Draw a tiger's head, including eyes, nose, mouth, stripes and whiskers, on drawing paper with markers. Cut out your tiger drawing with scissors.
Flatten white, soft modeling clay to make it the size of your tiger drawing and 2 to 3 inches thick. Place your tiger drawing on top of the modeling clay, and trace around your tiger's head with a marker. Cut your tiger mask from the modeling clay with the scissors.
Crumple newspaper, and place it underneath the modeling clay mask. To make your mask realistic, use additional modeling clay to mold facial features on the mask. Add or cut modeling clay if necessary.
Create a thick hanging loop with modeling clay. Mold each end of the hanging loop into the top portion of the back of the tiger mask. Let the tiger mask dry.
Cover an area with newspaper, and place the dried tiger mask on top of the newspaper. Paint the mask any color you desire. To make your tiger mask realistic, paint it to resemble tigers in books' pictures. Let your mask's paint dry completely.