Smile Isle Face Painting is an outdoor stall in St James Square in Newport, running on Friday 19 June from 10am to 5pm. The square sits right in Newport's town centre between Costa, The Works and the Blue Door Café, and no festival ticket is needed to take part. Anyone can walk up on the day.
The stall offers face painting, glitter tattoos and festival glitter, with every design priced at £5 or under. It's timed to coincide with Isle of Wight Festival week, which makes it a straightforward way for families in town to join in the atmosphere at a fraction of the festival site cost. The range covers all ages, so younger children and older kids can both find something they want, and adults are welcome too.
Newport town centre tends to draw more footfall than usual across festival weekend, so arriving earlier in the day should mean a shorter wait. There's a coffee stop on the square if you need one while the children are being painted. For more to do in the area, the family events calendar has other options to build around it, and the arts and crafts events page is worth checking for creative sessions elsewhere on the island.
