Face Paint

At least once a year, I mix up some homemade face paint and let the kids have fun with it.

 This morning, I mixed up 2 teaspoons of corn starch, 1 teaspoon of lotion, 1 teaspoon of water, and a few drops of food coloring.  I ended up adding a tiny bit more water to get the right consistency.

The girls were VERY excited!

 

I may have added a little too much food coloring (or maybe it was because I used gel food coloring this year; in the past I have always used the regular food coloring) because even though the girls bathed as soon as they were done painting, Kate had a bit of a pink hue for the rest of the day.  I thought she looked like Pinkalicious.

Homemade Face Paint Fun

Every summer we mix up a batch of homemade face/body paint.  This is our fifth or sixth year having fun with this mild paint; it's always a hit.

I didn't take a picture of the ingredients this time, so I'm using this picture from an old post.

Ingredients:
corn starch
water
mild lotion
food coloring
stirrers - one for each color (we used popsicle sticks)
applicators (we used cotton swabs)

Directions:
I use a six cup silicone muffin pan to make the face paint.  I think this keeps everything contained and makes for easy preparation.  In each muffin cup put: 1 tsp cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon - 1 teaspoon water (enough so that it mixes well), 1/2 teaspoon baby lotion or whatever you use on your children (something mild), and 2 drops (or desired amount) food coloring.

Use separate stirrers to mix each color.

We use cotton swabs to apply the face paint.

Reagan and Kate had a lot of fun with the paint.  Collin wanted to paint on some warrior stripes and then he went back to doing his own thing.

 Warrior stripes???  Whiskers??????

 Reagan began by painting her nails, of course.  AND, of course, Kate did exactly what Reagan did.

 The classic Reagan peace sign.  Um, someone needs her toenails cut.

 Rainbow Princess

 Belly Paint

Off to the bath tub where the girls used up the rest of the paint to decorate the tub, and then everything, and everyone, washed up nicely.

Homemade Face Paint

We have been making homemade face/body paint at least once a year for the past three years or so, and it is always a lot of fun.  Making face paint is on our Summer Bucket List this year, so we mixed some up this past weekend.

Ingredients:
corn starch
water
mild lotion
food coloring
stirrers - one for each color (we used popsicle sticks)
applicators (we used cotton swabs)

Directions:
I use a six cup silicone muffin pan to make the face paint.  I think this keeps everything contained and makes for easy preparation.  In each muffin cup put: 1 tsp cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon - 1 teaspoon water (enough so that it mixes well), 1/2 teaspoon baby lotion or whatever you use on your children (something mild), and 2 drops (or desired amount) food coloring.

Use separate stirrers to mix each color.

We use cotton swabs to apply the face paint.

It was 100 degrees and C decided to wear long sleeves!

Face paint fun is always followed up with bubble baths (a rare treat around here), and it washes off pretty easily.

If I give my children frozen lemonade...

they will want to make homemade lemonade. (Note the frozen lemonade in their hands as they juice the lemons)

Once the lemonade is made, they will want to make lemonade popsicles.

This will remind me that making homemade lemonade and making popsicles are both on the summer bucket list, so I will have the children check off those items on the list.

When they see the list, they will remember that making homemade face paint is on the list and they will want to do that the next morning (they really wanted to do it that minute, but were willing to compromise!).

(R is not allowed to use nail polish, so she was thrilled to paint her nails with face paint!  It reminds me of the boys who are not allowed toy guns so they turn everything else into guns when they play.)

The food coloring in the face paint will remind them that they like to swirl food coloring in shaving cream. (They also made marbled paper; that will be in tomorrow's post.)

When they are covered in face paint, shaving cream, and food coloring, they will decide to run through the sprinkler ball in their pajamas. (I wonder what the neighbors thought as this all went on at 8AM.)

Then they will be cold and want a warm bath.  After the bath, they will want frozen lemonade, and if I give my children frozen lemonade they will want to make homemade lemonade to go with it.

Thank you, Laura Numeroff for inspiring this blog post.  If you do not know who Laura Numeroff is, she is the author of the amazing "If You Give" series of books, including If You Give a Pig a Pancake, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, and more.  You can click on her name or the titles of the books to find more information.  We are big fans of her work, hence the blog post.

Homemade Face Paint

This is a repost from last year (C and R both look so young in these photos, especially C.  It's also funny to see pictures from our old house).  We had a lot of fun with this face paint, and making this paint is one of the things on my summer fun list (I hope to post my list this week).

Directions:

1. In each muffin cup put: 1 tsp cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon water (I used a little more), 1/2 teaspoon baby lotion or whatever you use on your children (something mild), and 2 drops food coloring
2. Stir gently using separate stirrers in each cup so that you don't mix colors
3. Paint your face, hand, belly, or entire body! We had a lot of fun with this. The paint spreads easily and washes off with soap and water.

*This recipe can be found in the cookbook, Fun with Kids in the Kitchen by Judi Rogers.

Batgirl and Spiderman

Muffin Tin Monday - People and Faces

The theme for Muffin Tin Monday this week is People and Faces, and I think I may be breaking all the rules here because there is absolutely nothing edible in our muffin pan this week. My original plan was to make pancakes and fill the muffin cups with foods that could turn the pancakes into faces, but then I found a recipe for homemade face paint and I just had to try it.

Directions:

1. In each muffin cup put: 1 tsp cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon water (I used a little more), 1/2 teaspoon baby lotion or whatever you use on your children (something mild), and 2 drops food coloring
2. Stir gently using separate stirrers in each cup so that you don't mix colors
3. Paint your face, hand, belly, or entire body! We had a lot of fun with this. The paint spreads easily and washes off with soap and water.

*This recipe can be found in the cookbook, Fun with Kids in the Kitchen by Judi Rogers. To see how other people filled their muffin tins, visit Her Cup Overfloweth.