Art-Inspired Halloween Costume: Cubism Paper Bag Mask · Art Projects for Kids

Art-Inspired Halloween Costume: Cubism Newspaper Bag Mask

How do you lot make an art-inspired Halloween costume that shows everyone how clever you are? Endeavor this DIY Cubism Paper Bag Mask.

It's and then like shooting fish in a barrel to have a love / detest relationship with Halloween costumes when you are the Art TEACHER at an elementary school. I'thousand guessing that in middle and high school, it'south not such an all-consuming mean solar day. Merely in kinder through 5th form? It'south everything. Everyone from the principal to the custodian in our school used to dress up.

Back in those days, early October would observe me annually wrestling with this list of requirements. It was very important that my costume be:

Simple. As in made in a few hours at most. (I was working two jobs at the time.)
Inexpensive. Similar $twenty cheap. After all, it was merely going to get worn for ane twenty-four hour period, at the well-nigh.
Creative. I was the art teacher, after all.
Different. I couldn't go too excited over pulling out the same one from the year before.

Well, over the years, I found a few ideas that I liked, only none equally much as this ode to Picasso with a cubism paper bag mask. It took less than an hour to color, toll me naught at all, and best of all — got a chuckle from more than than a few teachers and parents. I'd accept a hard time topping that kind of success rate today!

MATERIALS

Newspaper purse
Oil pastels, the opaque ones like Crayola
Pair of scissors or knife, to cutting heart holes and curves for shoulders

DIRECTIONS

Time needed:1 hour.

How to Describe a Cubism Head

Use a black pastel to start the center profile.
Continue down to draw the mouth and chin.
Describe the cheek going upwards the side, and neck.
Add a profile eye.
Add a brow.
Outline the other side of the head.
Draw a front end view eye.
Finish with lips.
Color heavily with pastels on all sides. Cut holes for optics and curves for shoulders.