Childrens face painting?

Question

how much is the going rate for both a simple quick face paint for a child and a more detailed face paint? Say for a birthday party or similar.

Answer 1

Most face painters I know would not charge by the face but by the hour at a birthday party. If you're planning a party for your child and expect to invite 10-20 guests, I would suggest you'll pay upwards of $100 for a face painter. My rates begin at $100 for a minimum of 20 people and then I charge $5 for every person thereafter. If I am at a festival, I charge $5-$10 for full-face paintings, and $1, $2 or $5 for "cheek-art" designs, depending upon the complexity.

The Caran d'Ache paints the other people wrote about are easy to use but they can be very messy, too. I wouldn't advise buying them. The city of Aurora offers these paints for parents and children at the KidSpree festival in Aurora that I supervise. There are better paints available, ones that offer far better coverage. If you're looking for a high-quality but relatively inexpensive set that you can use yourself and will last a long time, I strongly recommend you check out the Face Painting book from Klutz. It comes with a six-color palette from Wolfe Brothers and tons of ideas to get you started. It's available from most national booksellers and, of course, from the Klutz website. When I got started painting in 1988, I bought this set and began using it in my work as a childcare provider. Please contact me via e-mail, I be happy to be of greater help to you. Here are some links that might also be useful to you...

http://www.klutz.com/catalog/product/111...

http://www.me2ufacepainting.com/

Answer 2

I have actually used those water color pencils that fluflu66 talked about.  We had a birthday party with about 20 children  (approx. 3-4 years old) and it was a lot of fun and it was not dangerous at all.  They are not hard, they are non toxic and they are easy to use.

Answer 3

pretty dangerous if they're young unless its professional painters like at knott's or something.

Answer 4

$2 for a full face paint

$1 for a butterfly or one item

Answer 5

Do this yourself and save $ and have a waaaaaaay better time. There is a water color pencil made by Caran d'ache. You can find these at art stores (sometimes hard to find so go to a real art store)  You dip the pencil in water, blot on a paper towel then draw.  The color pallets available are amazing and the color transfer is excellent.  Get some water cups, paper towels, mirrors ( be safe!!) and let it gooooo.  If these children are 3- then they can do this to each other/themselves with some guidance regarding eyes etc.  If you are planning on doing this for $ as a business then you can hardly go wrong with these pencils.  They are reusable, come in a metal tin, can be touched by the children and last forever.  Good luck.