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3 Benefits of Mask Making for Children

kids helping sort sewing materials for mask making

One week after schools closed in Hillsborough County a friend came to my door with her three sons. They’d been on a nature walk and dehydration combined with the begging of her six-year-old, “can we go see Rome’s dogs” led her to stop at my home before walking the three blocks to hers. After glasses of water and orange slices were distributed to the kids and they were occupied with my energetic pups she told me, “I don’t know what I’m going to do with them. They’re already stir crazy.”

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Medical and healthcare workers, we are here for you. But we aren’t the only ones.

Since starting Hope for Tampa and the corresponding Facebook group calling for volunteers to help make masks for medical and healthcare workers four days ago, we’ve had requests for over 1000 masks. Our volunteers are working hard to meet the demand but I wanted to let you know about other places that are also doing the same.

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The Easter Bunny is helping make face masks for medical workers in Tampa, and so can you!

No. The Easter Bunny isn’t sewing homemade facemasks for medical workers and healthcare providers. S/he is doing what bunnies do best! Delivering candy stuffed easter eggs to our beautiful children to wake up to on Easter morning. And it’s all being done with social distancing and good hygiene.

How would you like to wake up to a yard filled with candy stuffed eggs and a note from the Easter Bunny?

Here’s what you need to do.

  • Go to www.kirbyproject.com/eggmyhouse and let the bunny know how many eggs your babies need. The bunny doesn’t discriminate and loves everyone from 1 day old to 1 million + days old. Spread some love this year. Grandma needs a visit too!
  • Share the Facebook post from the Kirby Project with your friends and let them know the bunny is working hard to protect us all this year.
  • Sit back and relax. You just took care of the Easter morning egg hunt and you didn’t have to go to the store to find candy!
  • Now breathe a little deeper and let some of that anxiety go. You just did a good thing! Much-needed masks will be placed into the hands of those who are taking care of your neighbors, coworkers, friends and loved ones.

If you’d like to join in on sewing face masks CLICK HERE to learn more.

How to make a face mask tutorial

Basic sewing skills only. Here’s a quick tutorial from Joann Fabrics to show you how easy the process truly is.

There are many ways you can help that do not require needle and thread. We need people willing to pick up and drop off masks at designated locations. Simply fill out the form located on our How to Help page and let us know how you would like to help.