How To Paint Your Body in Your Team’s Colors

  • March 20, 2008
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Sure, athletes are impressive, but everyone knows it is you, the loyal fan, who inspires victory. So show your spirit by painting your body the colors of your favorite team!

You Will Need

  • Body paint
  • Sponges and brushes
  • Team spirit
How To Paint Your Body in Your Team’s Colors: Pick your Paint

Step 1: Pick your Paint

Pick your body paint. Water-based paint washes off in the shower, but it’s also vulnerable to sweat, rain, and the occasional beer fight. Alcohol-based paint will survive any victory celebration, but may also stain your skin for a day or two. How committed are you?

Be sure your paint is FDA-approved and labeled “cosmetic grade.”

How To Paint Your Body in Your Team’s Colors: Clean your canvas

Step 2: Clean your canvas

For best results, body paint should be applied to a clean surface, so start with a long, hot, soapy shower.

How To Paint Your Body in Your Team’s Colors: Sketch and stencil

Step 3: Sketch and stencil

Before applying one drop of paint, sketch your work of art. You want to make sure all the letters are the same size. And remember, there is no “I” in “TEAM.”

How To Paint Your Body in Your Team’s Colors: Test

Step 4: Test

Before you go nuts with the brush, test the paint on a small area of your body to make sure there is no allergic reaction.

How To Paint Your Body in Your Team’s Colors: Lay it on

Step 5: Lay it on

Apply your base first, which ideally will be the lightest of your colors. Using a sponge instead of a brush will save you a lot of time. To prevent paint from cracking, apply multiple thin layers instead of caking it on.

How To Paint Your Body in Your Team’s Colors: Spruce it up

Step 6: Spruce it up

When the base is dry, secure the stencils and use brushes to paint your words and designs.

How To Paint Your Body in Your Team’s Colors: Go get ‘em

Step 7: Go get ‘em

Now get out there and help the good guys win the big game. They couldn’t do it without you!

Sports Illustrated’s famous swimwear issue features models wearing nothing but painted-on swimsuits.

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Comments (5)

jimmy

hey, how do you paint the mirror image?

over 3 years ago by jimmy

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tiaieryang

good,thanks

about 1 year ago by tiaieryang

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nik

wwwooooooowwwww... nothing but painted on swimsuits???

over 2 years ago by nik

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kpfingaz

ahhahha...lol. The ending was really funny.

over 2 years ago by kpfingaz

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violatoroger

Great Video, I have found this channel , it has a live telecast of the Winter Olympics ongoing as of now, try the link if the stream is still there. http://winterolympicsin2010vancouver.blogspot.com/2010/02/figure-skating-pairs-short-program-live.html

over 2 years ago by violatoroger

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