Top face paint tricks for parents to turn kids into little horrors for Halloween

FOR busy parents, sorting out the kids’ Halloween costume can be a bit of a nightmare.  But with some clever face-painting tricks up your sleeve, your little ones will look ghoulishly cool.

Christine Mavromatis, of wannabee-facepainting.co.uk, demonstrates how by transforming Toby Green, eight, from Canvey Island, Essex, and Valentina Montoya, also eight, from Hounslow in West London, into little horrors.

With this easy step-by-step guide, you’re in for a  spook-tacular Halloween.

YOU NEED:  Halloween face paint kit, £13;  purple and green metallic face paint, £5.20 each; sponges, £1.80; brush set, £3.15 for set of three,  all snazaroo.co.uk.

CHRISTINA’S TOP TIPS: “Dampen the sponge slightly to create an even finish. Wet the brush for definition and test on your arm to check against drips.”

Dracula

Costume, from £12, M&S

1.Start with a white base, then sponge light grey over the eye lid, painting the grey in a wing shape to meet the hairline. Blend where the two colours meet.

2. Paint a large black V shape at the centre of the forehead and fill in. Use a “tick” shape to create eyebrows.

3. Paint the lips red and make two white triangles on either side of the mouth for teeth.

4. Outline the teeth in black and extend the mouth line downward. For a bloodthirsty finale, paint in red droplets.

Frankenstein

Costume, £12, George at Asda (includes inflatable headpiece)

1. Sponge light green over the face then blend a darker green into and around the eye sockets

2. Create hairy eyebrows by flicking a thin paintbrush upwards. Paint a red line directly under the eye.

3. Add the scar by sweeping a thick red line across the forehead. Load the tip of a thinner brush with black paint and dab dots on either side of the red line. Connect the dots vertically with white paint to look like a stitch.

Skeleton

Suit, £9, TU at Sainsbury’s (with mask)

1. Avoiding the inner eye area, sponge white paint across the entire face.

2. Outline eye with black paint. Paint a flick at the beginning of the eyebrow.

3. Create a nose by painting two triangle shapes above each nostril.

4. For teeth, take a thick brush loaded with white paint and press against skin to create a “tooth”, going over the lips.

5. Paint black line across lips out to centre of each cheek. Paint sharp black strokes between each painted tooth.

Spooky spider

Dress, £4, boohoo.com; headband, £4, George at Asda

1. Sponge red paint into inside corner of eye, sweeping upward and outward above the brow. Do the same under the eye, bringing colour down to cheek.

2. Load a sponge with white paint and dab from the temple toward the red paint, blending where they meet.

3. For the web, using black paint with a thin brush, draw lines outward from inside corner of the eye. Connect lines with inward curving strokes.

Pumpkin

T-shirt, £3, boohoo.com

1. Paint a thick rounded pumpkin shape on to the face using dark orange paint. Load a sponge with lighter orange  and dab from the centre of the face, going outwards. Blend where the colours meet.

2. Create a nose by painting a simple black triangle. Repeat this shape over both eyelids for the eyes.

3. For the smile, brush a wide black line across the mouth and on to the cheeks. Using a wide flat brush, paint or print black “cutout” tooth shapes on to and slightly above the lips.

4. Finish with a green stalk, outline in black and highlight with a stroke of white.

Witch

Outfit, £12, Matalan

1. Use metallic paint for this look. Sponge a soft purple over the face, leaving the eye area bare. Work green paint on to the upper eye area and over the brow line. Blend purple and green where they meet.

2. For the brows, draw an arched shape above the brow line. Black out the lips.

3. Create a wart by adding a dot of red paint on the nose, cheek or chin. For a 3D effect, put a thin black outline around half of the dot and finish with a white highlight.

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