DIY St Patrick's Day Irish Temporary Tattoos: Caran D'Ache

Some easy, quick temporary tattoos to make St Patrick's day a little more green!
For the basics of how to use Caran D'Ache face paints, click here

Clover: Start with the black outline.  A four leaf clover is essentially 4 hearts pointed in at each other, each taking up 90 degrees (the base of each heart makes a right angle).  Fill in with green.  Add accents with a lighter green.  Add further accents with white.  Go back over with the original green color to blend.  

Irish Flag: Start with the basic outline of the entire flag (I include one 'wave' in it).  Fill in green, white, orange.  Add a little black then blend it to gray to make one side of the white section of the flag appear to be behind the other.  You'll notice I ended up switching where my 'wave' line was.  I also blend a little black into the edges of the green and orange. 

Celtic Cross: Start with the cross itself.  I imagine the center corners as full circles.  Add the back circle next.  Fill the cross in green and the circle yellow.  Add white accents.  Blend in with green and yellow. 

Lyre:  Start with basic outline.  Add accents and strings.  Fill in yellow.  Add white accent, blend in with yellow.  In the past I've also used orange to make these slightly more fancy, but yellow and white is plenty. 

DIY Temporary Face Paint Tattoos (using Caran D'Ache Neocolor II water-soluble crayons)

I frequently draw face paint tattoos (you might just call it face painting) for celebrating holidays, sporting events, or just fun parties.  The tattoos range from super simple (a green clover) to fairly absurd (a fully rigged pirate ship sailing into the sunset).  It's a very forgiving medium (just blot out with water if you make a mistake) so it's fun to just go for crazy things and see what you can make.  It's also always interesting to try to draw on a person, which is not a very flat or level medium.   

I use Caran D'Ache Neocolor II water-soluble wax crayons.  They are easy to use and not nearly has messy as actual paint.
My family bought a set of the crayons over two decades ago, and we haven't had to buy another yet.  You can buy smaller sets (10 colors) or ridiculous sets (126 colors).  They are super fun.
To use: Dip one end in water (warm water will make the person happier).  Blot on a paper towel so that you do not drip on the person you are going to paint (the crayon needs to be wet to draw, but not dripping or it will smear the drawing).  Draw on person.  You can easily blend colors by drawing over an area you already colored, and if you make a mistake you can just put a little water on the area and then wipe it off with a paper towel.  Don't forget to remove the drawings from your skin before going to bed!