Monster Masks Turn an ordinary paper plate into a monster mask! by Franny Shuker-Haines

	What you need:
	Paper plate Pencil Scissors Yarn Glue Crayons, markers, glitter, and other art supplies Popsicle stick

1. Hold a paper plate up to your child's face with the top surface of the plate facing her.

2. Lightly mark the outline of her eyes with a pencil.

3. Next, cut the eye holes in the plate. You can bend the plate slightly in two to make the initial snip for each eye.

4. Now let her decide on a "hairstyle," and help her cut the right length of yarn for the hair. She can braid or loop it in whatever style she desires.

5. Glue the hairstyle into place at the top of the mask.

6. Now comes the best part: decorating the mask. Here, your child can go wild!

7. Once the decorating is done, use scissors to make two small parallel horizontal snips, about half an inch apart, near the bottom of the mask. (They should be just slightly longer than the width of a popsicle stick.)

8. Thread the top of a popsicle stick through these slots to make a handle for the mask.

9. Have fun at the masquerade!