Some sources of ideas for MASKS...

Mexican masks at Waltham Cross Infants School

Here are a few ideas for sources of inspiration on Aztec/Mexican masks. First, LOOK AT OUR MEXICAN MASKS PHOTO GALLERY - link below. Next, you’ll find many examples of masks made in UK schools by visiting our School Displays page (photo, right, taken at Waltham Cross Infants School). After that...

... remember there’s a UK source of posters, orderable online, which offers a surprising number of posters with Mexican themes (Allposters.co.uk) - go to the link on our Other Mexico Links page. And follow the link below to some attractive posters on pre-Hispanic Mexico (zazzle.com)

... books. We’ve seen a nice section on making an Aztec mosaic mask in ‘Making Masks for Children’ by Gillian Chapman & Pam Robson, MacDonald Books, 1995. Then there’s a highly practical Dover Publications book ‘Cut & Make Mexican Masks’ (click on Books, right and follow the link to Dover)

... stencils. Check out the range of stencils available from Stencil Kingdom in Warwickshire (link below).

... more on books. When we visited Kennington CE Primary School in Ashford, Kent, the children came to our presentation bearing home-made Aztec eagle helmets and feather fans. The ideas came from ‘Footsteps: the Aztecs’ by Sally Hewitt (Watts Books, London, 1996)