Paint your face like a tiger

What can we use if we don't have face paints, a makeup sponge, or special brushes?

Use cosmetic-grade, water-based children's face paint or washable tempera specifically labeled skin-safe instead of unknown craft paints, swap the medium sponge for a clean makeup sponge or a cut piece of kitchen sponge for dabbing the orange across your forehead/cheeks/upper nose, and replace specialty brushes with clean craft or makeup brushes while using a small jar as the cup of water.

My orange base looks streaky and the black stripes are bleeding—how can I fix that?

Blot excess water from the sponge on a paper towel before dabbing the orange (step: 'gently dab the orange paint'), apply the base in thin layers letting each dry after rinsing/drying the sponge, and paint black stripes with a drier thin brush and only after the white muzzle has fully dried to prevent bleeding.

How can I adapt this face-paint tiger activity for different ages?

For toddlers have an adult do the orange sponge dabbing and paint just the white muzzle while skipping thin brush details, for younger school-age kids let them follow all steps with supervision, and for older kids encourage practicing thin-brush stripes themselves and self-cleanup with baby wipes or warm soapy water.

How can we enhance or personalize the tiger face after following the steps?

After completing the orange base, white muzzle, and black stripes, add glitter gel highlights or colored face-paint accents with the thin brush, paint whiskers and paw prints on hands, and finish by attaching felt tiger ears to a hair tie and sharing a photo on DIY.org.