Halloween masks
All Saints' Eve is getting closer, which means it's time to pick yourself up costume and take care of makeup or mask for the theme party. Masks can be made on their own, or bought in specialized stores, ordered via the Internet. You can see a selection of the most interesting mask options in this article.
DIY Halloween masks 
There is not always time and money to go shopping and look for a mask for the holiday. In this case, you can make a mask from available tools. You can make a mask out of paper, cardboard or felt for your child. Decide on the hero you will portray your child, get the material and get started. With paper and cardboard, everything is quite simple: come up with or find a template on the Internet, print and transfer to cardboard or paper. Then carefully cut, attach an elastic band or tie bands. 
It can be decorated or decorated with various elements: gauze, wool, hair, sequins, beads, feathers. You can use beautiful yellowed leaves from trees, but keep in mind that such a mask will not last long. 
Another option is to make a mask out of felt, also transferring the template of the future mask to the felt. Cut, glue, you can glue the felt of a different color, making hair and eyebrows, for example, on the Hulk mask. 
The most handy ones can be advised to make a mask from plasticine or special gypsum, or clay. To do this, you first need to make an impression of the face, while the mask can only be on one half of the face, then stick several layers of paper or newspaper on PVA glue, after which you can start painting, decorating and cutting out the slits for the eyes, mouth and nose. You can make a terrible mask by making bloody streaks of red paint, or purulent wounds. 
For girls, you can make masks from lace. The most relevant colors are black and red, less often white for a corpse bride suit, for example. For such a mask, you will need glue, a piece of thick cardboard, a piece of lace, scissors and ribbons for strings. Cut a mask of any shape out of cardboard, it can even be in the shape of a bat. Glue the lace on top, by the way, black lace can be combined with red and a little white. Attach the tapes and the mask is ready. You can decorate it with rhinestones, beads, sequins, feathers, fur. This version of the mask goes well with a black dress and gloomy accessories. 
In general, a mask can be made from anything: from gauze, bandages, toilet paper, a simple bag, in general, for which there is enough imagination and what is at hand.
Halloween Mask Ideas
Today, the peak of popularity is, of course, all kinds of evil in whose honor it is celebrated Halloween... These can be mummies, skeletons, witches, ghouls, vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein, Jason from the movie "Friday the 13th", Freddy Krueger, zombies and others. 
In recent years, celebrities and movie characters have become popular: Batman, Joker, Hulk, Halboy, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Spider-Man, King Kong. Also, people make their choice on masks and costumes, depending on the release of interesting films. For example, in 2016 Batman, Joker and Harley Quinn were at the peak of popularity, in 2014 the yellow heroes Minions from the cartoon "Despicable Me", presumably, in 2017 the choice will fall on clown Pennywise from the movie "It" by Stephen King, or superheroes from "Avengers" and "Justice League".
Among other things, for many years at parties you can see people in masks of a maniac from the movie "Scream", a madman from the movie "Saw". For children, masks of various animals, superheroes are relevant, the most daring become zombies, vampires and mummies. 
It is easiest for men to make a choice: the options for masks and personalities are very large: from the "Scream" mask to the huge head of a horse or cow made of silicone. 
For girls, the masks of Catwoman, Witch, Baba Yaga, Playboy bunny are suitable. All masks are made from different materials and for a very different wallet. They can be rubber, latex, leather, plaster, lace. The price category ranges from 150 rubles to 10 thousand, or even more. The rubber and silicone masks look pretty realistic. 
