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Kids Crafts: Superhero Masks (+ Template)

March 3, 2021

Welcome back to this weeks Kids Crafts – things for kids to make. Today, we are sharing our DIY Superhero Masks!

superhero masks
Note: this Superhero Masks DIY was first published in Feb 2013. We have updated and republished it for you.

Some of you may know that Red Ted recently turned 5 (Happy Birthday dear Boy!) and that he had a SUPERHERO birthday party! I really wanted to do a birthday party craft activity of sorts with the kids. (In my view) the key to any party activity is simplicity and preparation.

Superhero Masks Craft Activity

So I thought about our Superhero Stick Puppets – they really are nice and simple, but then decided against them, as already printed out lots of bits and pieces for bunting and cake toppers and I (!) was getting a little bored. I also thought about the Superhero Stress balls, but decided it would be helpful to have more adults “help” for this, and we decided to run the party show with two adults (my husband and I) and ten kids! (in retro spect these would have made great part favours!). These Superhero masks are also great as a No Sew Halloween Costume! It is also the perfect addition to our Crafts for Boys series.

And then I thought about masks! Well, actually Red Ted asked if we could make masks. I know many of his friends do NOT like colouring or drawing, so it had to be an “assembling and sticking craft” of sorts.  Enough rambling. The craft:

Materials needed to make your masks:

  • sheets of light card in assorted colours,
  • scissors,
  • glue,
  • elastic +
  • a bit of tap

How to make your Superherp Masks

You could buy a set of stars and circles pre cut – either from craft foam or card. You could make the hole mask as a foam superhero mask or even a felt superhero mask – your call!

If making the masks for a small group (e.g. 2-3 kids), cutting these by hand is tolerable.

I used my brand new Cricut Mini to cut stars and circles. It was the first time I had use it and it was pretty self explanatory (though there are a number of online tutorials that help. I just downloaded the “Cricut Craft Room” and went from there. I selected the free stars and circle images and arranged them on my page. They did have some “bolts” in their image stock, but they were part of a package and I didn’t need the whole package, so left it for now and cut the bolts by hand. The Cricut Mini was SUPER easy to use (I was rather impressed). My favourite part of it, is the “sticky feed map”. As you don’t have to use a WHOLE A4 sheet of card, but by placing smaller parts on the gridded feed map, you can easily use up odds and ends of card. Just be sure to match your grids on screen with the those on the feed map. Very clever and very thrifty indeed. I look forward to using my Cricut more!

1) Use these free printables for basic mask templates (print to fit A4). I managed to cut 5 masks at a time using the template – we cut  the eye holes in at the very end, to make sure it fit each child.

2) Cut your embellishments and masks. As this is for a party, I decided that I needed to precut everything. I wanted to give the kids lots of colour and shape choices – so needed to cut extra – sod’s law one child would want 5 stars or something. That is where the cricut came in handy. If I had only been crafting with my two, I would have asked them what colours and shapes they wanted and cut it all as we went along. So I cut lots of circles in blue, white and orange. Lots of stars in yellow, blue and white and some yellow bolts. I also cut the “eye wings” ahead of time. We had 10 kids coming and I cut out 12 masks. Giving us two as back up.

mask making

3) Add the elastic first. Knot and tape in place – the tape will help prevent the card from tearing.

Superhero mask activity

4) I prepped the table ahead of time. Again, if I was making this with just my kids, I would be doing a lot more “as we go along”. But with 10 kids, it is good to have everything ready. Arm the children with glue and let them get on with it.

5) Once they are done double check placement of eyes. Use the template as a guide, but place over child’s face and check. We used point nail scissors (that I have for crafting) to cut the eyes out.

6) Wear proudly and let mum take lots of photos! Done.

Final superhero masks

Pip Squeak did the one on the top left – the ones with the stars for eyes. It blew me away. I love how young children just have their own ideas and imagination and she wanted “star eyes”, so “star eyes” she got. Lovely.

Refuel with some Superhero Cupcakes:

Superhero Cupcake Toppers How To and Printable

(And whilst you are here, check out our super simple Superhero Party Invites).

Superhero Party Masks - simple Party Craft that the kids will love to make

What are your favourite Superhero Craft Ideas? And what are your top birthday party ideas and tips?

Need some more No Sew Halloween Costumes? Check out the full set:

No Sew Costume Ideas - ideal for Halloween

Happy Trick or Treating!

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Filed Under: Costumes, Kids Craft, Party Ideas 65 Comments

Comments

  1. domestic goddesque says

    February 13, 2013 at 8:56 am

    Did you use the Cricut?

    Reply
  2. Red Ted Art says

    February 13, 2013 at 9:03 am

    I used the Cricut for the stars and circles as they are “standard shapes”. I cut the rest by hand (yawn).

    Reply
  3. Claire says

    February 13, 2013 at 10:08 am

    My boy, now 11, would have LOVED these when he was younger! Great job!! (again!)

    Reply
  4. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    February 13, 2013 at 10:13 am

    These are fab Maggy – I love how they ended up and the cupcakes look delicious as well

    Reply
  5. Pinkoddy says

    February 13, 2013 at 10:21 am

    Happy Belated 5th Birthday RedTed. Looks like a great idea for a party. Our craft party went really well too.
    Thanks for sharing.
    I’m not sure I can do google hangouts ๐Ÿ™

    Reply
  6. Ali says

    February 13, 2013 at 10:57 am

    The masks are fabulous. Great set-up, I can see us doing this for one of my playgroups.

    Reply
  7. Red Ted Art says

    February 13, 2013 at 11:06 am

    Awe thanks everyone, I need to still add a photo of Pip Squeak’s. Her’s was totally adorable and so “original”. Love how different they all were and yet had the same basic materials!

    PinkOddy – you don’t have to do a google Hangout – really – it isn’t for everyone!

    Reply
  8. Ness @ One Perfect Day says

    February 13, 2013 at 11:18 am

    They look fantastic and thanks for sharing the templates too! Will be doing this with the boy and his cousins for sure.

    Reply
  9. Emma @Mummymummymum says

    February 13, 2013 at 11:24 am

    Fantastic masks, and the cake toppers look great too ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  10. jackie says

    February 13, 2013 at 2:37 pm

    Great masks, Maggy! What a super activity for a super hero party! Those cupcakes look gorgeous!

    Reply
  11. Sarah @ Frugal Fun for Boys says

    February 13, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    Great idea for a party activity! And happy birthday to Red Ted!

    Reply
  12. Red Ted Art says

    February 13, 2013 at 3:00 pm

    Thank you everyone, I was surprised at how much the boys all seemed to enjoy the craft AND wearing the masks afterwards! Was lovely to see.

    Reply
  13. Leah says

    February 13, 2013 at 3:24 pm

    I love these! I wonder if my little girls will be into the superhero thing. What a fun birthday party idea! Thanks for the link-up for all the great ideas!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      February 13, 2013 at 5:50 pm

      My little girl enjoyed making her mask (the one with the stars), but yes, not all little girls as into superheros!!!

      Reply
  14. Ann @ My Nearest and Dearest says

    February 13, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    what fun! Great pics of the boys!!

    Reply
  15. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says

    February 13, 2013 at 6:00 pm

    Wonderful party, Maggy! These masks are great!

    Reply
  16. PragmaticMom says

    February 13, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    Adorable masks! Any little boy would love this craft!!!

    Reply
  17. Vicky @ Mess For Less says

    February 13, 2013 at 10:08 pm

    Thanks for this wonderful linky! Can’t wait to explore!

    Reply
  18. Katie says

    February 14, 2013 at 11:15 pm

    My little boy loves everything super hero related, so will really love this.

    Reply
  19. Angela@mamarosemary.com says

    February 16, 2013 at 12:07 am

    Total awesome fun!

    Reply
  20. amber whitehead says

    February 16, 2013 at 9:48 pm

    very cute thanks for including the template so we can make them too!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      February 17, 2013 at 9:20 am

      My pleasure! I do hope you make some and that they templates print out ok!!

      Reply
  21. Mum of One says

    February 18, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    I love these! I am having a bit of a superhero phase myself!

    Reply
  22. Red Ted Art says

    February 18, 2013 at 2:48 pm

    Ooh yes, you can have one top!

    Reply
  23. Rebecca says

    February 24, 2013 at 9:36 am

    I love the star eyes! Very cute!

    Thanks for linking to the Sunday showcase. I’ve pinned this to our board.

    Reply
  24. terrie says

    July 23, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    hi, i love these and am trying to print them. but the link is gone? help…..

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      July 23, 2013 at 8:41 pm

      I just checked an the links are working for me? Under the photo of the “individual boy” with the red jumper round his shoulders..?

      Reply
  25. Sherry says

    August 20, 2013 at 4:26 pm

    What a cute idea! I linked to it from my website http://CubScoutIdeas.com because it will be a great activity for the Cubs to do.

    Thanks!

    Reply
  26. Beth says

    September 9, 2013 at 11:38 pm

    I love these! Where did you find the elastic and how long of a piece did you cut for each mask?

    Reply
  27. Miranda says

    January 24, 2014 at 1:49 am

    Hi! I can’t get the templates to work? Help please!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      January 24, 2014 at 11:08 am

      Hi, I just checked the links seem to work ok for me… they take you to a JPG that you then print off in A4 or similar on your computer? What problem are you having?

      Reply
      • Nicole says

        June 17, 2014 at 1:40 pm

        I can’t seem to get the links to work either! It takes me to a new page that says “page not found”. Thanks!

        Reply
        • Red Ted Art says

          June 17, 2014 at 4:33 pm

          Which link are you clicking on?

          Reply
          • Nicole says

            June 19, 2014 at 4:40 pm

            Basis mask templates as well as superhero embellishments.

  28. Teresa says

    June 10, 2015 at 12:45 pm

    I love this idea and want to use it for a library event I am hosting. When I click on the embellishments, I receive an error message that says the page does not exist. Is there a way to get an updated link to the document? Thanks so much!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      June 11, 2015 at 8:47 am

      Sorry about that, I think there is a technical glitch.. have added the images to the post – you can “drag and drop” them to your desktop and print from there (hopefully)

      Reply
      • Teresa says

        June 18, 2015 at 1:38 pm

        Worked like a charm! Thanks so much!

        Reply
  29. Sammy says

    June 27, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    i like this kind of idea. It is simple but you can make your child his/her happiest birthday that can’t never forget.

    Reply
  30. charlice says

    June 20, 2017 at 2:47 pm

    These masks are adorable. They are also simple that even a boy can craft them.

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      June 21, 2017 at 7:47 am

      thank you!

      Reply
  31. JRD says

    April 13, 2018 at 6:19 pm

    Oh no, template links are not working – any chance you can share again?

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      April 14, 2018 at 9:09 am

      It works for me.. click on these highlighted words?

      (free templates: basic mask templates and superhero embellishments (print to fit A4))

      Reply

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