Things you'll need:
- a cylindrical/ cuboid box
- a newspaper
- an old wedding card
- marker/ pen
- painter's tape
- adhesive
- acrylic colours: black, golden/ copper, yellow, blue, red
- tissue paper
- and old file
- coloured papers
- red buttons/crystals/sequins ( for the eyes )
- Take the box and wrap it with paper using painter's tape ( it's surface is kind of papery, so that later when we colour, it absorbs the colour well).
- Draw a tribal god face on one half.
- Roll paper into slim tubes and stick it on either side as shown.
- Roll some more paper and make two rings, somewhat bigger than the eyes, and make three balls and a rectangular wedge for the nose. make a thin long roll for the eyebrows and one for the mouth. Stick them using glue and painter's tape.
- Gently tap some tissue paper on the face and again gently nudge the tissue into the corners with a brush dipped in a mixture of glue+water (1:1 ratio).
- After the tissue has snugly fit onto the face and dried, colout the face black.
- We'll start with the feathers on the crown. Take an old cardboard file and cut out leafy shapes as shown. These are for supporting the feathers.
- Now, cut the shape of the feather from the colour papers. This should be bigger than the support leaves.
- Stick the feather part on the support and snip the borders of coloured feather in close cuts to make it more realistic.
- Take a piece of cotton, dab some golden colour on it, and roughly brush the cotton on the dried box to give it an antique metallic look.
- Glue the feathers on the forehead .
- Make spears out of gold paper or an old wedding invitation and insert in the side tubes.
- Stick the crystals into the hollow of the eye carefully. Let the glue dry.
- Make a random headband with shells or simply draw designs on a belt of golden paper and glue it to cover the base of the feathers, on the forehead.
- Paint fangs, and random coloured stripes on the cheeks.
- Sit back and take a moment to admire your work! Fierce, isn't he?
