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Fix Your Face Mask With A DIY Brace

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You are probably wondering what are we doing fixing masks? Well there is one vast difference between the N95 mask and the store-bought or handmade masks. It is the frame that creates a tight fit against your cheeks.

Former Apple engineer Sabrina Paseman cofounded Fix The Mask, an organisation that offers designs for a brace to make surgical masks more effective as hospitals grapple with N95 mask shortages.

So what is the problem with an ill fitting mask? Germs can get out and Germs can get in!

We have people who have a gaping big side gap that is allowing all the germs in and out, because the mask is not sitting properly on the face.

Here is a great video showing you how to make your own DIY Face Mask brace or face mask bracket using the simplest of supplies. This brace allows you to close the open sides by cupping the mask around your chin and nose.

Did you know there is now FDA Approved, home Covid test? you can read more about it here. 

 

You can also buy a face mask bracket (This link now goes direct to our online store for bulk discount mask supplies)

. It is this cool plastic frame known as a mask bracket or brace, that sits inside your existing mask. It has two purposes.

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

  • Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
  • NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
  • Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
  • The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]