Our Face Painting Guidelines

If you would like you or your child's face painted, the following guidelines apply:

• Each face takes approximately 5 minutes, so you can judge how long you are likely to have to wait in the queue for a face paint.
• Face painting on a child less than three years of age is not advised … but at my discretion I may paint their arm or leg instead.
• The face painting products I use have all been thoroughly tested and the paints are hypoallergenic… but if you think your child might still have a reaction please ask for a tester on their arm first.
• Please do not let children in your care crowd too close to the face painting table or chair so as to avoid any jogging of children being painted, or accidental ‘fingers in paints’. Please supervise and control any children in your care when queuing.  I do not want to accidentally step on your child if I do not see they are standing right behind me.
• Parents/carers must take full responsibility in allowing children to be painted, and I reserve the right not to paint an unaccompanied child. Please do not ask me to ‘watch’ your child in the queue while you go shopping, as I am here to do face painting!
• I cannot face paint children with cold sores, conjunctivitis, sties, head lice, open sores or other obvious rashes or abrasions.
• Please make sure your child has a clean face if they have been eating or drinking before presenting them for a face painting.
• Whilst I will encourage a child who is reluctant, I will only face paint a child who wants to be face painted.
• The face paint will come off faces with soap and water on a flannel.
• Any accidental marks on clothing should come out with soap and water or through a normal clothes wash.

I hope that some of the notes do not sound negative, they are mostly common sense and are the terms that I paint under so please do not ask me to compromise these guidelines.