Here are some traditional Carnival masks from the Caribbean and Mexico. The characters represented by these masks are a Jaguar Knight, a fancy lady and a "Dandy" from Mexico and an Amerindian from Bermuda.

For your carnival festival make a mask which is based on the Jaguar Knight, a mask used during Carnival in the Veracruz region of Mexico.

Materials
1. White paper 8.5" x 11". The heaviest paper that your printer accepts will work the best.
2. Scissors
3. Glue
4. Paints, markers of crayons (optional)

1. Print out the mask in either color or black and white. You will need two pieces of paper per mask:
Print out the black and white mask
Page 1 and Page 2; or,
Print out the color mask
Page 1 and Page 2.
2. If you choose to print out the mask in black and white go ahead and color the mask.
3. Cut out all the pieces for your mask.
4. Cut along the dotted lines at the upper and lower corners of the mask face.
5. Cut along the dotted lines at the bottom of the ears and the nose.
6. Fold the ears and nose in half.
7. Fold the bottoms of the nose and ears as indicated on the print out.

8. Overlap the bottoms of the nose and ears as indicated on the print out and glue them.
9. Glue the nose and ears onto the mask.