This Halloween, get ready to unleash some spooky, silly, and downright adorable fun with easy Halloween face paint ideas that will transform your little ones into the characters of their dreams! Whether your kids want to be haunting vampires, mischievous pumpkins, or magical witches, these simple step-by-step guides make face painting a breeze — no professional skills required.
Try these easy Halloween face paint ideas using safe, vibrant Snazaroo paints, perfect for creating fun and fuss-free looks your kids will love. With simple steps and colourful results, you’ll have your little ones ready for spooky fun in no time!
5 Easy Halloween Face Paint Ideas for Kids
Halloween Pumpkin
Carve out a classic Halloween look that’s bursting with festive fun. This easy three-step pumpkin guide will have your little ghouls glowing with pumpkin perfection in no time.
Step 1:
Using a wet brush and orange face paint, draw two big round shapes around the eyes for a pumpkin-shaped mask. Make sure these two shapes meet and cover the nose. Fill the shape with orange paint and a damp sponge.
Step 2:
Then with a small brush and black face paint, outline the pumpkin leaving a small space in the middle of the face for the stalk. Add three curved lines to the bottom of each side of the pumpkin and a triangle on the tip of the nose.
Step 3:
With a small brush and green paint, draw a shape above the top of the nose for the pumpkin stalk.
Black Cat
Get ready to me-wow with this black cat design! It’s quick, fun, super easy and the purrrfect look for a little bit of black magic!
Step 1:
Use a brush and black paint to draw an outline of a cat on the left cheek and a cobweb above it on the forehead.
Step 2:
Fill in the cat using the black paint and then use green for the eyes and pink for the nose and inside of the ears.
Step 3:
To finish off your black cat, use black paint to add whiskers and the inside of the eyes. Then add a tiny dot of white for the middle of the eyes. Finally, use the green paint to create some magical dots and stars around the cat and cobwebs.
Green Witch
Let your little spellcaster conjure up some Halloween magic with this charming green witch face paint. Follow just three simple steps to bring this bewitching look to life. Add a hat and broomstick for the full magical effect — and let the fun begin!
Step 1:
Sponge bright green paint all over the face and then add a little bit of bright yellow on top, avoiding the mouth and eyes.
Step 2:
Take a fine brush and some black face paint. Draw cobwebs above each eyebrow and paint a little spider hanging in the middle of the forehead. Don’t worry about perfection, a little wobble adds to the witchy charm!
Step 3:
Finally, use your fine brush to add a little spider hanging down the side of the face in black and then a few magical white and black dots and stars on the cheeks and around the eyes and cobweb to make your witchy makeover complete!
Skeleton
Calling all spooky spirits! This quick and easy three-step skeleton face paint will have your little one’s bones rattling with Halloween spirit in no time.
Step 1:
With white paint and a slightly wet sponge, paint the whole face white leaving space around the eyes.
Step 2:
With a brush and orange paint, add circles around the eyes.
Step 3:
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.
Vampire
Sink your teeth into Halloween fun with this fang-tastic vampire look! Just three simple steps and your little one will be ready to charm (or spook) the neighbourhood with their hauntingly good style.
Step 1:
Sponge white paint all over the face, not getting too close to the lips and eyes.
Step 2:
Paint a line on both cheeks, sponge a bit more paint below to give a faded look and then draw some lines below to look like cracks, all in black paint. Finally, draw a V shape on the forehead in black and use a sponge in the middle to get another faded finish.
Step 3:
Paint two fangs on the chin, a few more cracks on both cheeks and bits of cobweb on the forehead, all in black paint. Finally, add either bright bed paint or some of our Special FX Red Blood to the fangs and the lines on the cheek and you’re a real Vampire!
Spooktacular Fun Awaits...
Whether you’re going for spooky, silly, or somewhere in between, these easy Halloween face paint ideas are sure to bring big smiles and even bigger imaginations to life. With a few strokes of Snazaroo and a little creativity, you’ll have your little monsters, witches, and pumpkins ready to haunt the neighbourhood in style. Happy painting — and even happier haunting!
