With the brush and black paint, draw on the whiskers and eye details. Draw an upside-down triangle between the top lip and nose., and then fill it in. Outline the pink dot on the nose with a heart shape. Add 2 ‘teeth’ by drawing a vertical line in the middle of the white paint on your child’s lower lip. You might want to paint the test of the lower lip pink, too, to make the teeth stand out.
How to face paint an Easter bunny: step-by-step guide
Turn your child into the Easter bunny with face paints! We’ve got easy, step-by-step guides to show you how to do it for your child just like the professional face painters do: you can either watch our how-to video (above) or follow our photo steps (below).
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Huge (Easter) hat tip to ace facepainters Fi Jennings and Emma Rodgers, both from our Top Testers Club: Fi is the one painting her son Hamza’s face in our step by step video, and Emma provided the photo-step pics, with her daughter Mya as model.
You’ll need:
- Face paints in the following colours: white, pink, black (see 4 of the best face paints for children, below)
- A medium brush
- A damp sponge
Here’s how to face-paint an Easter bunny, step by step.
With the sponge and the white paint, create a bunny-shaped base over your child’s nose, eyelids, lower forehead, cheeks and top lip. Dab a little white paint over the middle of your child’s lower lip
Step 2
With the brush and the pink paint, carefully draw 2 large arches, one over each of your child’s eyes. Pop a dot on their nose. Then, use the sponge and the pink paint to create a rosy edge to the cheeks.
How to Face Paint a Bunny Rabbit
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When you’re face painting people, animals – especially cute ones like rabbits – are a popular request. It’s important to know how to paint them, otherwise you could end up with a lot of disappointed customers. Painting a simple bunny isn’t very difficult, once you get the basic shapes down.
Steps
- White paint
- Wet light pink paint (not paint cakes) or light pink paint crayons
- Wet dark pink paint (not paint cakes) or dark pink paint crayons
- Makeup sponges or large, soft poofy brushes that will give you a similar texture
- Wet black paint (not paint cakes) or black paint crayons
- Thin brushes
- Bunny ears (optional)
- If they have a fringe, keep it back with bobby pins or hair clips.
- You can wash their face with soap and water, or your can use a towel soaked in warm water, as long as it gets the dirt off and their face isn’t left greasy.
- Make sure you dry their face off completely before painting it, otherwise the water will mix with the paint.
- It’s best to use wet paint, not paint cakes, so it looks smooth and blended.
- Use a makeup sponge or a large, soft, puffy makeup brush to get a smooth texture.
- Be careful not to get paint into their eyes.
- For the nose patch, use the same kind of paint you used in the last step.
- A makeup pad or puffy brush like the one you used in the last step works best for the nose patch.
- For the teeth, use a smaller brush or a paint stick. You can also use a watercolour pencil dipped in water, but it won’t give you as smooth a texture and it may not be suitable to use on their face.
- Use a thin brush or a paint stick. Once again, you can use a wet watercolour pencil, but remember that it might not give you a good texture, and it may not be safe to use on your subject’s face.
- Use a thin brush, a paint stick or a watercolour pencil dipped in water.
- You can try making the black outlines jagged so it looks like fur.
- If you want a quick, cheap and easy rabbit costume, dress your subject in white, give them rabbit ears and stick some cotton wool to their bottom to make a fluffy tail.
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How do I face paint a gerbil, hamster, mouse or even a squirrel?
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You can use these basic instructions and modify them to look more like a gerbil or hamster or mouse or squirrel. Search for a clip art image of the face of the animal. Adapt the drawing of the rabbit to look more like your image. Try it on paper and adjust it until you are satisfied with the final result.
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