These creatures come in peace! As party guests arrive, let them launch right into action with a mask-making project. We created ours with glow-in-the-dark craft foam and stickers so we could dim the lights and set an otherworldly mood (you could also use fluorescent materials, then switch on a black light).
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Plan an
Out-of-This-World
Party!
| Prep Time: About 1 hour | |
| What you need: | |
| Black plastic masks (available at craft and party stores
Green craft foam (1 sheet per mask) Scissors Craft knife Double-sided foam tape (we like Duck brand mounting tape) Black permanent marker Duct tape Pushpin Ping-Pong balls Pipe cleaners Googly eyes (1 inch in diameter) Glow-in-the-dark stickers | |
| Seasons: Year round | |
| Materials: craft foam | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | 
Preparty prep:
Cut out craft foam headpieces with scissors so that they are slightly wider than the mask and approximately twice as tall. Click here to print out a mask template. Line up the mask at the bottom of the headpiece and trace the eye openings onto the craft foam with a marker. Using the craft knife, cut out the eyeholes. |
| 2. | Use foam tape to attach a headpiece to the front of each mask. (Some brands of foam tape work better than others; if yours isn't sticking well, duct tape works too.) |
| 3. | Draw and cut out alien ears, including a tab on the inside edge as shown so you can tape the ears to the back of the headpieces. Click here to print out the alien ears template. |
| 4. | With a pushpin, poke a hole into each Ping-Pong ball.
During the party: The kids can make antennae by inserting a pipe cleaner into the hole in each Ping-Pong ball, then attaching the other end of the pipe cleaner to the back of a headpiece with duct tape. They can use the foam tape to attach alien ears and googly eyes, then decorate the masks with stickers. |
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