🟢 Basic Mask Making Requirements
To make a Paleo Panthera mask you must know how to download a file, open a PDF, know how to use a printer (or pay someone to print the pattern for you), be comfortable with knives or scissors, have enough coordination to glue pattern pieces edge-to-edge, and be ready to make a really fun mess.
If you’ve never made a Paleo Panthera mask before you should budget one full week before your event to get it done. Just in case!
Every Paleo Panthera mask pattern requires a minimum of 6 items:
A work in progress of a horse skull mask.
4 square feet of either single wall cardboard or 2-4mm thick EVA foam.
An adhesive to glue the mask together; most commonly hot glue or contact cement.
Craft knives, scalpels, or scissors to cut the pattern pieces out
Paper glue (PVA white glue, glue stick, or Modge Podge) to glue the paper pattern to cardboard or an opaque marker to trace the pattern for EVA foam users. Make sure your marker will show up if you are using black EVA foam!
1 inch (Or 25mm) wide fabric elastic
Paint in some form
This can be any kind of acrylic paint; if you don’t already own paint pretty much any “craft paint” will work wonderfully. Brands include Folk Art, Apple Barrel, Craft Smart, Americana, and DecoArt.
As an artist I prefer Golden Acrylics and Liquitex brands.
If using EVA foam don’t forget to seal it before painting with a product like plastidip or ModPodge; foam is porous and will otherwise soak up a lot of your paint.
There are additional materials covered in other articles that can be nice to have or which expand what’s creatively possible, but for beginners or those on a shoestring budget these 6 items are all that’s required.
If you’re interested in a Paleo Panthera mask making project you can find mask patterns and the art mask resource center via the buttons below.