Share your Halloween face painting tips with Snazaroo and post a picture for a chance to win a £300 voucher! NOW CLOSED

[MichelleMumsnet]

Snazaroo have asked us to find out what Mumsnetters’ Halloween face painting tips are.

Here’s what they say, “Letting children just be children, to play, run and imagine is important for every parent and a little face paint can transform everyday play into a magical world of make-believe.

"Sometimes face painting can be tricky but we’re here to help. We’re always thinking of easy ways for you to create designs children love. As they turn to see who is in the mirror, the magic shared will be remembered long after the paint has been rinsed away.

"Go on, paint a smile and see what happens”

So, what face painting tips or designs do you have to share with other Mumsnetters for the spookiest time of year? Maybe you have an easy three step design to transform your DC into a vampire? Perhaps you've got that skeleton look down pat or are good at turning out mini monsters or weeny witches? Also, is there anything in particular you enjoy about face painting? Is it the creativity of it? Or seeing how much your DCs enjoy it? Whatever it is, we’d love to hear it!

It would be particularly great if you could also post a picture on this thread of your Halloween face painting prowess

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £300 Love2Shop voucher!

Thanks
MNHQ

My tip is to use online tutorials and go slowly. I'm rubbish at stuff like this so tutorials are always so helpful.

Test out the paint on a small patch of skin before doing the full face because it doesn't match all skin types and you might require paint suited to sensitive skin.

Youtube has lots of fantastic videos on face painting tips, definitely worth checking out :)

I'm pretty useless so I tend to stick to small designs I've copied from the internet onto the cheek - like a spider, pumpkin or something similar.

Use a good face cream underneath face paint as a base.

A little moisturiser on your bare face first helps to make paint feel more flexible and comfortable and easier to remove at nights end too.

there's no right or wrong way - it's halloween so it's fine for things to look a bit wonky or weird - or at least that's what i tell the kids anyway haha

My favourite one I did for the dds when they were younger was dd2 (aged 7 then) as Little Dead Riding Hood. I used face paint to give her pale skin, dark shadows under her eyes and a big wound across her neck where the wolf had had a nibble.

Another one was dd1 as Miss Havisham, complete with pale skin, red lips and a huge spider web across her cheek.

I used to love doing it - so sad that they are now too old to need me when going to fancy dress parties!

Don't plaster it on! Make sure they put their outfit on first, keep still too!

Be utterly creative and let the kids pick whatever they want to be. Childhood is too short.

Start by avoiding oil-based face paints. They tend to smear, Take your time and follow a face painting book step by step is alot easier than freehand x

I find the best way is to copy of the interest. It's full of the wonderful and weird, from simple designs to the unbelievable. Going to try the gruesome look this year on my DS as he wants to be a zombie.

dont forget to test for an allergic reaction to the face paints/crayons you are using- before applying lots of it. If you have new paints/crayons this year, then test again don't assume that just because last years was OK these will be.

The new face tattoos are fantastic for adding lots of detail to a basic base face paint :)

keep it simple

Keep it simple and toxic free

Make sure you are child friendly with your colours and use stencils if you can - sometimes you can use pastry cutters for shape contouring.

Just throw a sheet over the face and no make up is required!

We're going for a zombie this year - nothing gruesome - just lots of dark paint round the eyes for that hollow socket look & grey/white skin. Quite simple but effective! Can also be turned into dracula with the addition of some red facepaint & fangs! Loving the other looks on here - especially the skeletons! :)

Dd is very into it all but this year is doing her own make up.
I started to insist I did it untill I saw this

I keep it simple, my youngest is only 22 mths and won't sit still for longer than 5 seconds so I draw a little black nose, whiskers and some ears on her forehead, cute and effective (nothing to do with the fact that I have zero drawing skills!)

Keep it simple

Don't try it if you don't have the skills or yor child will be laughed at. Also, make sure you scrupulously clean all the paint at the end.

If your kids won't stay still for long enough for you to do a detailed design, pick something that involves just one colour that you can put on quickly!!

Use an airbrush for larger skin coverage and for an effect you can build upon.