How to face paint a witch for Halloween: step-by-step guide
Follow our simple photo and video guides to create a wicked green witch's face for your child
Add a wicked finishing touch to your child's Halloween costume with our easy step-by-step witch face painting guide. You can either watch our how-to video (above) or follow our photo steps (below).
Huge (black pointy) hat tip to ace facepainter Ruth Crowley from our Top Testers Club: you can see her turning her daughter Annabel's face all witchy in our video and photo guides.
- Planning a different Halloween look for your child? We've also got step-by-step face-painting guides for a vampire, a ghost, a scary pirate and a pumpkin.
How to face-paint a witch, step by step
What you'll need
- Face paints in the following colours: green, blue or purple and black
- Damp sponge
- 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
Use a damp sponge to apply a layer of green paint all over your child's face as a base.
Step 2
With the brush, paint blue or purple over the entire eyelid and eyebrow finishing in a point at the outside temple. Apply the same colour in a line under the eye, sweeping to a point at the top of the cheekbone. Paint the lips in the same shade, going beyond the natural shape of the mouth on the upper lip to exaggerate the 'cupid's bow'.
Step 3
Clean your brush and then, using the black paint, create thick, bushy eyebrows by painting a thick line along the upper edge of the colour around the eyes and then adding 3 or 4 upward strokes. Add black lines at the outside corner of the eyes, too.
Step 4
Add some witchy embellishments to the cheeks and chin. We've added a moon, a star, a beauty spot and a cat.
And then you're done!
Pics and video: Ruth Crowley. Video edit: Emily Longman Wall
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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.