Here are Some Quick and Easy Face Painting Ideas

During lockdown, face painting is a fun family activity that is perfect for rainy days.

Try experimenting with new face painting ideas instead of just saving face painting for birthday parties and Halloween. Here is a list of quick and easy face point ideas that an older sibling or even a parent who lacks artistic ability can do.

Fox Fast and Furious

Face painting cats is a common hobby, but this brilliant fox design can be done in a snap with three colors- orange, white, and black. Simple tools are needed for this easy design: something that can cover large areas, such as a sponge or large brush, and something smaller to add finer details.

Tips for success:

Create an ombre effect by mixing orange and yellow – the yellow should be concentrated around the eyes, and orange gets darker as you move towards the edges).

A Puppy That Plays

You don’t need to own a lot of colors, equipment, or artistic ability to turn little kids into puppies with this foolproof design. White face paint should be applied first, followed by brown patches, followed by black details.

Tips for success:

A circle should be painted around one eye, and a long, thinner, eyebrow-shaped patch should be painted above the other eye. It is important to find a balance between large patches and small patches on both sides of the face, but don’t make the design symmetrical.

In a thin line at the center of the upper lip, join the nose tip and lips using the black. You can make the fur effect more professional by adding some short, black brushstrokes on the edges of the patches, where the whiskers would be, to create some small black dots on the upper lip.

Snake Slithering

You’ll need some googly eyes for this face paint design if you have any in your craft box. The snakes’ ‘face’ is made by painting a green circle around the mouth, then drawing a green line across the chin, then curving the line upward so it snakes around the face. To make the googly eyes, paint an outline around the green shape with black paint, then adhere the eyes to the upper lip – one on each side. Just stick out their tongues and hiss to complete the transformation into a snake…

Face Paint of Beautiful Butterflies

Butterflies are a popular choice for kids at birthday parties and can be used to decorate for a garden party or even for Halloween. On the Internet, face painters can find hundreds of ideas and designs, modifying the painting to fit their existing colors. You can find further inspiration on MomJunction by looking at the following three designs.

Tips for success:

Paint a light color, such as blue, pink, or purple, on the right side of the head. If it helps, draw a ‘B’ or ‘3’ shape, then copy it on the left.

Consider adding outlines and decoration in white instead of black – this will look more elegant and delicate. Apply dots to the wings, and draw a line around each wing’s edge with a thin brush. For the antennae, paint two thin lines with a dot at the top with a thick line down the middle of the nose.