How to Face Paint With The Kids
Parents are always looking for new ways to entertain their children, so why no learn these two simple face-painting techniques and get creative!
The basic supplies you will need to create these fun designs include face paints in all 3 primary colours (red, green and blue) as well as black and white. You will also need a selection of sponges and brushes of differing sizes.
Ladybird:
1. Apply some red face paint to a damp sponge and pat the facing giving you the general outline of a ladybird (a little like a love heart).
2. To give a deeper colour, go over the shape again using the sponge. To get the curve shape needed for the top, just manipulate sponge shape.
3. Before you go any further, allow the red base coat to dry.
4. When the base has dried, use a fine brush and outline the ladybird shape.
5. Then draw in the body, head and antenna, using a curl at the end of the antenna.
6. Finally, keep with the fine brush and drawn on the ladybirds dots. To create the perfect dot, draw two half circles with a single sweep of the brush and then fill in the middle.
Lion
1. Paint the face yellow as a base coat with a large sponge, only missing out the eyelids and a triangle above the eyes. These spaces will be used later to create the ears of the lion.
2. Create a muzzle with white paint and chisel brush. Then add white paint on the eyelids and above, in the spaces left blank when doing the base coat, to create the inside of ears.
3. Create a mane effect around the edge of the face with a medium brush and brown paint.
4. A simple small black triangle is used to form the nose of the lion. Then draw a line from nose to mouth, adding three small dots either side to define the muzzle.
5. Use a fine brush with black paint to define the whiskers, mane and ears.
6. To finish, you can also add a small amount of glitter if you wish, for that extra sparkle.
Whether you are face painting your own children or other children at an event, there are some basic health and safety issues you need to be aware of. Always make sure you use clean sponges and brushes otherwise illness and skin complaints can be transferred from child to child. For this same reason, it is advisable to never paint the faces of children who you believe to be ill. All sponges should be cleaned in a hot machine wash before being used on another child.
A final piece of advice would be to never paint a child who does not want to be painted. This will only cause stress for both of you and may upset any other children waiting to have their faces painted too.
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ReplyDeleteThese are great tips. I think facepainting is one of the best and easiest way to make any ordinary day seem really special to young children. We so rarely do it! Thanks for sharing :)
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