Animal Face Paint Designs That Deserve a Round of A-Paws
Follow these step-by-step face painting instructions to make a tiger, a dog, a fox, a doe, or a zebra!
Sarah Burns · about 1 month ago
Whether you’re ready for a safari adventure, or about to go scampering off into the woods, we have five simple face paint tutorials that'll hone those animal instincts! If you’re new to face painting, you might want to check out our Complete Guide to Face Painting before you dive in.
Puppy Dog
You’ll be your own best friend in this sweet Puppy Dog design, but remember, sneakers are for wearing, not chewing.
Colors You’ll Need:
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Red
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Black
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White
1. Fill in tongue with red.
2. Draw a white circle around one eye, and outline a muzzle in white around chin and cheeks
3. Fill in the outlined areas with white.
4. With black, outline the circle around the eye, fill in nose, and add whisker details. Add a line down the center of the tongue.
Tiger
Feeling ferocious? This Tiger face can help you channel your inner big-cat.
Colors You’ll Need:
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Black
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White
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Orange
1. With white, make some big bushy eyebrows.
2. Add orange around the muzzle, and to the forehead.
3. Paint nose black.
4. Add black stripes and a little bit of white around the nose.
Doe (a Deer)
Oh deer, haven’t you herd? Few things are as adorable as Bambi in real life!
Colors You’ll Need:
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A dark shade of blush
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A foundation a few shades lighter than your skin tone
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Black
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White
1. Use a dark shade of blush along the hairline, and below the cheekbones.
2. Use a foundation over the area around the eyes, down the bridge of the nose, and around the nose.
3. Fill the nose in with black.
4. With black, go over eyebrows, and extend them down the nose.
5. Using black, create a “doe eye” shape around the bottom of the eye.
6. Fill in the shape under the eye with white, and a few white spots on the forehead and cheeks.
Zebra
Things aren’t always black and white...but sometimes they are!
Colors You'll Need:
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Black
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White
1. Using white, outline a mask around the eyes, and two triangles over the eyebrows.
2. Using white, fill in the shapes.
3. Add a black nose.
4. Add black stripes and a tuft of hair on top.
Fox
Become a cute and cunning fox, and make friends with all the animals of the forest.
Colors You’ll Need:
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Orange
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White
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Black
1. With orange, make a T shape down the bridge of the nose and across the browline; create a line starting from each eyebrow into the hairline.
2. Fill in the inside of the ears with white.
3. Fill in nose in black, and outline the ears.
4. Outline fur in black.
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