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Giraffe Headdress Mask Pattern

For Paper Mache

$12

This pattern makes it easy to build a fun, lightweight giraffe headdress mask with inexpensive materials.

The pattern creates all the shapes for you—no sculpting experience is needed.

Customize the colors, spots, and style to make your giraffe truly your own! It’s perfect for The Lion King Jr, other school productions, drama clubs—or just for fun.

And when it’s done, you get to proudly tell everyone that you made it yourself. 🙂

How to Make Your Giraffe Headdress Mask:

Print the pattern and glue it on cereal box cardboard.

Cut out the pieces and tape them together, using the instructions included with the pattern and the videos below. Add foam balls for the eyes, and some foil details.

Add paper mache with newspaper or the brown paper that comes for free in amazon.com boxes.

And finally, use acrylic paint to add all those spots and bring your giraffe to life.

Finished size –

About 12 inches (30.48 cm) deep, 13.5 inches (34.29 cm) wide and 26 inches (66.04 cm) high.

It will fit an adult head, but the size can be changed by following the instructions on page 26 of the downloadable PDF pattern.

My downloadable PDF Patterns come with full instructions.

There’s no waiting for your pattern to arrive, and no shipping costs, so you can start on your project right away.

Note: If you’ll be saving your pattern to and iPhone or iPad, those devices like to hide your downloaded files. You can scroll down this page to see how to find them.

And remember – if you have any problems downloading your files or putting your pattern together, just let me know. I’m always happy to help.  🙂

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Watch these videos to see how to make your Giraffe headdress mask:

This first video shows you how the head pieces are taped together on the giraffe headdress mask. You’ll also see how to do some easy sculpting around the nose and eyes with foil, and how to add the ears and ossicones.

This video shows how to tape the neck pieces on the giraffe headdress mask, and how to securely add the cap.

This next video shows how I added one layer of paper mache, and how I used paper towels to give the mane a furry texture. There are are a lot of other ways to make the mane, so use your imagination, or do a search on this site for “giraffe” to see how other people have added manes to their giraffe sculptures. For the rest of the paper mache, I used the free brown paper that comes stuffed in amazon.com boxes, but newspaper would work just as well, if you have some.

I painted my giraffe mask quickly, with just a few colors. Watch this next video to see how I did it.

You’ll also want to do a search for online images of giraffe heads. That will help you decide where you’d like to put the spots on your own mask. The distinct black designs around a giraffe’s eyes are a little different on every giraffe, too, so find a photo you really like to use as a model. You don’t have to paint your giraffe mask the same way I did! 🙂

To make your Giraffe Headdress Mask you will need:

• The Pattern
• Access to a Printer
• Copy paper or full-sheet labels (I always use the labels)
• Glue stick if using copy paper instead of the labels
• Cardboard from 7 standard-sized cereal boxes or 14 letter-sized sheets of light chipboard.*
• Sharp scissors for cutting cereal box cardboard.
• Clear plastic tape and masking tape Note: Don’t use disappearing gift wrap tape – it isn’t strong enough.
• A small amount of aluminum foil
• One 1.5″ foam ball for the eyes
• Glue gun
• Paper strips and paste (Find recipes here)
• For the mane I used paper towels and paste, but you might want to use yarn or another material instead – get creative! 🙂
• Acrylic paint and varnish
• Shoelaces or elastic straps to hold the mask in place

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When you finish your giraffe headdress mask…

We would love to see how it turns out, so please come back to the Daily Sculptors page and upload some photos. 🙂

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