Holiday Class Parties

Today I did some face painting at my sons' classes for the Holiday Parties, before winter break.

These are little goody bags I made for both classes. They had my postcard, a colorful candy cane and a mini watercolor pallet. I wish Snazaroo would make something like this - mini face paints, it's the perfect party favor size. It might even inspire some of them to be future face painters!

My son's first grade class had a Polar Express theme day, they all wore PJ's and drank hot hot hot! chocolate. I only painted snow flakes on everybody, just for simplicity's sake since I had a very limited amount of time. The boys got forehead designs, and the girls got snowflake "rainbows".

One of the other moms who was helping out with my son's third grade class party thanked me profusely and said that the face painting "totally made the party". That was nice of her to say!

Face Painting for C.H.O.C Hospital's Holiday Party

Yesterday I had the opportunity to do face painting for C.H.O.C.'S (Children's Hospital of Orange County) Holiday Party for their neuro patients and families.

I wasn't sure if my friend Regina would show up since she is in chemo treatment, but sure enough - the trooper that she is, was there! I was so excited to look up from painting someones face to see her mom and Regina standing there in line!

For those of you who read my "The ParTea Planner" blog may recall of Regina's Princess Tea Party that I did for her this past summer.

Regina is so girly-girl, as she wanted purple snowflakes!

Presenting a beautiful Purple Winter Princess:

Here she is with mom and her brother:

To view the rest of the darling faces from this event on my gallery, Click Here.

Puttin' On The Glitz

Saturday night I did face painting at San Clemente's annual "Puttin' On The Glitz". This is a holiday event sponsored by the SC Downtown Business Association. When I contacted the event organizer about a month ago, she did not have any face painters and was going to put an ad in the paper. I told her not to worry that I would gather up some fellow FP's and sure enough, I was able to have some great gals come down and help me out. We had a great time, the line was steady and busy. I think I can paint snowflakes in my sleep now.

The only bummer was when we were packing up for the night, the sprinkler system went off! Thankfully we had moved most of our stuff onto the sidewalk.

A gentleman from Downtown San Clemente took these photos of me and the girls:

Monica and Lara face painting!

Fundraiser for Preschool

Last night I was able to provide face painting for my daughter's preschool fundraiser.

They had a Fall Carnival & Silent Auction (it was belated due to the So Cal fires and the date got pushed back), so Rebecca and I, my fellow face painting and party planner friend came to help out. We had a great time and I think we were able to contribute to the fundraising efforts as the room was filled the entire time with children and parents who were waiting in line.

Fund Raiser TIPS:

I highly recommend face painting as a fund raiser for your school or other event. Not only does it give the event an element of partyness (is that a word?...well it is now) with kids and adults walking around with color on their faces, but it is also a form of entertainment.

Don't feel like you have to be a Picasso in order to face paint. If you decide to give it a try, here are some tips:

• DO NOT use acrylic or tempura paints to face paint with. Even though it may say non-toxic it is not wise or safe for use on the facial area and could cause a reaction. PLEASE only use products that are made just for face painting. There are so many wonderful face painting makeup products, that there is no reason to be using acrylics. I use Snazaroo, Paradise, Wolfe Bros. and some Kryolan face paints which are the top four of the most popular brands of face paints on the market. You can purchase face painting products at ColorfulFaceArt.com . The best brushes to try are a Round #5 and #3 that you can buy at Michaels or at my site.
  
• Search online or Google the most popular face paint designs. It does not have to be complete, full face designs but you can do a mask, one eye or half face. Cheek art can actually take longer to paint than a quick butterfly, mask or muzzle. Snazaroo has a gazillion photos on their site, just click here then scroll down and see the list.


• Check out step-by-step how to's face paint designs on You Tube . Silly Farm also has videos to watch of popular designs.


• No matter the results or outcome of your design, children really don't care, they just absolutely LOVE having paint on their face!


• But if you don't want to attempt the whole face painting thing, just hire a face painter - it will be worth it for your fund raiser!