Learn face paint.
Face painting is popular at birthday parties, carnivals and other community events. Children of all ages flock to have designs applied to their entire faces or just to a cheek. Ranging from rainbows, hearts and balloons to fairies, clowns and princesses, learning to face paint can be simple and enjoyable. Strategically using brush marks, keeping colors simple and using glitter accents help to ensure that designs are easy to apply and enjoyable to look at.
Simple Cheek Designs
Several cheek designs make use of basic shapes that can be easily created with a few strokes of the brush. Basic circles are used in balloons, balls and smiley faces. Simply choose the appropriate colors and then outline the designs in black. Horseshoes in a variety of colors with fluffy white clouds on the ends form rainbows, while squares are ideal for drawing houses, boom boxes and even cars.
Easy Eye Masks
Face-painted eye masks transform an ordinary kid into a cat or a princess. For a cat, use black and green face paints to outline the eye, and extend the outline upward toward the brow. Create a princess by drawing lines at the outer corners of the eyes, with glittery bursts on the ends.
Animal Faces
Animal faces do not have to be complicated in order to look cute on a child's face. For a bunny, a pink nose, white buck teeth below the bottom lip and white fluffy eyebrows accented with glitter do the trick. Hand out bunny ears to go with the design, or draw simple pink ones onto the child's forehead. Cats are created by painting the nose black, adding whiskers and outlining the eyes with face paints. For a dog, a brown nose, white cheeks and a droopy mouth are ideal.
Stamps
If your drawing skills are not up to par, consider face painting with foam stamps. Use cookie cutters to outline basic designs onto foam. Cut the designs out, dip them in paint and simply stamp them onto the child's face. Use glitter and black face paint to add finishing touches to the design.
