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CHILD’S FELT MASK
by Hazelnuts
This is a very quick tutorial and pattern for a child’s felt mask.There are lots of great mask inspirations on the internet so I highly recommend it as aresource. I got the idea for star eyes from Creative Kids at Home and their paper maskshttp://www.creativekidsathome.com/activities/activity_114.shtml
 
, as well as ideas fromgoogled images of felt masks, some of them are quite wonderful! Tutorials on makingfelt crowns, such as the one at Juicy Bits are also a great source of ideas forembellishments and construction techniques (http://juicy-bits.typepad.com/juicy_bits/2008/09/32-felt-birthday-crown-tutorial.html).MATERIALS
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Two pieces of felt approximately 20cm (8”) wide and 9cm (3
½
”) high. Ironbefore cutting to avoid shrinkage when fusing together
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1 piece WonderUnder (or similar) to fuse felt together (optional)
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Elastic (I used approx. 37cm of 5mm elastic (14” of 
¼
”))
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Thread for decorative stitchesCONSTRUCTION STEPS1.
 
Print out the pattern and test for size on your child. You may need to move theeyes further apart, closer together, make them bigger, or make it a bit wider.Test this with paper first before committing to a felt version.
Note: the pattern is designed to print out on A4 paper size. If you are printing on US letter it should be fine, just make sure your printer isn’t scaling it to fit the paper and that the square on the pattern measures 1cmsquare (just over 3/8”)
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Decide which colour felt will be the bigger outer piece and cut it outapproximately 5mm larger than the pattern all the way around, curving it in atthe temples to match the pattern (see image above). Having two even layers of 
 
 
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felt at this point provides more stability for the elastic.
Do not cut out eyes atthis point
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3.
 
Cut out smaller upper piece of felt, following pattern exactly.
Optional step if using WonderUnder:
In order that the felt of the smaller upper section fuseswell along the edges, iron the WonderUnder to the whole piece followingmanufacturers instructions and
then
cut out the pattern. You may cut the eyesout at this time, or cut through both layers of felt together later when they arefused together.
If you would like to make the mask reversible, leave the templesections free of WonderUnder so you can insert the elastic between the felt layers.
4.
 
Position the two layers of felt together and fuse well, or pin together if notfusing.5.
 
Cut out eyes through both layers and check for size, enlarge if necessary. If youhaven’t fused the layers together you may wish to do this after sewing aroundthe edges in Step 6.6.
 
Sew around outer edge of inner piece using either a decorative stitch, zigzag orplain straight stitch (see image below). This step prevents the felt fromstretching when pulled tight by the elastic. Do the same for the eyes,particularly if you’ve gone for the stars, as they seem prone to being pulled outof shape. Next time I will draw in the stitching line around the stars instead of trying to do it freehand, and practice my decorative stitches around curves!7.
 
Sew elastic in place on one side, adjust length to suit the desired head size, andsew the other side in a similar manner.8.
 
Stand back and let your hero get on with saving the universe!
 
 
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