Learning animal names in Greek making masks for Apokries

This is an activity 

we did this week with one of my classes.

I was trying to find out how to combine 

learning animal names 

with the Apokries Carnival celebrations 

that take part this week. 

I am so blessed to have Varvara,

as my assistant in Year 1 class this year, 

and I was out of words 

when she brought at school 

these hand made animal masks 

for all our pupils. 

 Pupils were really excited 

while choosing their animal masks, 

colouring and putting them on their faces. 

This is our result.  

Are they adorable my little ones?

As you can see we did have

σκύλος -  dog

γάτα -  cat

κουνέλι - rabbit

λιοντάρι -lion

μαϊμού - monkey

αρκούδα - bear

Listen them to say what animal they are.

"Είμαι σκύλος..."

I think they did great!

Carnival masks Αποκριάτικες μάσκες

Apokries -Αποκριές

Making masks for the Carnival.

In my class the previous week we did the following activity.

It is a mask to wear it for the Carnival fair.

What you will need:

One paper white plate, elastic ribbon, markers, scissors, 

self-adhesive gems/diamonds, feathers, tissue paper, 

stapler or clear gift wrap tape.

We used a white paper plate

and we cut it in half with a scissor.

Then I put it over the child face 

and I draw the eyes holes. 

I cut the holes for the eyes.

After this, they made one hole in each corner for the ribbon. They measured the ribbon with their head 

and they made a knot at the masks’ holes.

Lastly every child drew their mask and added their gems, feathers and tissue paper.

The result was excited pupils

and lots of laughs when they wore their own mask.

Of course, after this crafting activity,

carnival music and «γαϊτανάκι»

was essential for creating the «Αποκριές» feeling!