August 21, 2014 kscope

Caricatures are a wild hit at parties, and our caricatures artists are amazing! Kaleidoscope hand selects caricature artists trained by the best, have amazing personalities, and at minimum a BFA.

Bringing multiple caricature artists to corporate events or fundraisers is becoming more and more popular. For many event coordinators this is the first time they’ve managed caricature artists, so here are a few tips to help your event run smoothly!

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June 17, 2014 kscope

Face painting is great for a lot of things–from kids’ parties to body painting adult events. But face paint also has it’s limitations: some kids don’t like getting their faces touched and it comes off in pools or sprinklers. Temporary tattoos are a really great alternative to traditional face painting, and Kaleidoscope offers three different types in CT, MA, RI, NH for all sorts of events!

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February 28, 2014 kscope

Our artists adore kids, and we want to make sure your experience with Kaleidoscope is perfect every time, whether you meet us at a local fair or invite us to your home. We go above and beyond professional face painting standards. If you don’t believe us, call any of our competition and ask these questions. Kaleidoscope stands for safety and fun, guaranteed!

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January 21, 2014 kscope

Our office team gets calls asking us to “donate our time” or “provide free face painting” daily,  so we finally wanted to blog about it. We love working for nonprofits–actually, we specialize in it! But a lot of these types of phone calls end in this: “I think we’ll just have our volunteers do it.”

It’s tempting (we know) to get a service done for free when you’re on a limited budget.

Hiring Kaleidoscope almost always mean you can actually make money off of face painting, but it’s still a leap of faith. So if your organization is still looking to get free face painting, here are a few tips from the professionals on making sure your event’s face paint isn’t a disaster:

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October 18, 2013 kscope

Kaleidoscope’s staff is full of art-nerds. Like, we-dream-about-face-paint nerds. Go-out-to-dinner-together-so-we-can-talk-about-balloon-twisting dorks. So, naturally, our friends send us anything they see online that has to do with face painting or body painting! Today we were sent this article today by Alex Iwashyna: an awesome mom who loved face painting and wondered, “how hard can it be?” Here’s an excerpt of Alex’s post:

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