25. February: Designing carneval masks 🎭

(Post from Tanja) 

In Germany (nearly) everybody goes crazy around this time of year because it's "Fasching" or "Fastnacht" or "Karneval".🎉

It's a tradition that dates back to the 13th century.

Carneval, also known as the "Fith Season", begins on the 11th of November at 11:11 am and ends on Ash Wednesday of the following year with the main celebrations around Rosenmontag, which usually is in the end of February.
It has got three different names, each one used in a different part of Germany. The names evolved due to different traditions and other ways of celebrating.

Basically, carneval in Germany means
dressing up, partying all night long,
having different town-organized
parades and making fun of everybody
especially of politicians.

People can buy cheap costumes in
supermarkets, but if they have time,
they prefer to sew them themselves.

So of course, we had to make some in Ligzda, too! 😊
I chose to teach the kids the easiest costume: the mask 🎭


This is how you create one yourself :
1. Cut out any shape you want. Use hard, but bendy white paper.
2. Try the mask out and mark where your eyes are.
3. Cut out the shape of eyes.
4. Paint it with acrylic colours and glue on old material, buttons, etc.
5. Stamp two holes next to the eyes.
6. Knot elastic string to the holes.
7. Finished! 😊