Lipstick Murals

Once kids get over some initial inhibitions about putting on lipstick, they won't want to stop. You'll be surprised how hard it is for them to make lipstick and lips meet.

Objectives

Children ages 5-6 years will be able to print capital letters of name FM III
All children participating will learn special relationships such as placement of features on the face, eye-hand coordination such as putting lipstick on the mouth only, and they will be able to stay with the activity for some time SE III

 

Materials

Lipstick of different colors (Note: lipsticks can be old, donated commercial cosmetics or homemade from cold cream and powdered tempera paint chilled); large sheet of construction paper; mirrors; felt markers; cold cream or salad oil; facial tissues.

Procedures

1. Have children sit around a table. Tell them to make a picture with their lips—their lips are the paint brushes. This project may need some modeling and participation to motivate children. Language to emphasize: lips, happy, sad, smile, frown, big, little, red.

2. Give each child a mirror and lipstick. You may have to demonstrate putting lipstick on own lips. If children are older, you can have them paint each other’s lips.

3. Have children press lips to paper. You can demonstrate. Talk about the shape of the print; the dark and lighter areas of the print. What makes lines on the lips prints? Have children experiment with different effects. Make lips round, tight, big mouth, little mouth. For younger children; you could draw a face with eyes and nose and have children print the lips on. Kids can print name (or trace your model) with their lip prints.

4. Have cold cream and facial tissues available for clean-up.