Halloween Face Paint Designs and Tips

Halloween may be one of the most loved holidays of kids. It provided parents with an excuse to unleash their creative sides. While you’re deciding what costume to purchase or put together at home, have you thought of Halloween face paint? 

Face painting is a great fun weekday or rainy day activity. It is also an enjoyable activity if you want to raise fundraisers, birthday parties, and many more. And face painters are always in high demand during this fun and spooky time of year!

If you are doing your child’s Halloween face paint, we strongly suggest purchasing this Professional Halloween Face Paint.  Rather than the cheaper greasy types or crayon types. This kit will last for years and you can rest easy knowing it is professional, cosmetic grade make up, that will come off easily and be gentle on your skin, while producing bright colorful paintings.

Listed below are tips from the professionals:

1. Avoid oil-based face paint products. This will smear during the day and is harder to remove. It might also clog pores. Before purchasing the materials, make sure that there’s no oil in the ingredients and it is 100% kid-friendly. 

2. You don’t have to wet the entire makeup sponge if you paint. Just dab a corner of the sponge for a more accessible application. 

3. Finish the look with some sparkle, depending on what you choose as your child’s face paint. Only use cosmetic grade glitter on your face. Craft glitter is not the same as what we use and may damage a person’s eyes. 

4. Remember that you’re going for the overall effect and not the detail. No one is going to look up close, and the harsh critic is yourself. Children are far more prepared to look beyond the imperfection whether you draw some wobbly lines or get lost in the transformation,

5. If you’re completely unsure, you can buy face painting stencils that are super easy to use. 

6. Face paint removal is a concern for most parents just as getting a costume to look right. There are a lot of face paint kits made with water-based paint. With soap and water, you can easily make it come off. 

You and your child could benefit from a few creative touches. Here are some Halloween face paint ideas that are currently popular and will get them ready for the holiday. 

Superhero-Themed Face Paint

Superheroes are easy to distinguish, especially if their masks are so familiar. Take Batman or the Incredibles, for instance. Their plain black and almost too plain facades that hide their “secret identity”, are perfect face paints for kids who want to become superheroes for a day. 

For more complicated masked marvels, kids can choose Spiderman, The Flash, and Ironman takes the color red to the next level. With subtle differences in colors like yellow and white, as well as a little bolder lines to shape the mask’s features, the kids would love the natural color combination of these comic-book champions.

Popular Movie Characters Face Paint Designs

For those with an adventurous side who prefer not to paint masks, they can always try to look like The Joker, Jack Sparrow, Harry Potter, or the Hulk.

Despite the absence of a face cover (ironically), they still are easy to pull off with minimal use of colors and easy-to-follow outlines to capture either the Hulk’s angry green shade, the Joker’s mischievous aura, Jack Sparrow’s colorful character, and Harry Potter’s enigmatic round glasses and thunderbolt scar. 

Girls will also be able to enjoy being heroes (or villains) of the day as they get to paint their faces as Wonder Woman—complete with the gold band and stars—or Maleficent (high cheekbones, spookily white face, and arching eyebrows would do the trick). 

Admittedly, these popular heroes and villains will tickle the wonder the kids hold, allowing them to live as their fiction favorites for a day.

If the kids are not much into the superhero-villain genre, they can always choose excellent face paint ideas such are princesses, skulls, mermaids, and vampires. These characters are the staple icons of the Halloween period. 

Fairytale and Royal Face Paint Ideas 

Princess and mermaid Halloween face paints consist mostly of bright and dainty swirls across the cheek, perhaps a hint (or generous dusting) of glitter, and some neon paint to create a luminous effect. Here, popular colors are light blue, pink, orange, yellow, and little dabs of green to create depth in the lines. Make sure these princesses also have butterfly wings on their cheeks—it adds to the charm! If the little girls are not into dressing up too much but want elegant and cute face paint, they can always go as a modern-day fairy. Just make sure to dress as brightly as the face paint, and it would do the trick.

Creepy Face Paint Ideas

Skulls and vampires cause jump scares, especially if complemented well with the cape (vampire) or a body-fit skeleton costume. They can’t go wrong with a classic. Top it off with smears of blood under the lips for the vampire, or cracks on the skull for the skeletal wonder, and you are sure to earn a bit more candy.

Animal Face Paint Designs

For those kids who want to go take it up a notch in the face paint department, they can always choose to go full-on animal model. While cheetahs and zebras are noted for their circles and stripes, respectively, their colors are also pretty easy to identify. Make sure to complete the look with those same colors and shapes as well for your outfit. 

On the other hand, for those who prefer to do more colors than just spots and stripes and still embrace the beastly side of Halloween, they can paint their face as parrots, dragons, or mandrills (think of the wise monkey in Lion King).

Not only does it require more patience and determination to get the colors, face structure and texture right of these animals, it also is the best way to show the kid’s effort and enthusiasm towards Halloween.

Be confident and have fun and take your inspiration from the famous Halloween face paint ideas we mentioned above.  

Contact RJ’s Amazing Entertainment if you want to add a face paint booth to your party. Get in touch with us on your upcoming event, be it a princess-themed party, superhero party and many more. RJ’s Amazing Entertainment serve Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor, and nearby areas in Colorado. Please call us at +1 970-377-0093.