Getting (Creating) Gigs at restaurants or other kid-friendly establishments?

I've been wanting to approach some local businesses about doing face painting for them on a weekly/biweekly/monthly basis. (I figure I may have to ask around a bit before I find one that would be interested.)

I'm wondering if anyone here has suggestions on how to approach them, what I could ask them to pay me, etc?

I actually have face painted monthly at two different places when I worked for Abrakadoodle -- and I know that the restaurants paid them -- but they were very close-lipped about those sorts of things, so I really have no idea how much they charged or how they set it all up. I do know that they always let me put a tip jar out, however. Which was nice.

Anyway, if anyone here has experience with this, or even just ideas, I would love to hear back from you.

PS - I'm so excited to have discovered all of you on this face painting forum!!!

Welcome Juliet!!!! If you type in the word "Restaurants" on the home page, up will come some great threads about this very thing!!!!! Tina :-)

Welcome Juliet!

Thank you for the tip! I think I'm starting the hang of this forum now:)
And thank you for the welcome, Valerie:)

PS I keep trying to 'like' your comments -- too used to facebook, I guess!

Welcome Juliet, hope you enjoy the forum. There are so many nice people here and they are always ready to lend support and offer kind words.

Juliet, Another way you can find things on the forum (and probably a better way) is go to google and type in "face paint forum" then the subject you want to read about. It is a more comprehensive search (I learned this tip from others in the forum )

Veelux, how is the weather in your area tonite? It's gotten a lot colder here in Oregon, so I imagine you are very cold up your way!

Thank you again