Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with beautiful sparkling masks! Class members use provided materials to create their own Mardi Gras masks and then don their costumes for a fun masquerade.

Concepts

mardi gras, masks, holiday celebrations, Holidays, watercolors, acrylic paint

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Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the activity in an art class in anticipation of Mardi Gras
• Have individuals create masks in a social studies class during a cultural holidays lesson, or in language arts after reading a story about Mardi Gras celebrations
• Save the lesson for another holiday or event that encourages festive costumes

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson calls for plastic face masks, glitter glaze, and watercolors, among other art supplies
• You'll need to provide additional extension activities, as the objective for the lesson is creating the mask

Pros

• Provides creative options for supply setup and alternatives to materials
• Lists the National Standards for visual arts that the lesson addresses

Cons

• None