Face Painting and Balloon Twisting Blog

A large group of about 100 – 150 balloon artists at the 2011 Twist and Shout in Boston met up in the Burlington Mall food court food court for a 3 twist dog balloon flash mob.

Sometimes, I wish that I could attend all of the conventions. Last month was the Florida SuperJam, a balloon jam in Florida. The description sounded great, but I found out too late to fit it in my schedule. Their website described it as the ultimate balloon jam!!! 4 days of continuous balloon twisting.

Florida SuperJam
January 11 – 14, 2012
International Palms Resort
6515 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
http://floridasuperjam.com/

Now, I can see some of the fun I missed with some videos of the convention posted on YouTube.

Team Building

Performing on Stage

Waiting for Ice Cream

Nancy Dalton’s balloon creation

YouTube has many face painting tutorials of various quality. There are also videos taken by parents or grandparents of their kids having their face painted while at the zoo, festivals, or on vacation. These videos show real face painters working with real kids. I like to hear the reactions of the people talking in the background.

Here are three more YouTube videos of kids getting their face painted.

Ninja Turtle at the Circus

Pink Skull and Crossbones

Minne Mouse at Hollywood Studios

Here are a few more videos filmed by parents of their kids having their faces painted.

Superhero mask at Disney Hollywood Studio

Unicorn Mask at the Cincinnati Zoo

Fast Zombie

I don’t find as many videos on YouTube by parents when their kids get a balloon…

Spiderman balloon

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

Pink Flamingo Hat

Girl wearing a Mickey Balloon Hat

I like watching the videos that parents take when their kids have their faces painted. I think it shows more of how the artists work in the real world compared with the tutorials that people create. It is always interesting to listen to the parents and other people making comments in the background.

Butterfly

Spiderman

Pink Cat

Butterfly – OK, this is a series of photos not a video, but one of the things I noticed was how the artist stands to the side to let the parents watch and take pictures without getting in the way. I know artists who like to have the kids face away from the crowds, but face painting should be as much for the spectators as it is for the child

From Silly Farm
http://www.sillyfarm.com/store/index.php?p=page&page_id=Paint-A-THon

On December 2, 2011, FabaTV will go LIVE for 12 hours to help raise money and awareness for the Covenant House. FabaTV has teamed up with some of the world’s most talented artists, together they are putting their paints to use for a great cause. The 1st annual Paint-A-Thon will take place on Dec 2nd, 2011 via fabatv.com/page/live, starting at 3:00 pm EST December 2nd and ending at 3:00 am EST Dec 3rd, 2011. They will be broadcasting 12 hours of free, LIVE face and body art classes and you, the viewers, will be given the option to donate money to help they purchase much needed holiday gifts and supplies for the children of the covenant house. 100% of the proceeds will go to the covenant house and the gifts will be delivered by Santa Leon himself.

The Covenant House is a teen homeless shelter, where they focus on helping at-risk, run away, and homeless teens to turn their lives around and rise above their obstacles. The Covenant House works hard to help get teens off the streets, keep them motivated, productive and out of trouble.

FABA TV is the newest offering from Silly Farm. Meet some of their artists on their YouTube Interviews.

Mama Clown – Marcela Murad

Brian Wolfe Interview – with a great Grinch face…

Pam Trent Interview

Pashur

Snakes are a fun design for face painting. You can make them big or small. They can go around the face or up an arm. There are several snake videos on YouTube.

Silly Farm demonstrates a snake using the Arty Cakes.

Silly Farm also demonstrates a snake on a boy’s arm using a double loaded sponge.

Mandi shows how to make a coiled snake on the cheek.

Tag Body Art shows how to make a snake and a frog.

The Big Apple Circus and PBS show how to make a clown face.

How to Make a Clown Face

Watch the video and get your kids involved in drawing their own clown faces.

Watch the full episode. See more Circus.