Face Painting at Surf Jam

Me, Rebecca & Naomi provided face painting at my children's school for their annual carnival called Surf Jam. Here is my booth, but not completely set-up yet, but at least you get the idea. We just did quick designs of half faces or masks for $5 and had a steady line the entire event. My friend Mary is a Heriatage Makers consultant and shared the booth with us. She took the photos of the finished faces, got the parent's email to send them a link of the photo gallery so they can purchase photos if they want. It was so helpful having her there and to take pictures and made for faster painting for us!

I also sold candy tubes which were a big hit with the kids. Plus, it gave them something to do while waiting to get face painted. Check out my website for the sandy candy at Colorful Candy Art.

Here is my "Cheater Cheetah" meaning it is my quick, three minute cheetah design:

Here the kids are making their candy tubes. Wow, look in the left side corner, behind the blonde boy - she is throwin' it back!

Thank You Jodi!

Jodi Carr's workshop was excellent! Here she is demonstrating her monster dragon on my son.

She taught us with her Wolfe split cakes how to quickly paint a flower, dragon, dolphin, sunset scene, and tiara. And since she is the only US distributor for Fantasy Worldwide face painting creams she showed us different designs how to use the Fantasy. Which I love the shimmer colors! Stop by her website and check out the products she has for sale.

From Russia With Love - Their Face Painting Class

My best friend has been visiting Russian orphanages with her church Capo Beach Calvary for the past three years. While they are making a circuit of visiting hundreds of orphaned children in orphanages, the team provides them with a fun day filled with candy, games, toys and face painting. Mind you, these children may only receive for their birthday one piece of chocolate. So when this team arrives, they love every minute of their visit!

Our famous Orange County photographer Joe Photo went last year to Russia, and took professional shots of of their visit (click here to view the Russian article - in the group pic, my friend is second from the left in the pink jacket). Please read the article, it will give you some realty of how blessed we are. From his photos, I noticed they were using acrylic paints to paint the children's faces with.

Y'all know how I feel about acrylic paints used for face painting. *eye twitching*

So I gently educated my friend about how there are many wonderful products just for face painting, and offered to conduct a class to show some of the team how to use them.

Here are some photos of my class for the Russia team:

It was a lot of fun, but it went by so fast and we ran out of time! Hopefully they will take their Snazaroo Rainbow palette and practice, practice, practice.

I appreciate all their commitment and efforts, and wish the team well. I will be praying for their trip - they leave on May 30th.