Australian Aboriginal masks are usually decorated with symbols indicated by numerous and colorful, lines, dots and circles. The symbols serve as road maps to indicate locations of sacred sites, waterholes where animals gather and to illustrate Dreamtime stories.
Similar symbols can have multiple Dreamtime Story meanings, for instance masks or artwork decorated with wavy lines can indicate running water or creek beds or dry hills of sand. Colorful patterns of dots can indicate stars in the sky or commonly found native berries.
Printable Aborigini ethnic and cultural world country masks for young children to print, cut out with scissors, color, and decorate with crayons, markers, glitter, feathers, yarn, colorful papers and fabrics. Decorate your masks with preshaped cut and paste designs.
Children can wear the masks and make them come to life with stories and song or use the masks as wall hanging decorations for parties and thematic events.
Print and trace the designs onto multi-color fun craft foam sheets to create colorful soft face masks. Use the left over trimmings of foam pieces to cut and paste designs and shapes onto the mask.
All paper mask designs are printable on regular or heavy duty 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Print landscape mode for larger masks, portrait setting for smaller masks.
