Coolest Child Face Painting Recipe

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Child face painting is a BIG favorite amongst kids ages 3 to 99!! And it's a perfect activity for birthday parties and Halloween.

Nowadays, face paints are quite cheap and available pretty much everywhere.

But you can also make your own face paints.

And in a world where clever minds have found a way to package almost every imaginable item, sometimes the real, genuine fun just can't be boxed up and put on a shelf.

Home-made paints won't be as good as the professional face paints. But the child face painting fun will be TWOFOLD!

First , let the kids make their own face paints. Then, have them paint each other with THEIR OWN paints.

 

Homemade Face Paint Recipe:

 

Here's a great homemade recipe for face paints that'll wash off with warm water (the recipe contains food coloring so like any kind of paint, precautions should be taken in case of allergies and clothe staining):

Mix a slightly heaping teaspoon of cornstarch with half a teaspoon of Aqueous cream (you can also use diaper cream or other thick cold creams). Blend them well and stir in half a teaspoon of water until you reach a smooth texture. You now have the base.

(It's best to prepare a larger quantity of the base beforehand.)

When the kids arrive, have them make their own palette by gluing THREE bottle caps onto a piece of cardboard (with a hole for the thumb so they really feel like little Rembrandts). Also provide them with a Popsicle stick, toothpick, or other suitable item for mixing.

Then, let the kids put a bit of the base cream into each bottle cap. To each capful of cream, they should add one color - blue, yellow and red, by mixing food coloring (one drop at a time) and stirring well.

Now, you're all set to start the face painting activity. On the palette itself, the kids can mix their base colors to get more colors. For instance blue and red make purple, blue and yellow make green, red and yellow make orange, etc.

Pair up the kids, give each couple a small mirror and let them...

Wait.

Before you let them loose, here are some important child face painting tips to help you make the activity as fun (and safe) as can be.