I used to think stage makeup was like ordinary makeup, and that people would do things like draw on themselves with lipstick to look like blood or use eyebrow or eyeliner pencils to give themselves spots. It does sound fun.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- As a small child I believed that the word was "nakeup", finally I found out that it was actually "makeup".— Hannnah P.
- i used to believe you couldn't draw on erasers with pencils because it would erase itself— Samantha
- When I was little I thought "Pencilvania" was a huge store that sold pencils and nothing but pencils.— Tim
- I used to believe that people got lead poisoning from being stabbed (accidentally) with pencils.Anon
- I believed that burglars ate soap & lipstick— Karen
- i used to believe that the smurfs lived in ordinary mushrooms and i would never eat them!!!— eimear