Made by Amanda Carr
Our middle school decided to do the Lion King Jr. for our spring musical. I used a number of your amazing mask patterns to create the animals for this production. I got so many compliments on how professional they all looked! I gave you all the credit for your amazing patterns. Thank you so much Jonni!
How I made the Scar headpiece: I printed the “Mufasa Mask” pattern from the “Lion Headdress Masks for the Lion King Jr. Play” pattern set out on cardstock to keep it as light and flexible as possible. I used this as the base for my mask. After studying many images of Scar, I built out the features (sunken eyes, uneven eyebrows, asymmetrical jawline etc.) using aluminum foil and masking tape. I used brown packing paper and a mixture of 2/3 white school glue to 1/3 water for the paper mache to cover the whole mask. I applied the glue solution to the ripped squares of brown packing paper using a paint brush.
We were going for a Jr. Broadway look, so I fused some of the softer, animated Scar characteristics, contours and colorings with the harsh spiky mane of the Broadway mask style. I added green metallic paint to the eyes and did not define them with pupils to make them more mysterious and evil looking. I made the spiky mane out of the plastic straps from tires and painted them black. I used a steak knife to poke holes in the top of the head, inserted a cut section of the plastic strap and secured it on the inside with hot glue.
I mounted the face of the mask to a piece of 1/2 inch Styrofoam to give it additional support. I also raised the position of the Scar face up on the cap slightly so as not to cover as much of the actor’s face/forehead.
Here are some images of my Scar. He definitely gave the strong villain vibes we were hoping for without being too creepy for our youngest audience members.
