MONSTERS AND MAKEUP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (PART 2)

The second section of Allan Ormsby's book, MOVIE MONSTERS: MONSTER MAKE-UP & MONSTER SHOWS TO PUT ON tells youngsters how to create and apply their own monster makeups. Simple materials are indicated, most of which are common household items such as tempura paint, shoe polish (!), food coloring, Karo syrup (for blood, of course!), hair spray and a few more things from Mom's vanity!).

Characters include Count Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolfman, Frankenstein's monster and Blacula. There's even suggestion for monster makeups for kids of color. Included are the obligatory cautions and warnings about using some of the materials, which is always a good thing to do both practically and legally.

Well, kids, have at it!

MONSTERS AND MAKEUP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (PART 1)

Man, I wish I would have had this book when I was a young Monster Kid. It contains the trifecta of stories about monsters, how to apply makeup to make yourself into a monster (with easier techniques than Dick Smith's MONSTER MAKEUP HANDBOOK), and how to put on your own monster show.

Written by Allan Ormsby, himself an accomplished makeup artist, MOVIE MONSTERS: MONSTER MAKE-UP & MONSTER SHOWS TO PUT ON was published in 1975 by Scholastic Book Services. Besides being a makeup and special effects man, most notable CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS (1972), Ormsby was also a director and author, which certainly qualifies him to write a book about this subject. I was an adult when this came out, but it sure would have been neat to have it a decade earlier.

Today I'm posting the first section of the book where he provides information on various classic monsters, including newer ones BLACULA and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.