Explore Simple Face Painting Ideas - Have Fun With Your Family

Explore Simple Face Painting Ideas

Do you want great memories of your children dressing up for Halloween? This year, explore simple face painting ideas with your youngster. You can build a lifetime of family memories and your skills can evolve and grow with your child, year after year. The designs can start simple with cute cheek art and become dramatic full face patterns as they grow up. It never gets old!

Face painting need not be complicated. There are techniques using basic lines and shapes to create fun pictures for your child. These techniques are as simple as a couple of lines that feather away from the eyes for a fairy look or coloring in the area around the eye for a pirate's 'eye patch'. Paint basic block colors for the American Flag or your favorite football team.

Other simple face painting ideas are drawing the pictures on other parts of the body to enhance a costume's effect. Snakes slithering up the arm, 'jewelry' painted on the neck or wrist, or even roses and flowers draped over the shoulders. Paint the top of the hands with a rose, flowers or maybe a kite.

Some other designs that are popular every year are animal faces. Puppies, kittens, bunnies, tigers and butterflies are favorite patterns that never get old. Super hero masks are another timeless favorite idea. Just paint the super hero's mask on your child's face and they can become a crime fighter.

Coloring books are a great place to look for new ideas. Study the pictures and you can see how elementary the lines and shapes are. You can use those as a guide for your art work. There are many cartoon characters that have simple shapes.

Other face painting techniques include basic shapes like triangles or pyramids. A ghost can be painted by drawing a basic white triangle with wavy lines. Fill it in with paint, dot the eyes and a finish with a smile. Candy corn is another triangle shape. Jack-o-lanterns are orange ovals with small black triangles for eyes. Just add a toothy grin.

Learning how to paint many of these simple face painting ideas can be accomplished in a few minutes at home. Everyone in your family can sport a little face paint and join in on the fun at Halloween, birthday parties or any other appropriate events.