Made by School Nurse
All three hyenas were so much fun to put together. The kiddos would stop by the clinic daily to check on their progress and try them on 🙂
I loved that you included the teeth and jaw patterns. I made each headdress with their own unique face.
We have littles in elementary and middle school. Because of the ages, we chose to do Lion King Kids rather than Lion King Junior. There were FIVE rafiki’s in the show acting as the story tellers.
Would you recommend using your ghirrafe pattern sculpture and make into a headrest for those in the play?
Hi Amber. I’ve never tried it that way, but a lot of people have. The easiest way is to tape the bottom of the neck to the top of a bicycle helmet. You can see some of the giraffes that have been used as headdress masks here, and here.
I would love to rent your masks for our school show!!!! Please let me know if this is an option!!!
Hi Lucas. That’s an interesting idea, but I don’t have time for something like that. I recommend finding a local artist who could use my patterns to create your masks for you. Then you’d be supporting a local creator, and you’d avoid all the shipping costs, too. You might be able to find one at the art department of a nearby college. Good luck with it!
They are at my house for the moment. Not sure of their future use as of yet 🙂 I put a lot of time and love into making them and I did not want them thrown into a box in a dark room somewhere 🙂
You’re right – that would be very sad. I gave the Lion King masks I made to our local community theater – at least they got to be used once. I don’t know what happened to them after that. Maybe you could ‘rent’ yours to other schools that need masks, but don’t have any volunteers to make them. 🙂
I love those crazy characters that you’ve given the hyenas, and your Rafikis are really nice! The students will never forget the experience of wearing your wonderful masks, and I know they must really appreciate the work you’ve done on them. What will happen to all those masks after the play is over?