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Whether you're painting children's faces at a party or someone's whole body, here you'll find information on the techniques involved, materials used, and step-by-step instructions.
10 Tips for Face Painting
Butterflies, cats, dogs, fairies, ghosts, witches, wizards ... kids of all ages love having their faces painted. Here are 10 practical tips to help.
Top 10 Safety Tips for Face Painting
Professional face painter Cindy Trusty shares her top safety tips for face painting, gleened from years of experience.
Practise Faces for Face Painting
Print out these face outlines to practise your various face painting designs on – they have the advantage that they won't move while you're working!
Face Painting Designs: Basic Clown Face
A basic clown face is an easy and very colourful design to paint. Whether or not you paint the whole face a colour (traditionally white for a clown) before you start creating a face is up to you and how much time you have.
Face Painting Designs: Basic Butterfly
Illustrated instructions on how to create a basic butterfly design with face paints.
Face Painting Designs: Basic Ghost
A step-by-step demo of how to face paint a basic ghost design.
Snazaroo Special Effects Face Paint Kit
The Snazaroo special effects face paint kit would be perfect for painting gruesome Halloween faces as it comes with sculpting wax and fake blood. Find out more in this review of the kit.
How to Make Fake Blood
A 'recipe' for making non-toxic, realistic stage blood using corn syrup, peanut butter, and food coloring from About's Chemistry Guide Anne Marie Helmenstine.
Sit Still!Face Painting: Sit Still!
Tips on how to get kids to sit still while face painting.
Becoming a Professional Face Painter
If you're thinking of making face painting a business, read this list of tips and things to consider.
The Face Painting 10 Commandments from Snazaroo
Tips for making your face painting easier and essential things to remember, from Snazaroo face paint manufacturers.

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