Organising a toddler’s birthday party can be stressful; apart from the invitations, party food and goody bags to take home; you have to entertain them for between two and two and a half hours. A toddler’s imagination is unlimited, while their attention span can be very limited. With a few easy face painting ideas you can harness the imagination and the play will be varied enough to keep them busy for longer – a perfect solution.
If you are unfamiliar with face painting you may not have discovered that children will often become the animal or characters they choose for their face painting design. This is great fun to watch.
Simplicity is the key to success with face painting. Easy face painting ideas are the best, this way the child will not have to sit for too long to get the desired character and also the queue for face painting will stay manageable.
Easy face painting ideas come in two basic categories: animals and characters. With the boys the most popular animal seems to be a tiger. Once painted as a tiger the children will run around roaring at their parents and chasing each other (great for tiring them out!). Other successful and easy face painting ideas in the animal category are cats, dogs (usually Dalmatians), butterflies and ladybirds. If you are doing characters they need to be really obvious for the age group, follow the children’s lead, they will probably all know the same characters and they may not be the ones you would choose. Popular easy face painting ideas for the characters category include Spiderman, pirates, Batman and fairies.
If you are going to be doing the face painting yourself you will need to buy face paints, brushes and sponges. It is best to buy a known brand name as these will have been through all the necessary allergy tests. You will also need pictures of the characters and animals you will be creating. As each child sits down for face painting show them the pictures and let them choose who or what they want to be. Remember to let them see themselves in a mirror when you have finished!
Finally it is a good idea to build an ‘Easy Face Painting Ideas’ book. This will grow as you learn new designs. Leave a couple of pages at the beginning or end to fill in with dos and don’ts! Like children we have to learn from our mistakes.
Now you just need to try out easy face painting ideas on your toddler and see where his imagination will take you both.
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