Tempera paint is the all round favorite paint for kids. It's nontoxic and washable, bright and gooey (in a good, child-pleasing way), inexpensive and easy to use. We buy ours from Discount School Supply because I really like their Colorations brand Simply Washable Tempera Paint, but tempera paint can be purchased just about anywhere, from drug stores to the local art supply store.
And it can be used in so many ways! Here are thirteen fun art activities we've done using tempera paint:
Painting with string, marbles, balls, and a salad spinner (clockwise from upper left):
Painting with texture:
Body painting and other fun ideas:
- Jackson Pollock Collaborative
- Body tracing and painting
- Art inspired by the Yellow Umbrella
- Body painting with the art group
And, of course, there is simply painting with the paint!
This is one of a series (makes it sound so formal, doesn't it?) of round-up posts of past art activities. I've also done one on watercolors, one on felt board pieces, and one on suncatchers and stained glass. Perhaps next up will be 3-D art or printmaking.
