Top 9 Halloween Mask Making Books

1. Making Masks

Whether it's for a Halloween party, a school play, or just for the dress-up, a little imagination is all it takes to conceal your face and reveal someone new in your place. This wonderful book contains 13 mask projects that can be made by people of all ages.

2. Maskmaking

This book gives instructions for masks of plaster, clay, laminated paper, papier-mâché, buckram, wire, and celastic; plus, suggstions are given for final embellishments, finishing techniques, and maskmaking with children.

3. Complete Book of Paper Mask Making

This do-it-yourself guide gives detailed instructions for making paper masks; how to cut, fold, score, model, paint and decorate them. Make masks of people, clowns, birds and several animals.

4. Mask Magic

Masks are a fun way to transform yourself. Learn how to turn yourself into a Spanish giant, a skeleton that glows in the dark or make a Japanese theatre mask with this fun book.

5. Crafty Masks

These creative masks can be part of a costume for Halloween, a theater production, Mardi Gras or just for fun. The introduction contains a brief discussion of masks and how they have been used in various cultures and the book contains two dozen mask ideas. Make a polar bear, Egyptian mummy, sunshine and several other designs.

6. Return of the Nose Masks

Created by the original nose mask designer, here are 150 original costumes for the nose. Printed in full-color and perforated, these nose masks come with instructions for any size nose on any age face.

7. Making Masks

Provides detailed instructions for making fourteen masks, representing a clown, a fish, a tree, and more.

8. Watch Me Make a Mask

Shows a young boy turning a plain white mask into a monster face by using colored markers and the adhesive tape that comes in the mask kit.

9. The Usborne Book of Masks

There are lots of masks to make in this book. All of them eye-catching and original, simple to make and great fun to wear.