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Chicken mask
A do-it-yourself project is nothing new for Cinnamon Cooper. As the resident writer for TOC’s “Hands on” column, Cooper constantly repurposes everyday items to create practical works of art. This chicken mask, which uses coffee filters as feathers, slightly resembles Big Bird and will bring you back to your childhood—especially if you color the filters yellow with a crayon or marker.
Materials One large paper plate, one cereal box, one pair of yellow rubber gloves, 30 or so coffee filters, one large rubber band, glue, stapler, scissors, X-Acto knife
Steps
1. Mark the eye holes and mouth on the plate and cut them out.
2. Draw triangles for the upper and lower beak shapes on the cereal box and cut them out. Fold a crease into the center of each triangle to create the beak. Fold over the top edge of the beak (about 1/2 inch) to create a tab that can be glued to the plate.
3. Cut the palm portion of one rubber glove to cover the top and bottom beak pieces and glue it onto the cutouts. Then glue the beak to the mask.
4. Cut a rectangular shape from the cereal box into a 1-inch-by-5-inch piece. Cut the tips off the fingers of the second glove and glue them to the cardboard to look like a chicken comb. Affix the bottom of the comb at the top center of the back of the paper plate.
5. Fold and cut many coffee filters into feather shapes. Glue the feathers to the outside of the plate and work your way toward the center, overlapping until the mask is covered. (Avoid covering the eyes.)
6. Cut a large rubber band to fit around your head and staple it to each side of the mask, hiding the staples under the feathers.
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