Cock-a-doodle-doo! Our printable rooster mask is the most magnificent bird in the farmyard - proud, colourful and with a crow that announces the morning to the entire neighbourhood! The rooster (or cockerel) is a farmyard icon recognised by children everywhere. Perfect for farm animal school plays, The Enormous Turnip and other story-themed activities, World Book Day, birthday parties, and loudly self-important imaginative play.

The rooster appears in folklore, fairy tales and the Chinese zodiac across dozens of cultures - from Chanticleer in Chaucer to the Rooster of Barcelos in Portugal, this is a bird with serious cultural credentials as well as brilliant mask potential. Every mask comes with a full colour version AND a black and white line art version for colouring in.

5 Interesting Facts About Roosters!

Roosters don't crow only at dawn - they crow throughout the day in response to light, noise and other stimuli. The dawn crow is simply the first and most prominent because that's when ambient light first reaches the threshold that triggers it.
A rooster's crow can reach 130 decibels - about as loud as a jet engine at close range. They protect their own hearing by partially closing their ear canal when they crow.
Roosters perform a courtship dance called tidbitting - they make specific food calls and drop their wing while circling a hen, even when there's no actual food present, simply to impress her.
The rooster is the tenth animal in the Chinese zodiac - people born in rooster years (1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017) are said to be observant, hardworking and courageous.
Roosters have been kept by humans for at least 7,000 years - originally bred in Southeast Asia, they spread worldwide and were so important to daily life that their crow became a universal symbol of the new day.

Printable Rooster Mask

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