These are some of the finished masks completed by students in Mr. Silverman’s class.

by Ryan

All the 5th graders have been making masks for the past 6 weeks with the help of a lady named Nora from the Staten Island Children’s Museum. I had a lot of fun and anybody could do it. Here’s the process that we followed to reach our final product. First we had to take newspaper and make it into any shape we wanted by wrapping a bundle of newspaper. Second we did the same thing for the nose, mouth, and eyebrows and glued it on the mask. After that, things start to get messy. We then took mod-podge and mixed it with a tablespoon of water. We spread it on newspapers and covered it on the mask. We were careful not to cover the back. After it dried, it was hard. Finally we glued little pieces of paper on the mask for color. Soon it looked like a Mayan mask. I honestly really liked making the mask. If you were to try it you could have fun. No, you cant wear it, but it could be used for display.