Comments for Learn How to Face Paint at the Face Painting Tips Blog http://facepaintingtips.com/blog Learn How to Face Paint with Our Face Painting Designs, Ideas And Techniques Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Managing Your Line at Face Painting Events by Joysain http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/2010/03/04/managing-your-line-at-face-painting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-4800 Joysain Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:08 +0000 http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/?p=1115#comment-4800 Excellent I will be making signs today so I do not have to deal with the people who argue about it, you can't argue with a sign. :) Excellent I will be making signs today so I do not have to deal with the people who argue about it, you can’t argue with a sign. :)

]]> Comment on Managing Your Line at Face Painting Events by Betty http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/2010/03/04/managing-your-line-at-face-painting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-4795 Betty Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:43:34 +0000 http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/?p=1115#comment-4795 Ambah Love the ideas about ending the line. I have been painting until the end so no children are left out. Thanks Betty Ambah

Love the ideas about ending the line. I have been painting until the end so no children are left out.

Thanks
Betty

]]> Comment on Managing Your Line at Face Painting Events by Alexandra http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/2010/03/04/managing-your-line-at-face-painting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-4793 Alexandra Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:21:47 +0000 http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/?p=1115#comment-4793 HI Ambah, I appreciate the tip. I am a new and infrequent facepainter, as I have another full time job and got into it as a side activity. I have only done it as an artist paid by the hour by the establishment to draw people to an event. But we do have a contract for a specific number of hours and that is all I get paid. I have not had to charge per face. I do love it and when I retire I want to pursue it more fully. In the mean time... I have carried a roll of numbered tickets to the event and have them on the table with a sign saying "Take a Ticket." I tell people they can walk around and come back when they are ready and if I have passed them up in number they will be next. I take the ticket when I paint and this helps me to count afterward how many I have painted. This system helps to manage the line, but it does not help me to finish on time, so I am happy to learn of your (and many other's) method. I always seem to stay late finishing that one last kid who has waited forever. I can't bear to say no, but also feel that is not fair to me. Thanks. HI Ambah,
I appreciate the tip. I am a new and infrequent facepainter, as I have another full time job and got into it as a side activity. I have only done it as an artist paid by the hour by the establishment to draw people to an event. But we do have a contract for a specific number of hours and that is all I get paid. I have not had to charge per face. I do love it and when I retire I want to pursue it more fully. In the mean time… I have carried a roll of numbered tickets to the event and have them on the table with a sign saying “Take a Ticket.” I tell people they can walk around and come back when they are ready and if I have passed them up in number they will be next. I take the ticket when I paint and this helps me to count afterward how many I have painted. This system helps to manage the line, but it does not help me to finish on time, so I am happy to learn of your (and many other’s) method. I always seem to stay late finishing that one last kid who has waited forever. I can’t bear to say no, but also feel that is not fair to me. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Managing Your Line at Face Painting Events by Jean-Marie - Turn the Other Cheek http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/2010/03/04/managing-your-line-at-face-painting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-4792 Jean-Marie - Turn the Other Cheek Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:24:35 +0000 http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/?p=1115#comment-4792 If I am working at a community event, I ask the coordinator (days or weeks ahead) if there older, responsible high school students who need to complete volunteer community service hours, or perhaps scouts who are working on projects. Oftentime I have been able to utilize these teens as 'line managers". I also use the "i'm the last person . . . sign. I have the child or parent hold the sign, & this has worked well. I use picture-type "ABC" flash cards when working a birthday party or reunion. If I am working at a community event, I ask the coordinator (days or weeks ahead) if there older, responsible high school students who need to complete volunteer community service hours, or perhaps scouts who are working on projects. Oftentime I have been able to utilize these teens as ‘line managers”. I also use the “i’m the last person . . . sign. I have the child or parent hold the sign, & this has worked well. I use picture-type “ABC” flash cards when working a birthday party or reunion.

]]> Comment on Managing Your Line at Face Painting Events by Julia Smith http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/2010/03/04/managing-your-line-at-face-painting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-4788 Julia Smith Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:34:06 +0000 http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/?p=1115#comment-4788 I personally would not hand a sign around a child's neck, you just never know if any child could come and grab it. Lordy. I also use a sign on my table and it states a approximate time I will be stopping and also have a vest for the last child in line. I make sure my stopping time is 30 or so minutes before I actually have to stop to finish the line. I also announce it periodically. Again I have small prizes for the children that will not be able to get their face done. I personally would not hand a sign around a child’s neck, you just never know if any child could come and grab it. Lordy.
I also use a sign on my table and it states a approximate time I will be stopping and also have a vest for the last child in line. I make sure my stopping time is 30 or so minutes before I actually have to stop to finish the line. I also announce it periodically. Again I have small prizes for the children that will not be able to get their face done.

]]> Comment on Managing Your Line at Face Painting Events by Mrs. Bunny, The Clown http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/2010/03/04/managing-your-line-at-face-painting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-4787 Mrs. Bunny, The Clown Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:12:53 +0000 http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/?p=1115#comment-4787 How do you hang the "End Of Line" sign on the back of the last person in line? Wouldn't it be risky hanging something around a kid's neck? How do you hang the “End Of Line” sign on the back of the last person in line? Wouldn’t it be risky hanging something around a kid’s neck?

]]> Comment on Managing Your Line at Face Painting Events by Julie Charlton http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/2010/03/04/managing-your-line-at-face-painting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-4786 Julie Charlton Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:49:16 +0000 http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/?p=1115#comment-4786 Hi, great ideas, Some handy tips Hi, great ideas, Some handy tips

]]> Comment on Managing Your Line at Face Painting Events by Angela Garreffa http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/2010/03/04/managing-your-line-at-face-painting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-4785 Angela Garreffa Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:32:32 +0000 http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/?p=1115#comment-4785 I mostly do face painting at a theme park so they have to pay first before they get in line. I think the next sign is a great idea because in my limited space kids tend to crowd around the table and it's hard to tell who is next. Sometime a stop to use the ladies room can be a problem but most people are returning customers and understand the call of nature and will wait for me. I mostly do face painting at a theme park so they have to pay first before they get in line. I think the next sign is a great idea because in my limited space kids tend to crowd around the table and it’s hard to tell who is next. Sometime a stop to use the ladies room can be a problem but most people are returning customers and understand the call of nature and will wait for me.

]]> Comment on Managing Your Line at Face Painting Events by Cathy West http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/2010/03/04/managing-your-line-at-face-painting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-4778 Cathy West Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:05:23 +0000 http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/?p=1115#comment-4778 Great post. I really love your tips Great post. I really love your tips

]]> Comment on Managing Your Line at Face Painting Events by Lisa Leyes http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/2010/03/04/managing-your-line-at-face-painting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-4777 Lisa Leyes Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:35:17 +0000 http://facepaintingtips.com/blog/?p=1115#comment-4777 Dear Ambah: When I have to do "Line Management" at an event, I have printed out some small tickets that I cut out, embellish and number ahead of time. (They also have my name and telephone number on them.) If they keep them after they have been painted, and try to hand them to anyone else, I can spot the numbers that are out of sync immediately. I hand them out, along with the "I Am the Last In Line to Have My Face Painted Today" sign that is hung over the back of the Last In Line Today person. Happy Painting! Lisa Leyes FacePainter at SickKids Hospital 5a/b, Toronto, Ontario Canada Dear Ambah: When I have to do “Line Management” at an event, I have printed out some small tickets that I cut out, embellish and number ahead of time. (They also have my name and telephone number on them.) If they keep them after they have been painted, and try to hand them to anyone else, I can spot the numbers that are out of sync immediately. I hand them out, along with the “I Am the Last In Line to Have My Face Painted Today” sign that is hung over the back of the Last In Line Today person.
Happy Painting!
Lisa Leyes
FacePainter at SickKids Hospital 5a/b, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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