This was a project for a lesson on diversity.  I cut out holes for the eyes of the mask and then painted the paper plate.  Next I worked on the hair.  We had the opportunity to use construction paper, yarn, or even pipe cleaners.  I decided to use red and blue construction paper for most of the hair but for the bangs I used a few pipe cleaners.  After that we made the nose.  Again I used construction paper and formed a triangle with little tabs that I used to glue the nose onto the paper plate.  After that I had the opportunity to use glitter and stickers to decorate the mask. 

As an extension activity, I would use this as a social studies lesson.  If the students are studying cultures, I would find different cultures that use masks and assign students those cultures.  The students would then recreate a similar mask based on that culture and the students would then present their culture they were assigned based on their mask they create.