Special lawrence.com fun-time masks!

Monday, September 24, 2007

It's time once again, dear readers, to (1) conceal your true identities, (2) meet up with others doing likewise, and (3) request "treats" and/or imbibe freely. To facilitate your speedy progression on to phase 3 of your Halloween celebrations, we avail these special lawrence.com fun-time masks. Please follow instructions carefully to avoid accidental maiming, etc. Have fun!

What you’ll need:

- Scissors

- Rubber band, elastic, or string.

- A good stiff piece of chipboard (lawrence.com recommends an Old Style box — the kreusening adds increased durability).

- Some sort of adhesive. (www.thistothat.com recommends 3M 77 as the best choice for strength and avoiding wrinkles and stiffness, and its high toxicity adds to the Halloween scariness!)

How to make a scary mask:

Fun-time masks!

(Masks are PDF files. Free Acrobat required).

2007 editions

Iranian President Mahmoud "Don't call me gay" Ahmadinejad

U.S. Presidential hopeful Hillary "Bill's my b*tch" Clinton

The deranged mutation of City Commissioners Mike Dever and Rob Chestnut - known only as "DevNut"

Jayhawk basketball legend Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain

2006 editions

U.S. President G(e)orge "on human flesh" W. Bush

North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong "bind, torture, and ki-" Il

KU Women's Basketball Coach Bonnie "I know what you did with Clyde's body last summer" Henrickson

Lawrence City Manager Dave "Corpse Lips" Corliss

Special off-season edition

Max Falkenstein

2005 editions

Mark "Wolf" Mangino

Yike! Rundle

Harriet "I'm Frighteningly Unqualified" Miers

Quin "Along Came A" Snyder

2004 editions

Gov. Kathleen Se-boo!-lius

City Commissioner Boog-eyman Highberger

Lew Perkins

Coach "Careful With That Axe Or You May Hurt Your" Self

1) Roughly cut out the mask(s) of your choice. You’ll trim it more carefully later. And don’t cut out the eyes yet! Or the eyes on the mask!

2) Spray / brush the adhesive of your choice onto the back of your mask.

3) Place mask (glue side down) onto chipboard.

4) Place under weight until adhesive dries (consult glue packaging for product specifications. You’ll have to get your face right up to the nozzle in order to read the tiny print.)

5) When dry, carefully trim around mask, cut out eyes (while laughing maniacally), and punch out holes where string, elastic, or rubber band will go.

6) Affix string, elastic, or rubber band to holes.

7) Commence frightening.

(Masks are PDF files. Free Acrobat required)

2007 editions

Iranian President Mahmoud "Don't call me gay" Ahmadinejad

U.S. Presidential hopeful Hillary "Bill's my b*tch" Clinton

The deranged mutation of City Commissioners Mike Dever and Rob Chestnut - known only as "DevNut"

Jayhawk basketball legend Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain

2006 editions

U.S. President G(e)orge "on human flesh" W. Bush

North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong "bind, torture, and ki-" Il