used to color the images. images. Print each mask on vellum paper or card stock, or regular paper if you plan on pasteing the mask image onto a mold or solid surface. Cut out with scissors or X-Acto knives. Color and decorate with Crayola crayons, markers, colorful pieces of paper, sequins, beads, fabric, glue, paint, glitter, ribbon, yarn, tape, cotton balls, feathers.
Print and trace mask designs onto colorful foam sheets to create soft face-shaped versions to make your masks to life with stories and song or use the masks as wall hanging decorations for parties and holiday celebrations.
Use the left over trimmings of foam pieces to cut and paste designs and shapes onto the mask. Save mask designs to your PC and color then print as magnets or iron-on transfer and laminated decorations.
All paper mask designs are printable on regular or heavy duty 8 1/2" x 11" paper.
Children can wear the finished masks or use them as wall hanging decorations for parties and thematic events. For instance, African masks can represent spirit beings, departed ancestors, or invisible powers of social control. Masks are created according to tradition and worn by trained performers.
Some African tribal masks are full-body costumes worn as part of elaborate, important social, religious, and moral ceremonial events with costumed dancers, vibrant music, and stylized dances.
Masks have historic and educational value in addition to their value as creativity starters, for example: Japanese Kabuki masks and dancers all were originally female outcasts, street people and misfits. Through Kabuki dance, Izumo no Okuni helped teach these women acting, dancing and singing skills. In 1629 shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu outlawed women from performing in kabuki and as a result men were first introduced as dancers.
Mexican Skull Masks are quite popular every year around November 2nd, the Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) or All Souls´ Day is happy and colorful celebration and Mexico's most important religious holiday. On this day it is believed that dead relatives return from their resting places to visit their loved ones. Families visit cemeteries and churches bringing with them with flowers, candles, and prayer to reinforce the solidarity between living and dead persons.
Teachers can create team buiding exercises with the various mask themes in this website.
Scary monster masks or buggy masks can be useful aids in teaching about bad dreams or fear or anxiety reduction exercises.