If you’ve been to a Halloween store recently, you’ll be amazed with all the choices for costumes for both kids and adults.
This fun fall tradition has turned into a zillion-dollar a year industry, and costumes, decorations and trick-or-treat gifts have blossomed into big business.
However, you may be disappointed when shopping for masks for your little ones.
Sure, they’re cute and colorful, but the size of the eye openings and the way the mask fits on a face may severely limit your child’s peripheral vision. This is not only annoying, but it’s a potentially dangerous situation for children. They may not be able to see traffic when they’re crossing streets, and if they can’t see directly below them they can trip and fall.
A much better solution to wearing a mask is face painting. There’s no potential vision problem, and it’s a fun activity that everyone in the family can enjoy. Face paints aren’t necessarily expensive, and it’s important that you use only products that are easy to remove, are non-allergenic and will stay in place. Don’t dig out your acrylics or tempera paints. Shop around for paints that are made specifically for use on skin. You’ll find a huge variety of colors and even effects like glow-in-the-dark and glitter paint.
Fun Face Painting Ideas For Kids
Fun Face Painting Ideas For Kids: 40 Step-By-Step Demos by Brian and Nick Wolfe ISBN-10: 1440327068
This is a great book for beginning face painters. The 40 illustrated demonstrations are perfect for every skill level and uses easy-to-find paints and application tools. Whether you’re a total newbie or just burned out with the designs you’ve been using, this 128-page book will keep you inspired and teach you new and creative ways to decorate any child’s face.
Learn how to paint lovely flowers or a full, gruesome Frankenstein’s monster face. If you’ve had a little experience, you’ll learn how to create fur and feathers, an illusion of depth and intricate patterned faces like fairies and owls.
Color Pro Face Paint Color Set
24 Color Pro Face Paint Color Set by Kustom Body Art ASIN: B004834SAI
This 24-color paint set comes with everything you need to create fun and festive faces for everyone in your family. It includes a huge variety of colors and comes with flesh tone, gold silver and copper paints. There’s also a pack of sponge wedge applicators and foam-tipped brushes to complete the set.
If you’re throwing a Halloween party, this kit is perfect for painting all the little ghosts and ghouls in attendance. Since it’s FDA approved as non-toxic, the paint is safe for everyone and easily removed with water. Just add water and your imagination for spooky, cute or whimsical Halloween fun.
Snazaroo Face Paint Ultimate Party Pack
Snazaroo Face Paint Ultimate Party Pack by Snazaroo ASIN: B00026ZEDK
Snazaroo has been creating beautiful and brilliant face and body painting supplies for years. They’ve put together a perfect kit for families, parties and face painting booths.
This kit has enough paint to decorate 65 of your favorite little Halloween hooligans. It comes with vivid rainbow colors, pearlized paints and glitter dust gels. There are also brushes, sponges and a step-by-step design guide, so there’s nothing else to buy.
36 Face Painting Stencil Set
Face Painting Stencil Set – Over 36 Stencil Styles by Century Novelty ASIN: B0021MLODW
You don’t need artistic skills to transform any face into a work of art. These stencil designs are perfect whether you’re lacking in drawing skill or need to limit the length of time it takes create a completed design. They’re perfect for face painting booths or painting a group of kids at a party.
The package includes eight stencils with 36 designs, so there’s no end to the designs you can create. Shapes like hearts, flowers, lightning bolts, stars and butterflies are easy to use and the reusable material can be cut into individual pieces.
Face Paint Sticks
Face Paint Sticks by BlockBusterCostumes ASIN: B002MQ3G1U
If your little ones want to give face painting a try, or you want something that won’t spill or drip, this set of face paint sticks by Block Buster fits the bill. This inexpensive set of six sticks includes red, blue, white, green, black and yellow crayon-sized sticks of pure color.
The pigment is encased in plastic sleeves that slide the crayons up as you use it. The plastic sleeves also keep little fingers from getting messy. With the crayons, there’s no need for brushes or sponges. Let the kids create their own Halloween faces with these safe and inexpensive color sticks.
