Printable Masks for Kids to Cut Out

Choose the child's age: it sets the distance between the eye holes, and with it the size of the whole mask. In the print dialog set the scale to 100% or “Actual size”, not “Fit to page”: that option shrinks the sheet by a few percent and the eyes slide off the holes. You can check with a ruler: the bar at the bottom of the sheet should measure exactly 50 mm.

Heavy paper of 160–220 g/m² (roughly 60–80 lb cover stock) or thin card stock works best, if your printer takes it: the mask does not crease or tear at the holes. Regular office paper can be glued onto cardboard after printing and then cut out. For a headband, regular paper is enough — the strips hold because they are glued together.

Cut out the face and the strips. Glue the strips together by number: the hatched end of one strip goes under the next one. Glue the ends of the band to the back of the face, on the left and the right, then try it on the child's head and trim the extra or staple it. The strip length is calculated from head circumference — you can change it under “Type and size”.

An adult should cut the eye holes: fold the mask across the hole, snip along the fold with scissors, then follow the line; a craft knife on a cutting mat is easiest. If a little one is cutting out the mask, switch on “Cutting: Simple” — the outline becomes smooth, with no narrow gaps between the ears and the head.

Punch the holes at the sides of the mask — they are printed at eye level. Cover those spots on the inside with a bit of tape so the paper does not tear, and thread thin round elastic cord through. Fit the length to the head: the elastic should hold the mask without digging in. A mask on a stick and a headband need no elastic.

Yes. Under “How many and for whom” choose “Whole theme” or “Every role in the tale” and type the children's names one per line: the masks are shared out among the names, and each name prints under its mask and on the headband strip. For identical masks, keep “Just this one” and set the number of copies. Everything goes into one PDF.

Both print the mask as an outline to color in. “Coloring page + sample” adds a small color copy of the same mask next to it — the child colors while looking at it, and the teacher does not have to show a sample on a screen. If you color the mask on screen with your finger, the colored parts print in color.

Yes: choose “Coloring page” — the mask prints as a black outline, and the kids add the color themselves. For a color printer there is a “Save ink” checkbox: colors print lighter and lines thinner.