Face Painting by Glowstick! - SF Competition
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Face Painting by Glowstick!
Sent in by Debbi
Last year, summer 2007, I donated my services to a picnic for the Dream Factory in Kansas City. This is a 100% volunteer group that grants wishes to kids who are terribly ill or dying. I am a baby in the world of face paining and they offered to refund my expenses for supplies. A win-win situation for all involved.
The afternoon started off slow but before long we had lines! Not one line but three with 8 to 10 in each line! A few volunteers, not face painters, agreed to help me. I gave them spray on hair color and tattoos. Another volunteer felt comfortable using stencils and doing hand and check art so I could stay with the full face stuff.
Although this may not sound like much in the ways of an interesting story, what happens next is what made it so incredibly memorable for me.
Dusk came, the hair coloring and tattoos were all gone and most of the other volunteers had left. It was just me and the cheek art volunteer. This was an outside event in a park, no lights. The lines were still there. I was not going to disappoint these special and deserving kids.
By the time the scheduled fireworks show had ended (you can imagine how dark it was for that to happen), we were still face painting by GLOW STICK!!!
I was laughing my head off and the kids thought this way of painting was great. A few times some of the moms would open and close their cell phones open so we could use the light from the phone displays.
I still laugh when I think back on that evening. This summer is already lined up. (Although I was thinking, I might bring a lantern with me this time).
BIO
Debbi - private school administrator/teacher & mom of four face/body painting models. Started face painting to help out a community carnival about four years ago and really liked it. I have continued over the years just for fun. It is a great stress reliever and no where near as fattening as chocolate. I donate any earnings from my work to the Dream Factory of KC to help grant wishes to seriously ill and dying children.
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Thanks for sending this in Debbi! What a magical event that must have been for you, I wish I was there, it sounded like a lot of fun! I’ll be posting the rest of the stories throughout January until the 30th when I announce the winner. To find out more and enter the contest click on this link:
http://www.facepaintingtips.com/blog/competitions
Happy Face Painting,
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January 24th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
lol.. wow, debbi.. what a great story.. you sure are a doll for all you do for those kids!
we’ve had 4th of july celebrations similar to that that tend to go on long into the night, and yes it does get very interesting when the sun goes out.
we’ve used a few methods to keep the lights on, i thought i’d suggest!
here in new mexico it gets sooo hot so we end up setting up a canopy for the day, and since electricity is hard to come by at the fields. and we don’t have our own generator.. sooo…
during christmas, i found strings of xmas lights that work on batteries! bought a dozen boxes of those and also tap lights, those round lights that work on batteries as well.. solar lights work good as well.. we would line the lights around the canopy ceiling and had really good light well into the evening hours.
hope this gives you an idea or two!
ps. i don’t recommend tiki torches or candles.. not a great idea when you have a long line of anxious, curious, rambunctious kids around!!!!!! lol…
January 24th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Debbi, I think it’s wonderful what you are doing for those children. It really does make a difference in their lives. I didn’t know how much children loved face painting until I got into it a few years ago. They get so excited they make me excited! LOL
I also hate to turn children away. I have stayed over-time because the kids were still lined up and I just couldn’t send them away. The mom was worried, but I assured her that I wouldn’t leave anyone hanging! She thanked me profusely and tried to pay me, but I wouldn’t take it. I knew it was a special situation for a little boy’s birthday and I just couldn’t take the money.