Hi, I’ve been seeing some of you coloring cheeks of your plushies rather then crocheting blush. How do you do it, or rather - with what? Chalk? Colored pencils?
If you’ve tried please let me know your experiences what works and what doesn’t work very well. Thanks​
Edit:
Like this deers cheeks I recently made. Don’t get me wrong, I still love the pattern, but the crocheted blush is just too thick for my taste. It looks added on, as it is, rather then part of the deers face:
I haven’t tried it but one of my concerns is that if we use makeup as blush for plushies then it will come off during washing or if children touch it too much it may come off onto their hands!
I wouldn’t use makeup or chalk markers BC of the chemicals that might be in them so I’d just stick with embroidery! I may be wrong about everything though lol!
I’m not quite sure though!
I use makeup, but oil pastels also work just as well!
I’ve done this once using markers, I think it works well and it isn’t something you can do with embroidery
I used these on some.
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Thanks for your feedback! I’ll keep in mind where to use it and where maybe rather not​
I use make up. Eyeshadow, blush, bronzing powder.
I have also just embroidered the “blush” on too. Kind of depends on the size of the piece. Tiny pieces (like for keychains) may be easier to use the paint, because they are more likely to not be washed.
Alternative question: does anybody know how to embroider blush like this best?
The charm about this idea is that I’d finally have a use for all the make up I have 
Given that we use makeup on the most sensitive parts of our face (around our eyes and on our lips) it’s quite safe.
It’s no more dangerous than the food people eat.
As long as you don’t use anything from the likes of Temu or other cheap Chinese retailers who use dangerous chemicals in their products.
Exactly.
Given that we use makeup on the most sensitive parts of our face (around our eyes and on our lips) it’s quite safe.
It’s no more dangerous than the food people eat.
Possibly safer then taking the yarn in your mouth, who knows what’s in there. Not the material itself, that’s plastic, but the colors and possible add ons to make it stay nice and fluffy
I haven’t tried makeup yet, but it sounds interesting. Good luck with blushing 
that’s so cute! I don’t color on mine, so glwt!
You could try this
Take your pink yarn and used darning needle and sew in two lines or however you want it
You could try different ways of using the darning needle to create patterns for the blush
I prefer to use makeup, as I won’t need it anymore
