Face painting is a great alternative to a mask for kids costumes. It's a lot less restrictive and doesn't affect their vision the way a mask can.

I've always thought I'd need to be an artist for face paints to work out, but I recently found a website that proved me wrong. Check out this video - it's pretty amazing what you can do:

If you want to find out more about face painting, go check out the FacePaintingTips.com website.