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- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
**IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT GUEST COUNT** ⚠️LOTS OF GUESTS•SMALL TIME FRAME - MORE THAN 1 ARTIST or MORE TIME may be required for your event‼️ ⚠️ Check out our guest count & price chart below BEFORE PUTTING IN YOUR REQUEST to make sure our prices will work with your guest count & hourly request‼️ ‼️1-10 guests painted at least 1hr required ‼️15-20 guests painted at least 2hrs required or 1hr with 2 painters ‼️30-40 guests painted at least 4hrs required or 2hrs with 2 painter ‼️40-60 guests painted at least 6hrs required or 3hrs with 2 painters ‼️80-100 guests painted at least 3hrs required with 3 painters __________________ OUR STANDARD HOURLY PRICES WITH GUEST COUNT👇: 1 Regular Face Painter (Price varies depending on artists available) (travel price, payment fee, & parking not included) 🔹 1hr 🔸5-8 guests •$100-160 + travel 🔹 1-1/2hrs 🔸10 guests •$160-240 + travel 🔹 2hrs 🔸15-18 guests •$190-320 + travel 🔹 2-1/2hrs 🔸20 guests •$250-400 + travel 🔹 3hrs 🔸25 guests •$280-480 + travel Etc 2 Regular Face Painters (Price varies depending on artists available) (travel price, payment fee, & parking not included) 🔹 1hr 🔸15-20 guests •$180-320 + travel for 2 🔹 1-1/2hrs🔸20-25 guests •$300-480 + travel for 2 🔹 2hrs🔸30-40 guests •$360-640 + travel for 2 🔹 2-1/2hrs🔸40-45 guests•$480-800 + travel for 2 🔹 3hrs🔸50-60 guests •$540-960 + travel for 2 Etc 3 Regular Face Painters (Price varies depending on artists available) (travel price, payment fee, & parking not included) 🔹1hr🔸30-40 guests•$300-445 + travel•3 artists 🔹1-1/2hrs🔸40-50guests•$490-675 +travel•3artists 🔹2hrs🔸60-70 guests•$600-890 + travel•3 artists 🔹2-1/2hrs🔸70-80guests•$790-1,120 +travel•3artists 🔹3hrs🔸90-100 guests•$900-1,335 +travel•3 artists Etc 1 Temporary Tattoo Artist (Price varies depending on artists available) (travel price, payment fee, & parking not included) 🔹 1hr •10-15 guests •$100-130 + travel •1 artist 🔹 1-1/2hrs •20 guests •$160-200 + travel •1 artist 🔹 2hrs •20-30 guests •$200-260 + travel •1 artist 🔹 2-1/2hrs •35 guests •$260-330 + travel •1 artist 🔹 3hrs •35-45 guests •$300-390 + travel •1 artist Etc 2 Temporary Tattoo Artists (Price varies depending on artists available) (travel price, payment fee, & parking not included) 🔹 1hr •20-30 guests •$200-230 + travel •2 artists 🔹 1-1/2hrs •40 guests •$320-360 + travel •2 artists 🔹 2hrs •40-60 guests •$400-460 + travel •2 artists 🔹 2-1/2hrs •70 guests •$520-590 + travel •2 artists 🔹 3hrs •60-90 guests •$600-690 + travel •2 artists Etc 3 Temporary Tattoo Artists (Price varies depending on artists available) (travel price, payment fee, & parking not included) 🔹 1hr •30-45 guests •$330 + travel •3 artists 🔹 1-1/2hrs •50 guests •$520 + travel •3 artists 🔹 2hrs •60-90 guests •$660 + travel •3 artists 🔹 2-1/2hrs •105 guests•$850 + travel•3 artists 🔹 3hrs •105-130guests•$990 + travel•3 artists Etc __________________ Interesting Facts 🤔: 🔸 some original Paint Time Fun artists offer 3 services for the price of one! 💕🤯💕 Painting/ink tattoos, glitter tattoos, & press on tattoos! Others offer glitter or press on tattoos for only $30 more! 🔸 you can also get our ink temporary tattoos which covers more people in less time and in turn could be a lower price (service include ink, glitter, and press on tattoos). 🔸Ink tattoos are very similar to our faster face painting style but is sweat proof and water resistant & comes right off with hand sanitizer or rubbing alcohol or can be enjoyed for days! _______________________________ ___________________ _______________________________ OUR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS & DEALS! (Original PTF Artists ONLY) 🔸🔸SAVE $20-30 PER HOUR when you book 2-3 original PTF regular face painters. 🤯 PLUS savings when you book more hours!! 🤩 (Great for 15-30 guests painted/tattooed in 1hr, or 40-60 guest painted in 2hrs) 🔸🔸Add a temporary tattoo artist instead of a painter to cover more guests in less time! It really helps to keep the lines moving & it’s water resistant with a glitter, ink, & detailed press on tattoo deal!! 🎉 🔸🔸Book more than one artist for less line wait time! 👏 ________________________________________________ HOURLY RATES AND SERVICES! (Original PTF Artists ONLY) **travel prices not included with prices below 1 ORIGINAL PTF INK TEMPORARY TATTOO ARTIST 🔸~ $100-$130 per hour (1 Artist about 10-15 guests tattooed per hour) 🔸~ some artists offer free tattoos!! Others it’s only $30 more!! 1 ORIGINAL PTF REGULAR FACE PAINTER 🔸~ $100-$125 per 1st hour, minus $10 every additional hour (1 Artist about 5-8 guests painted per hour) 🔸~ some artists offer free tattoos!! Others it’s only $30 more!! 1 ORIGINAL PTF WATER RESISTANT FACE PAINTER 🔸~ $125 per 1st hour, minus $10 every additional hour (1 Artist about 5-8 guests painted per hour) 🔸~ artist offers free tattoos!! 2 ORIGINAL PTF REGULAR FACE PAINTERS (savings of $20-25 per hour!): 🔸~ $180-200 per hour (2 Artists about 15-20 guests painted per hour) 🔸~ some artists offer free tattoos!! 3 ORIGINAL PTF REGULAR FACE PAINTERS (savings of $25 per hour!): 🔸~ $300 per 1st hour (3 Artists about 30 guests painted per hour) 🔸~ some artists offer free tattoos!! 1 BALLOON TWISTER 🔸~ $155 per hour (1 Artist about 20-30 balloons) 1 AIR BRUSH ARTIST 🔸~ $165 per hour (1 Artist about 20-30 guests tattooed) ______________ 🔹🔹SERVICES INCLUDE!🤯😍🔹🔹 + FREE Set up and tear down time + Full Face Painting (painting service only) + Painted Ink tattoos (tattoo service only) + Detailed Press on Tattoos ($30 more) + Painted Glitter tattoos ($30 more) + COVID vaccinated + Money back guarantee + Designs based on your theme and requests (painting service only) + Savings when you book more hours (painting service only) + Professional paints & products made for skin + Fun art style! + Happy smiling kids! 💕🥳💕 **NOT INCLUDING: air brush, balloons, Non-Original PTF Painters, & only some Original PTF Artists** __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ TRAVEL RATES! ADDITIONAL FEES! 🔸~ $0.50 per mile round trip starting (artists are from all over Illinois, Northern Indiana, & Southwest Michigan areas) ONLINE PAYMENTS 🔸~ $3 every $50 paid online through Debit, Credit, or Paypal (WE DO NOT TAKE PREPAID CARDS) 🔸~ payments made through Zelle, Cash App, & Thumbtack are fee free RUSHED EVENT FEE (less than 3 days before an event) 🔸~ $30 standard one time booking fee PARKING (only for paid parking events) 🔸~ total parking time for painting hours __________________________________________________ DEALS AND SAVINGS! **Yes there’s more you can earn for your next party to save even more!! 🤯🤯 REPEAT CUSTOMERS DISCOUNT! 🔸~ $10 off your next party! 🔸~ $15 off your 4th party! 🔸~ 10% off for life on your 5th booked party! REFER A FRIEND! 🔸~ refer a friend and get 10% off your next party of 2hrs or more! 🎉 (friend has to book and complete party to redeem offer, & they have to mention the name we have in our records for you) 🔸~ refer more than one friend and receive more discounts before your next party!! 🥳🥳 BUSINESS DEALS! 🔸~ own a business? Refer us and we give you discounts on your next party booking with us! 👏 With each referral you gain more discounts! ____________________________________________ ADDITIONAL SERVICES! 🔸A. ($20 every 10 boxes) treasuring hunt for a mini toy, candy, & stickers! Something unique in each box! 🎉🎁🎊 🔸B. ($20 every 1-50 guests) Coloring pages with colored pencils based on your theme (theme is based on available). More color less mess! ✨🖍✨ 🔸C. ($85 every 1-20 guests) Painting pages with washable water color paints, a professional painter’s brush, a professional painters apron, & 2 card stock pages, 30+ popular designs or characters to choose from! Let the kids feel like a professional painter! The kids get to keep their art pages, painting tray, & paint brush! 🎨🖌🖼 🔸D. ($220 for 1/2hr) Minute to win it games and activities the kids will love! 🏅🏆🥇 ______________________________________ ______________________ _______________________________________ VENDOR EVENTS: Perfect for long events or parties with a lot of people such as Festivals, Fairs, or Carnivals. This includes: —each party guest pays for their own face painting or product $1-$35+ 🔸~detail large press on tattoos $5-10 🔸~glitter tattoos $5-8 🔸~ink tattoos $10 🔸~Magnetic lashes $25 🔸~bling piece & glitter $25 🔸~regular face painting $20-25 (Special requests $5 more) 🔸~water resistant painting $20-30 (Special requests $5 more) 🔸~detailed full face painting special requests $35+ depending on design —only require pay for miles starting at Portage Founder’s Square in Indiana ($0.50 per mile) per artist —if there is a table fee we take the amount due for the table fee and minus it from the miles payment owed ___ Vendor Deals! If an artist makes over $400 per day you don’t pay for the mileages for that artist up to 30 miles one way!!
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Just 4 simple steps. We like to make sure we are the ones working hard for your awesome party so you don’t have too! ______________ Step 1: Settling on a Price *When the price is settled an event coordinator will mark you as hired on Thumbtack and ask a couple final questions to get you officially booked. _______________ Step 2. Send Text Confirmation *We send you a text confirmation for your party’s most important information (such as date, time, etc) to make sure we have the correct info. You will need to confirm this once through text as a form of contract signing. _______________ Step 3: A Phone Call Consultation *We next do a phone call consultation to answer some questions we need confirmed about your party detailed so we can be prepared & you can feel secure in your entertainment choice. We will also send you some important emails about our services which we go over briefly during the call as well. ________________ Step 4: Sending Deposit & Signing Permission Forms *Your final step is to send the required deposit through Zelle, PayPal, or Debit/Credit to hold your party date and make it secured with us. Then you must sign 2 permission slip forms to take and post pictures (or sign a form saying you don’t agree to taking pictures) & paint on minors. _________________ After these simple 4 steps it’s now your painter’s job to get to work on your design requests & theme based on your info given. Your Event Coordinator will also communicate with you before your event to finalize details and send reminders to make your planning even easier! 👏🥳
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
All our Original Paint Time FUN (PTF) Artists have training in the arts, either through advanced high school studies, college courses, on the job training, or through PTF’s training courses. 🔹🔹ORIGINAL PTF ARTISTS🔹🔹 _____________________ 🔸🔸Felicia H🔸🔸 (OFFERS: Regular Face Painter, Water Resistant Face Painter, Press-on Temporary Tattoo Artist, Ink Temporary Tattoo Artist, Glitter tattoo artist) **$125-130+ per hour (travel not included) **FREE glitter & press on tattoos include in any service *2011: started IUPUI college courses for the arts & 3D metal smithing jewelry making *2013: started acrylic, face painting, & oil painting classes; also started face painting at charities & events *2015: started face painting professionally *2016: started being an acrylic painting teaching assistant for art classes; also took over the family business, Paint Time FUN, leading it to advance in the face painting industry *2019: started with Inspiration To Paint (a private online community for professional painters from around the world that challenges themselves to paint EVERY DAY) to advance her professional career *2020- present: three month online face painting course with teacher Anna Popova Hatkins located in Russia; & continued taking online courses dedicated to learning the art of face & body painting *2021- present: started painting EVERYDAY to achieve new goals and better experiences for Artist & clients, also continues to take painting classes every month to keep up skills & learn new ideas ________________________ 🔸🔸Judy H🔸🔸 (OFFERS: Press-on Temporary Tattoo Artist, Glitter Tattoo Artist, Ink Temporary Tattoo Artist) **$100+ per hour (travel not included) **$20 more to add glitter or press on tattoos *2001: IU collage courses in Fine Arts *2007: started teaching jewelry beading classes *2016: started teaching acrylic painting classes *2019- present: started temporary tattoo artistry at events; does Photoshop designing for PTF & more! ________________________ 🔸🔸Lexi W🔸🔸 (OFFERS: Regular Face Painter, Water Resistant Face Painter, Press-on Temporary Tattoo Artist, Ink Temporary Tattoo Artist, Glitter tattoo artist) **$110+ per hour (travel not included) **$30 more to add glitter or press on tattoos *2019: started practicing amateur drawling & painting on her own & discovered a talent for it *2022-present: started working with Paint Time FUN as a professional artist *2022-present: began Paint Time FUN artist training program to continue to improve & learn new ideas _________________________ 🔸🔸Becky W🔸🔸 🚨NO LONGER WITH Paint Time FUN🚨 (OFFERS: Regular Face Painter, Press-on Temporary Tattoo Artist, Ink Temporary Tattoo Artist, Glitter tattoo artist) **$100+ per hour (travel not included) **$30 more to add glitter or press on tattoos *2014: started painting with acrylics on canvas/ paper *2016: painted posters for community service at Hobart High School's Key Club *2018: started face painting at charities & events *2018: took advanced studies in art at Hobart High School *2019- present: started face painting professionally for private parties, fairs, and more with PTF *2022-2023: began Paint Time FUN artist training program to continue to improve & learn new ideas *2023: quit to pursue her dream in the medical field 🥰 __________________________ 🔸🔸Rebecca F🔸🔸 🚨no longer with Paint Time FUN🚨 (OFFERS: Regular Face Painter) **$100+ per hour (travel not included) *2012: started making three tier cakes for parties & weddings *2016: started face painting professionally at charities & events; started a business in building & selling full body fursuits *2017: took general introduction to art classes at Portage High School to study painting, drawling, & 3D art *2019: had to leave our company due to health but still pursues her dream in 3D art & costume designing under her owe company! __________________________________________________ 🔹🔹NON-ORIGINAL PTF ARTISTS🔹🔹 In 2021 Paint Time FUN started hiring well rounded, professional artists under the PTF name in the areas of Northern Illinois & Northern Indiana which we call our Non-Original PTF Artists. We now hire out 2 other professionals at this time (besides our owe 5 PTF original artists), so we have an even better opportunity to cover your party with awesome entertainers!! 🥳 Plus they come with their own set of skills and fun services! 👇😍 There prices do vary from our Original PTF Artist prices. _____________________ 🔸🔸Eric S🔸🔸 (OFFERS: balloon twister, regular face painter, & air brush tattoo artist) *$155-165+ per hour (travel not included) _____________________ 🔸🔸Tracy S or Jim S🔸🔸 (OFFERS: balloons twister, regular face painter, glitter tattoo artist, water resistant face painter, air brush tattoo artist) *$160+ per hour (travel not included)