Book week is coming up here in Australia and the book Fantastic Mr Fox is one our favourites. My kids love the character Mr Fox and the book has always been a favourite at bedtime. So it seems only fitting to create a cardboard costume mask for them to wear for this year's book week.
Cardboard is the perfect material to use for a fox mask, it makes a great 3 dimensional snout and enables the ears to stand up and flick out.
This mask is surprisingly easy to assemble and includes optional printable overlays to customise your look. Choose between the full colour design or the more natural black and white version, or get creative and make it your own with paint, fur, or other fun decorations. The only limit is your imagination!
A simple and fun way to dress up as your favourite character for Book Week, Halloween, or imaginative play around the house. The mask is designed to fit both children and adults, so everyone can join in the fun...you could even create the whole Fantastic Fox family!
Things you will need for this DIY is:
- Fox Mask Template
- Single walled cardboard (2-5mm thick)
- Glue gun https://amzn.to/3MlT9i9
- Hot glue sticks https://amzn.to/3Xfe8rE
- Craft Blade https://amzn.to/3X4Zsvb
- Blu-tack https://amzn.to/3yMtqMJ
- Scissors https://amzn.to/3ThKilj
- Glue stick https://amzn.to/4e5yU45
- Face mask straps, ribbon or elastic string https://amzn.to/4gexzJW
The above links are to amazon products we currently use for making cardboard costumes. (they may differ from the video) but please use whatever is available, these are suggestions.
To see how easy it is to make this DIY Fox Mask out of a cardboard box, watch this step by step video as it takes you through how to make this simple but effect kids costume.
By Zygote Brown Designs