Halloween & Animal Paper Masks — Print & Cut (Pumpkin, Cat, Bat, Skull, Fox, Owl)
Face-sized paper mask templates with marked eye holes, nose notch, and elastic tabs. Child (14.5 cm) or adult (17 cm) sizing, outline or lightly shaded. Print on cardstock, cut, add elastic or a craft stick.
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What is printable paper mask templates? Printable paper mask templates are face-sized half masks (jack-o'-lantern, black cat, bat, skull, fox, owl) with marked eye holes, a nose notch, and side tabs for elastic or a tie string.
How to make printable paper mask templates: Pick a mask and child or adult size, download the PDF, print at 100% on cardstock, cut the outline and eye holes (slightly larger, corners rounded), punch the tabs, and thread elastic or glue to a craft stick.
Masks drawn to real face widths, with the eye holes where eyes actually are
Most free mask printables are scaled to fill the sheet, which is why they slide off small faces or pinch adults at the temples. These six paper mask templates are drawn in millimetres: the Child setting prints a 14.5 cm body with eye holes 50 mm apart, and Adultprints a 17 cm body with 59 mm spacing — close to average pupillary distance for each group. Each page carries one mask, a width dimension line so you can check the print came out at 100%, and side tabs with a marked punch point. If your printer dialog offers "fit to page", switch it off; the template already fits inside Letter and A4 with a safe margin.
Eye-hole safety: the holes are drawn deliberately generous (at adult size roughly 28 × 18 mm almonds, 23–25 mm circles for the owl and skull, 25 mm triangles for the pumpkin; the child size scales them down proportionally). Cut them a little larger than the printed line rather than smaller, round off every sharp corner with scissors, and check that the wearer can see to the sides before walking around in it. For the jack-o'-lantern, the triangle points are purely a style cue — snip them into a soft curve. The optional nose notch is a 14 mm scoop at the bottom centre that lets the mask rest on the bridge of the nose instead of flexing away from the face; turn it off for a flat-bottom masquerade shape.
Cardstock vs. paper: 65–110 lb cardstock holds a mask flat for an evening; 20 lb copy paper will crease at the tabs after a few minutes of play, so if paper is all you have, glue the printed sheet onto a cereal box before cutting. For elastic, punch the circles on both tabs and thread 6 mm flat elastic (about 30 cm for a child, 35 cm for an adult), knotting behind each tab; the dashed line lets you fold the tab back so the knot sits flat. For a stick-mounted masquerade mask, skip the tabs entirely and hot-glue a jumbo craft stick or dowel to the back of one cheek. The Shaded fill style adds light tints on cheeks and eye rings for a finished look straight off the printer; Outline only is the colouring-page version for classrooms.
In the classroom, print the Outline version on white cardstock for a Halloween party craft station (pumpkin, cat, bat, skull) or run the fox and owl as a tie-in to a woodland animals or nocturnal animals unit. Pair the masks with the Paper Crowns & Party Hats for a full dress-up table, plan the rest of the outfit on the Halloween Costume Planner, and hand out the Trick-or-Treat Route Map so the whole group follows the same streets.