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Where to park

The street parking in front of Dear Diary Coffee is free. The street parking across the street is also free. The 15 minute zone signs are not enforced in front of the shut-down businesses, but Paws on Chicon will call the tow company, so don't park in front of them! There is also a free parking lot at 1803 East 13th Street.

When to arrive

It's totally okay to show up late. We do need to start cleaning up around 6:30pm, though, because the shop closes at 7:00pm.

What to bring

BIG beach ball. Like, the 24" one.
Paper. Ideally, recycled stuff.
Glue. At least one full bottle.
Paint. Find a big bottle of acrylic craft paint or even latex house paint. It's okay to buy the cheap stuff. One color is good enough.
Scissors or a knife (you'll need to cut eyeball holes)
A roll of window screen mesh that's easy to cut

What to expect

We have four total workshops so that way folks can either get started at the first one or the second one. If you start even later than that, you'll have to finish crafting at home.

First day

Blow up your beach ball.
Make paper mache paste out of flour, water, and glue (we'll provide flour)
Cut your paper into strips
Cover your beach ball, leaving a head-hole at the bottom
Hang your beach ball from the ceiling at Dear Diary so it can dry (or take it home)

Second day

Deflate the beach ball and pull it out
Stick the paper ball on your head
Figure out where your eyes are. Mark circles
Cut out eye holes
Cover the eye holes with screens
Make more paper mache paste and use paper strips to stick the screens to the mask
Make pinchers and antennae if you think of some way to do that
Hang your mask to dry

Third day

Paint your mask!
Take it home
Invite all of your friends to the Secret Show so they can see how cool you look in your mask
https://dd.coffee/secret

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Get updates as we prepare for the Secret Show!

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Contact the host of Ant mask workshop