Do you allow your kids to get their face painted ?

jockettuk

ps.... whats stopping the parents that are now paranoid abt this lol taking there own dissposable sponges to school fairs etc that way they know its only there childs face that has touched it..

ANDYPANDY

Yes I do let my kids get their faces painted - but I do it myself. I bought a little kit off the internet (Snazaroo) and a cheap book with loads of "how to do" faces. I have saved myself a fortune!

My children are happy to have me do it at home as I do it better than most (now I have had some practice) and they can watch TV at the same time if they want so they don't get bored!! I also do my children's parties and other friends' too. About time I started making some money out of this I think - especially as I wash the brushes and sponges after each child in hot soapy water too!

Plumpud_3

I don't let my daughters' have their faces painted, but that is only because they have a type of excema and it ALWAYS makes it flare up. I hadn't really considered the hygeine aspect.

Angelolly

I am a primary teacher and I once did an assembly on the Celts. One of the parents gave me some blue facepaints for the Celtic whorls on the children's cheeks. The day after the assembly, nearly every child came in with a red swirl on each cheek where the facepaint had been. I felt AWFUL! The shame!

Sarahsaver

My son has eczema.
He hasnt been able to have his face painted because if he did the paint gets ingrained in his skin. Now the skin on his face is ok he can have it done, but at a friends they decided to paint their whole bodies and he had red feet for nearly 2 weeks - thats not through aggravated skin but merely what got into the cracks in his skin, even with a daily bath.
As for the hygiene thing well, get real. I suppose some of you dont sit on toilet seats either, but instead hover...? ::)

16011996

i've hovered for years in public loos, just can't quite touch it, but have tried not to make my kids the same way. :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ all stems from a traumatic incident.

jellyhead

i think maybe the hovering in public loos stems from the herpes campaign? i was on holiday in edinburgh and all of the public toilets had notices about herpes, telling you not to sit on the seat!

as for face painting, my boy hates the very idea of it, won't let anyone near his face. sometimes he asks for a spider/etc. to be painted on his had though. would a cold sore from another child cause a problem on his hand?

Debbie_Hobdell

I'm not sure I'd want a very young child (say under 2) to have their face painted, but my 5 year old has had her face painted on many occassions over the last couple of years, without any problems whatsoever!

I must admit I hadn't thought about the germ aspect of things, I was more wary the first few times that she would have an allergic reaction to the paint, which is much more likely.

16011996

would a cold sore from another child cause a problem on his hand?

not unless he rubs it on his mouth i shouldn''t think.

Sarahsaver

Cold sores can be more of a problem to eczema suffefers. My son got one last year (from kissing my daughter who'd kissed one of her friends...) and he was on Aciclovir syrup! (aciclovir is the active ingredient in zovirax). He was really run down for a couple of weeks because of it. Because the skin is broken due to eczema it is much more vulnerable.
moneysaving tip though - if your child gets a cold sore PLEASE go to the docs because they give you a BIG tube of zovirax type stuff which would cost about £15 if you could get them that big!
On the face painting subject again, my son just had the end of his nose done once, as a compromise. ;D