I had seen the idea of belly cast a while back (before I even had a belly really) and loved the idea but the sheer size of a belly cast was kind of off putting. I found some images on google when browsing pregnancy pictures of people painting their bellies and I LOVED the idea and to me it seems so much more practical. Before you start though you may want to consider a few things..
1. How far along are you?
2. What are you going to be using on your belly?
3. The gender of your baby.
For me I wanted to wait until I was big enough to really see the baby but I didn't want to wait so long that my entire body was huge also. I did my pictures at 29 weeks which I think it an ideal time. As for the theme of the picture, I wanted to do something that matched her room so that I could incorporate the pictures into her room. I also liked the idea of putting the child's name on the belly so that it was more personal and didn't look like just any ol' painted belly. As for products used, we just used some regular acrylic paint like you get from the craft store. I will warn you that if you use this it will crack however if you work fast you should be able to get some good pictures before hand. But it is simple as that really.
TIP: One thing I found useful is that if you should paint your belly in the position to that of what you want your pictures to be in. If you want to be standing up, paint your belly leaning back in a chair. If you want to be laying down, paint it laying down. This will help with the cracking.
Here are a few pictures of what we were able to come up with!
Lastly, have fun with this and don't make it more complicated than it is. If you mess up DON'T WORRY! This project is so cheap and easy you can do it a hundred times if you want & of course is a great memory and way to bond with your family or spouse!!
nice idea :)
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