Face Painting Designs For Kids--Fun Face Painting Ideas!

Face painting designs for kids is an activity that kids really enjoy. This hobby is fun for kids at special events such as birthday parties, church picnics, and craft fairs, but is especially fun when it's done at home--for no special reason at all.

Face painting designs on your kids can be one of the most rewarding and enjoyable activities you can do with your kids. Kids obviously would enjoy being turned into their favorite superhero or princess, but sometimes these large designs can be a little overwhelming for someone just starting out. That's where painting small designs can be the perfect project to try on your kids. They'll still love your work, and you'll get the practice you need and the confidence to move on to larger designs--like painting their entire face into their favorite monster or animal!

Popular Small Face Painting Designs
Popular designs for girls include hearts, stars, smiley faces, dolphins, flowers, and ice cream cones.

Popular designs for boys include spiders, mustaches, beards, snakes, and sports items like baseballs, basketballs, footballs, and such.

Brushes For Face Painting Small Designs
Brushes come in many different sizes depending on their usage. For painting small designs, you'll obviously need small brushes for finer detail. I like to use a small angle brush in addition to smaller round brushes because I find I can drag an angle brush with a light touch to get a nice straight line.

You'll want to make sure your brushes are soft for use on kids' faces. Brushes also need to be cleaned between kids. Even some vinegar can be used to wash and disinfect your brushes. I highly recommend this if you are painting on kids' lips.

Other supplies you will need are hairclips, and/or headbands, baby wipes to erase any of your mistakes, and to clean off dirty faces before you start painting, and to clean off your hands between kids. If you are only painting on your own kids, kitchen and bathroom sinks will probably be nearby. In addition, you may want a smock to drape over your client--er, kid!

Cheek Face Painting
I find cheeks to be the perfect place for practicing small designs! Kids soft little cheeks are the perfect canvas to try so many different designs that you can let your imagination run wild. And, if you mess up, you can wipe off your artwork with a baby wipe and start again.

My favorite artwork for cheeks is an ice cream cone. All you have to do is paint a little circle in red for the cherry, a bigger not so perfect circle in white for the scoop of vanilla ice cream (or whatever flavor you want), the cone in orange (or mix yellow and red together), and use a small angle brush to paint the cross hatches visible on the cone. That's it! Oh, you might want to paint a little drop of ice cream falling from your scoop of ice cream.

Another good thing about face painting cheeks is that they can be done quickly. I don't know any faster way to put a smile on a child's face than painting a cute little design on their face. In my opinion, every Mom should learn how to face paint!

Face Painting Products
Obviously, the same paints and brushes can be used for small and large designs, however, the company, Snazaroo, makes a great little face painting kit called the Rainbow Kit. This kit is their best selling kit that's ideal for beginners and general use. Snazaroo face paints are specially formulated to be gentle on the skin--especially on children's skin--and are fragrance free, as well as easy to wash off.