Make your own face paint this Halloweeen

Further to our recent news piece on toxic face paints on the market, we thought it best to dig out a homemade recipe that can put your mind at ease, as well as create a really fun thing to do with your children.

What you need:

• Egg carton
• Bowl
• Cold Cream (I used the old fashioned ponds variety)
• Corn flour
• Food colouring – as many shades as you can lay your hands on

Instructions

1. In a bowl, combine about a half a cup of cold cream with two tablespoons of corn flour.
2. Continue to add corn flour, until the mixture is the texture you want for your face paint.
3. Scoop the mixture into each egg compartment individually, leaving it about halfway full to prevent the colours from mixing.
4. Add the food colouring until the colors are twice as dark as you want them to look like when painted on the face.

Et voila… Happy painting!!

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