Spring-loaded legs, a song in its knees and a starring role in one of Aesop's most famous fables - our printable grasshopper mask is a minibeasts classic! Whether it's for the Ant and the Grasshopper school play, a summer bugs project, a World Book Day costume, a birthday party, or bounding imaginative play across the garden, this mask is a leap in the right direction.

The grasshopper is one of those insects children find genuinely exciting to encounter in real life - this mask brings that same thrill to any indoor activity, and the Aesop connection makes it a natural World Book Day choice. Every mask comes with a full colour version AND a black and white line art version for colouring in.

5 Interesting Facts About Grasshoppers!

Grasshoppers have ears on their abdomens - a pair of eardrums called tympanic organs are located on either side of the first segment of their belly, not on their heads.
They can jump up to 20 times their own body length in a single leap - the equivalent of a human jumping the length of a football pitch from a standing start.
Grasshoppers produce their chirping song by rubbing a row of pegs on their hind legs against the edge of their forewings - a process called stridulation, the same as crickets.
Under normal conditions grasshoppers are solitary, but when food becomes scarce and populations increase, they can transform into locusts - changing colour, behaviour and forming swarms of billions that can strip entire landscapes bare.
Grasshoppers have been eaten by humans for thousands of years and are still a popular food in many countries - they're an excellent source of protein, requiring far less land and water to produce than conventional meat.

Printable Grasshopper Mask

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