Purim Masks
From an idea posted by Neil MacQueen
The Jewish Purim Festival celebrating Esther and Mordecai's victory over Haman has elements in it of parades, carnival, and masquerades.
Thus, the making of masks to hide or reveal your true identity would be a worthy art project.
Who do people think you are?
Who does God want you to become?
Esther had one identity, but was asked to stand up an assume a true identity as a child of God.
Masks can be made in a variety of ways...
Full face masks made out of plastic cast material.
Decorated paper plates on a stick
Decorated masquerade-style eye masks.
In addition to the typical painting and decorating supplies, you could have student collage pictures from magazine that express one identity (perhaps false identities of beauty and athletic). What pictures of life does God want you to put forward as your face to others?
Purim costumes are also a popular way to celebrate Purim. The more ridiculous the better.
Sites on how to make masks or with printable masks:
- Website of Alpha Mom has free Downloadable/printable MASKS of the characters in the Esther Story. "Hadassah" was Esther's Jewish name! At the time of this post they were linked at http://alphamom.com/family-fun...rim-mask-printables/
- Website of Tori Avey has an article "How to Make Purim Masks" (with pictures) written by Brenda Ponnay http://toriavey.com/toris-kitc.../02/make-purim-mask/
If any of the links don't work, go to the site and search.
Photo from Hampton United Church, Hampton, ON, Canada, posted by Luanne Payne.
