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Here's how to face-paint a vampire, step by step

What you'll need

Face paints in the following colours: white, red, black
Face-paint brush or make-up brush

4 of the best face paints for children

Snazaroo Ultimate Party Pack Face Paint Kit, £17.50: Contains 12 2ml colour pots, 2 glitter gels, 4 sponges, 2 brushes and a face-painting guide. Age 3+
Djeco Face Paint Set, £7.50: Contains 6 x 2ml face paints, a sponge and a brush. Age 3+
BioKidd Natural Face Body Paint Wash, £26.90: Contains 10 x 10ml pots of paints, made with beeswax/clay/mineral-based ingredients and ready to use without wash. No brush supplied. Age 3+
Galt Face Painting Set, £12: Contains 12 face paint discs, 2 brushes, 4 sponges, adhesive stencils and a guide. Age 5+

Step 1

A child with their face painted with white fangs and drips of blood

Using white face paint on the brush, draw a fang on each side of the bottom lip. Clean your brush, and then with red face paint, add some drips of blood from each fang. Carefully paint the lips red and add a red line from the outer corner of each eye.

Step 2

A child with their face painted with white fangs and drips of blood and black eyebrows

With the black face paint, draw exaggerated eyebrows on top of your child's eyebrows, and an upturned triangle at the hairline. Then carefully outline each fang with a black line.

Step 3

Child with their face painted as a vampire

Staying with black face paint, draw the outline of a bat on the forehead and each cheek, and fill the outline in.

And then you're done!

Pics and video: Lu Lucy. Video edit: Emily Longman Wall

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Emily Longman WallDigital Content Producer

Emily is the Digital Content Producer at MadeForMums and creates editorial and video content across the brand. She also edits the weekly editorial newsletter, oversees our reviews process and loves creating our craft articles and videos. She specialises predominantly in car seats and pushchairs, and has yet to meet a buggy she couldn’t fold! With a 1st class degree in History, she always researches topics thoroughly to find the best recommendations for parents.