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Skeleton & Skull Face Paint Ideas

Get spooky with our collection of four easy to follow skeleton and skull face paint guides!

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Skeleton Skeleton
Cheeky Skeleton Cheeky Skeleton
Sugar Skull Sugar Skull
Skull Skull

Skeleton

Searching for some inspiration from the graveyard? Get the bones rattling with this quick and easy three step skeleton design.

What you will need

Halloween Face Paint Kit

£14.85

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Skeleton face paint - step 3

 

EASY 3 STEP GUIDE

skeleton face paint - step 1
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With white paint and a slightly wet sponge, paint the whole face white leaving space around the eyes.
Skeleton face paint - step 2
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With a brush and orange paint, add circles around the eyes.
Skeleton face paint - step 3
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With a small brush draw small circles around the eyes and around the orange circles. As well as small circles in the shape of a semi-circle on the cheek, add some lines to create a scar. Colour in the top of the nose with black paint and a small brush, ending in two peaks at the top. Leave a small space open between the two peaks on the nose.

CHEEKY SKELETON

Tickle that funny bone with this cheeky skeleton design, guaranteed to get you into the Halloween spirit. Quick and simple, and sure to get some spooks.

What you will need

Pack of Monochrome face paint pens

Brush Pen Monochrome Pack

£11.25

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Cheeky Skeleton Halloween face paint design

 

3 STEP GUIDE

Boy with step 1 of Cheeky Skeleton Halloween face paint design
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Take the white Brush Pen and cover the face entirely in white paint.        
Boy with step 2 of Cheeky Skeleton Halloween face paint design
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Using the black Brush Pen, paint two rings around the eyes in the shape of skull-like eye-sockets. Then add two black prong shapes that taper up the nose.
Cheeky Skeleton Halloween face paint design
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Take the black Brush Pen, then paint lots of little thin lines around the mouth.  

Sugar Skull

Welcome to the Mexican Day of the Dead with this spooky Sugar Skull design. Our simple three step tutorial gets them ready to ghoul it up any day of the week!


 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

 

3 STEP GUIDE

Boy with step 1 of Sugar Skull face paint design
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Sponge white over the entire face. Paint thick black circles around the eyes and add a black diamond on the end of the nose. In the middle of the forehead, paint in the black flourish. Then create the ‘stitch’ mouth design
Boy with step 2 of Sugar Skull face paint design
2
Add sky blue, bright yellow and grass green tear drops and dots to the sides of the forehead. Outline the eyes in orange.
Boy with Sugar Skull face paint design
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Add bright red teardrops to the cheeks. Create a bright red and royal blue cobweb design to the chin. Finally, with a fine brush, outline the eyes with black and complete the chin design.

Skull

When does a skeleton laugh? When someone tickles their funny bone! Try out this super cute 3-step face paint guide to transform into a skull.

What you will need

Halloween Characters Face Paint Kit

£14.85

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3 STEP GUIDE

1
Using white, create half skull shape, leaving spaces for the eyes. And fill in with same paint colour.
2
Using black, fill in the eyes, create angry brow and paint on the skull nose.
3
Using black and a smaller brush, outline the skull and paint thin lines for cracks and teeth.

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