Face Painting
Joansen
kids. What kind of makeup/paint does one use to face paint? I would certainly
hate to have some kid walking around with some bad art on their cheeks for
years to come. Any recommendations on patterns and such?
JO
Consciousness is that annoying time between naps.
A Ferszt
When I used to do face painting I used water-soluble Grimas
paints bought from a theatrical supply shop in London. Don't
know if these are available in the US.
There are sticks that can be bought from costume shops. Here
is a recipe for some home-made stuff:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/1473/facepaint.htm
Cheap lipsticks and colour sticks can be used but these
don't wash off with soap and water so well.
Cats, dogs, tigers, frogs, 'monsters', clowns, scars etc are
all popular with kids. Have also done faces from
Chinese/Japanese theatre as well as hearts, stars, random
stripes etc.
Have fun!
DDavisborg
(non-toxic). The cold creme keeps the paint from coloring the skin.
It might be easier to use temporary tattoos though. They go on with water in
no time and look great. You can order them from www.oriental.com (oriental
trading company) and they are relativley inexspensive. :)
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Kasin Hunter
(retail store) for holidays and just used tempura paint. Never heard of
the cold cream. I'll try that next time.
Kasin.
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Joansen
of kids walking around with bad art that will at least wash off :)
southrnpen
my son's preschool and they wanted face painting. I can free hand draw some
but I knew some of the parents helping me couldn't draw a straight line. I
went to a local craft store and got a blank stencil sheet. While I was
there, I saw so many "stencils" but couldn't afford to buy them all. Our
theme was 'western' so I looked for anything cowboyish and traced the
stencils right there in the store! No one said anything to me. Then I cut
out the stencil when I got home, with an exacto blade. The parents used the
basic stencil and put against the child's face. I had laid out a sampler
showing what colors to use and it turned out fairly well. The trick was,
though, not to put too much paint on the brush and to outline the stencil,
remove the stencil, then fill in the outline. It worked for us and the kids
(and their parents) told us how much they liked it. A favorite with the
children was something very simple. We painted kitten and puppy faces. All
you did, was paint a triangle (in pink for girls and brown or black for
boys) on the tip of the nose, then make three lines going from the nose area
outward to make wiskers. This was for the kitten design. With the puppy
design, we just followed the design of the tip of the nose in brown and then
made three dots in place of the wiskers. We actually did more of those,
then anything else. Some simple stencils we used were hearts, ladybugs,
stars, rainbows, butterflies, snakes...then for the theme, we made a cowboy
hat and a boot and horse shoes. Hope you find something that works for
you. Good luck! Southrnpen
Joansen wrote in message <20000420122025...@ng-cb1.aol.com>...
>I'm planning a big function and want to have a face painting table for the
>kids. What kind of makeup/paint does one use to face paint? I would
certainly
>hate to have some kid walking around with some bad art on their cheeks for
>years to come. Any recommendations on patterns and such?
>