- 1). Blow up a large balloon bigger than your head, then cut out a piece of cardboard in the shape of a round, flat "Y" and glue it to the balloon at eye level. Make sure the top of the "Y" extends around both your eyes and the tail reaches below your mouth.
- 2). Apply paper mache to the balloon and the cardboard "Y," making sure to keep the eye and mouth area higher than the rest of the mask. Start by pouring the paper mache paste into a large bowl. Next, dip one strip of paper mache at a time into the paste, completely saturating the strip. Wrap it around the balloon. The paste will make it stick. Repeat this process until the entire balloon is covered with strips. Be sure to wear vinyl gloves similar to what doctors and nurses wear to keep the paste off your hands. Allow the paper mache to dry and harden.
- 3). Pop the balloon and remove it from the paper mache shell of the mask. Cut two circular holes for your eyes and a thin, straight slit for the mouth using the knife. Place these cuts in the raised "Y" section that you created. Place two tiny holes in the area of the nose to help you breathe when you wear the mask. Be sure to wear plastic gloves to keep the paste off your hands.
- 4). Cover the entire mask in aluminum foil, gluing the edges together. Cut out the eyes and mouth holes you made in the paper mache shell.
- 5). Spray paint a pair of earmuffs with silver metallic spray paint. Once it dries, attach the earmuffs to the mask with silver duct tape.
- 6). Don silver or gray gloves, and a gray or silver sweat suit, sprayed with metallic silver spray paint. Allow the suit to dry before you wear it.
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