While I was at the chiropractor, my two year old son ran around the adjustment table singing the Spidey and His Amazing Friends theme song. Was I surprised? Not in the least. Was I embarrassed? Thankfully my chiropractor also has young kids and my son was staying out of the way, so no. But it did make me want to make my kids Spidey, Ghost Spider, and Spin felt masks.
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Neither of my kids have actually seen the show. But we have Spidey, Ghost Spider, and Spin Tonies that they listen to ALL the time. They will run around the house singing while the songs play. Then, they (especially my 4 year old daughter) will want to act out the stories afterwards. I thought it would be fun to add a couple of hands on accessories to give this imaginary play a boost. I made them felt masks and felt spiderwebs to throw (coming soon). Both were to simple to make and are a big hit. Keep reading to learn how to make your own Spidey masks.
How to Make Spidey and Friends Felt Masks
Materials:
- Felt (red, black, and white)
- Thin cardboard (I used a Cheez-It box)
- Hole punch
- Extra strength glue stick (optional)
- Hot glue
- Paint pens
- Elastic cord
Making the Felt Mask Shape:
Start by making your basic felt mask shape. Trace your template (here is mine) on your felt and cut it out. You will need two for each mask. Use red felt for Spidey, white for Ghost Spider, and black for Spin.
Then, use a hole punch to punch the side holes on one piece of your felt. Take a piece of thin cardboard (I cut a piece off a Cheez-It box) and cut it into a circle slightly bigger than your hole punch. Glue this piece of cardboard over the holes you punched. Once it dries, punch a hole in the same place on the attached cardboard. I used an extra strength glue stick to do this and it worked really well. I did a comparison a while back on them vs. normal glue sticks and one thing they worked better on was felt. You can also use hot glue for this step.
Lastly, hot glue the second mask shaped piece of felt on top covering up the cardboard. Start by gluing around the eyeholes and then glue around the outside of the mask. Make sure to glue around your hole punched hole too. You can glue in little segments at a time to be more exact. Once the glue is dry, trim any leaked glue or areas the felt doesn’t line up with a pair of scissors. Then, hole punch through your last layer of felt. I used hot glue to make this craft no-sew, but if you can sew them instead if you would rather.
Decorating Your Spiderman Masks:
Now it’s time to make your felt masks look like Spiderman masks. For both the Spidey and Spin masks you want to start by drawing the web pattern with a paint pen. I would highly recommend practicing on your pattern before trying it on the felt mask. Make a dot between the two eyes and radiate out your lines from there. Then, draw curved lines every so often in each segment. Start your lines in the same place on each segment. For alternative spiderweb drawing ideas, check out this spiderweb drawing tutorial from wikiHow.
Next, it’s time to color the area around the eyes. You will need to do this for all three Spidey and His Amazing Friends masks. Cut out the eye shape from the pattern and trace around it with the paint pen you will be using. Then, color it in.
Finishing Your Felt Masks:
It’s time for the last step. Take your elastic cord and cut it to the right length for your child’s head. Tie it through the holes you punched and your felt masks are ready to use. Watch out baddies!
Conclusion of Our Felt Spiderman Masks
I no longer have two children, but I feel much safer now that Ghost Spider and Spin have shown up. They both enjoyed hiding behind the couch and popping up to throw felt spider webs (coming soon). My daughter wore hers all day yesterday (when I gave it to her). She would push it to the top of her head like people do with sunglasses when she didn’t want it on her face. My son ran around playing hide and go seek in his last night. This morning they immediately came back on when they woke up.
If your kids loved their masks as mush as mine did, learn how to make them felt webs to throw as well (coming soon). Also, check out these other fun crafts you can make with felt. And if these masks were fun, they might also enjoy these detailed no-sew animal masks from Flax and Twine.
