Originally published on momstown.caMaking homemade face paint is easy and quick, plus you get to control the ingredients. With this recipe, you'll be ready the next time your little one wants to dress up as a cat, pretend she's a circus clown or make-believe it's Halloween.
What you need:
- food colouring in colours of your choice
(Recipe makes one colour of face paint.)Directions:
1. Combine cold cream, corn starch and water in a small container (we used an old muffin tin, and stirred together different colours of face paint in each compartment of the tin, but you could also use an empty yogurt cup, etc.).
2. Add a few drops of food colouring to the cold cream mixture, and stir. Continue adding a few drops of food colouring at a time until you achieve your desired hue. We found that bright colours were the most fun for kids!
3. Repeat with additional colours. Kids can apply the face paint to their skin with clean new paintbrushes, Q-tips or their fingers.
Hints:
- This is a great recipe that little ones can help with. Preschoolers can take turns measuring ingredients and stirring the mixture together.
- We found that the face paint washed off easily with soap and water, and did not stain our skin. If you are concerned about the possibility of staining, test the face paint first on the back of your hand, or apply a layer of plain white face paint to your skin first before adding in colours.
- The face paint thickened a bit as it sat. Although we didn't try it, we suspect you could easily thin it out with a bit of additional water if you needed to.
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