How to make creepy masks of yourself

I wanted to make wearable masks for a themed birthday party, and thought i’d try to make them myself using some of the portraits I have on flickr. Of course any photo can be used, but i found high resolution frontal picture work best when working on the eyes. I cropped the images below to keep only the face and printed them in A4 size in laser color printer.

Then I cut around the faces and glued them onto sheets of cardboard paper (I used the extra thin one so it would be easier to cut holes in it):

Once dry I cut around the faces again, cut the eyes out with a cutter, and punched some small holes on both sides of the head. I then used some basic string to make the mask wearable.

The end result is kind of creepy, but also funny. We tested them out on the banks of the Seine. Some people had a laugh, others were scared by the big smiling faces.

And don’t forget to wear the crap out of those masks!