Homemade Face Paint
Mix
your own homemade face paint using cold cream, corn starch, and food
coloring—it's that easy! Free of mystery ingredients and skin irritants,
this homemade face paint craft is a delightful, easy, and creative
activity year round, and it's also a safe and economical way to jazz up a
Halloween costume!
What You Need:
- 2 tablespoons of cold cream, or other thick face cream
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- Food coloring in assorted colors
- Paper plate
- Small paintbrushes
- Optional: stencils
What You Do:
- Mix the face cream, corn starch and food coloring together well.
Make a rainbow of colors using the food coloring, but be sure to only
use a few drops!
- Put a dollop of each color onto the paper plate.
- Grab the paintbrush and cover your child's cheeks with color!
Simple things like rainbows, cat whiskers and stars are easy to do
freehand. If you're doing this around a holiday, you can theme it!
Jack-o'-lanterns on Halloween, hearts for Valentine's day, balloons for a
birthday, etc.
- With some guidance and a mirror, your child might want to paint his
own face. It could get messy, but it sure is fun! Keep an eye out to
make sure he doesn't get any paint in his eyes.
- Encourage your child to engage in imaginary play with his new
identity! It's so fun, you might even be tempted to paint your own face
and play along!
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