Mardi Gras Paper Carnival Mask Activities for Kids

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#001 Quartered Lined Face with No Mouth

Mardi Gras is a French term meaning "Fat Tuesday" and falls on the day before Ash Wednesday. People like to celebrate the Mardi Gras carnival by holding parades, parties and wearing colorful masks, costumes and beads.

Cities that hold famous Mardi Gras celebrations include New Orleans, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama and Sydney, Australia. You wouldn't know by watching the parades and wild behavior of pie-eyed party participants, but Mardi Gras is a religious celebration. The festivities begin on or after Epiphany and wind up on the day before Ash Wednesday. Fat Tuesday refers to the practice stuffing yourself silly on the last night before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season (penitential season of Lent).

"Fat Tuesday" Color Book Mask Printables for Kids

Click here for half-face mask styles. Decorate your full or half face Mardi Gras mask with cut and paste shapes |  brightly colored paints, feathers, sequins, and paper or fabric trimmings.

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#002 Full-Face Smiling With Star and Flower Eyes
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#009 Demon with Horns
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#010 Sweet Feminine Face
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#016 Horned Beast or Goat
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#037 Smiling with Thick Eyebrows
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#038 Smiling Face with Wavy Lines
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#039 Happy Face With Zig Zag Lines
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#044 Leaves and Vines
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#045 Flowers and Vines on Feminine Face
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#046 Zebra Striped Face
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#047 Fleur de lis on Face
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#049 Court Jester
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#050 Bushy Eyebrows and Flowery Eyes
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#051 Exquisitely Decorated
#052
#052 Circles over Circles
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#053 Man of the Forest Hunter
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#054 Star Burst
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#055 Old Man
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#056 Wavy Lined
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#057 Vertical Wavy Lined
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#058 Swirled Lined
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#059 Chris Crossed
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#060 Folk Art Deco Floral
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#061 Vertical DNA lines
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#062 Decorative Lined