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Make the paper maché paste. Tear some newspaper strips. Obtain a Venetian mask template. Cut holes in the corners of the mask. Cover your mask template in paper maché strips. Cut out the eye and string holes. Apply two more layers of newspaper strips. Let the mask dry.

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The process is incredibly simple and requires items you probably have laying around your house already.  Put two tablespoons of white flour into a bowl and add about lukewarm water slowly. Begin with just under one cup of water, stirring with a fork, whisk, or kitchen mixer to get the lumps out and ensure an even texture. Keep adding water little by little until you reach the consistency you desire. It should have a smooth texture: not runny, but not thick like dough. You will cover the mask form with newspaper strips to give yourself a nice surface to decorate. Keep in mind that glossy paper from magazines and coupon mailers won’t work very well, so find actual newspaper.  Cut the newspaper into long strips about 1 inch in width. You’ll need to layer the mask about three times, so make a lot of newspaper strips. The length of the strips doesn’t matter as much as the width, but extremely long strips the length of an actual newspaper page will be unwieldy and messy when soaked in paper maché paste. You can purchase Venetian mask molds inexpensively at craft stores or online. If you have access to a printer, you can simply find a template for Venetian masks online and transfer it to cardboard using iron-on transfer film.  Load your inkjet printer with the transfer film. Print the template image onto the transfer film. Peel off the plastic cover and press the template image against a piece of cardboard. Use an iron to apply heat to the back of the transfer film for 20 seconds or so (follow the instructions that come with your specific brand of transfer film.) Slowly peel back the film to reveal the transferred image on the cardboard Use an exacto knife to carefully cut along the borders of the template to create a cardboard mold of the mask. Make sure to cut out the eye holes as well. You need holes in the corners of the mask so you can insert string or elastic to hold the mask onto your face. Use a hole puncher or a sharp object like an exacto knife or scissor blade to create the holes. This process can be very messy, so you may want to do this outdoors, weather permitting. If you’re working indoors, spread newspaper over the surface you’re using to protect it from the paper maché paste, which will drip everywhere.  Dip a strip of newspaper into the paper maché paste so it’s completely soaked from end to end. Run your fingers along the length of the strip to remove excess paste. Layer it over the Venetian mask template, making sure to smooth out bumps and wrinkles. Repeat this process with your newspaper strips until you have completely covered the template. While the newspaper strips are still fairly wet, use your exacto knife to locate and cut out the two eye holes from the template and two string holes you created. If you wait until you’ve completed the entire paper maché process to do this, you may have trouble locating the holes, so you want to do this step for each layer of newspaper strip you apply. Layer the strips in different directions — horizontal, vertical, and diagonal — in order to achieve an even, natural effect. Remember to cut out the eye and string holes from time to time, so you don’t lose track of where they are. When you’ve created at least three layers of paper maché over your mask template, you’re ready to let the project harden.  Put the mask somewhere it won’t be disturbed and let it air dry for about a day. You can put it in the refrigerator to speed up the hardening process. When it’s completely hard and dry, you’re ready to decorate your mask.