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Tempera Paint Set

JUST ADD WATER! Tempera paint is the most popular medium for art education, and for many reasons. It's inexpensive, safe for all ages, cleans up easily with water, is fun to use, and lots more. Use tempera paint to teach all the basic skills of brush painting, for printmaking, posters, painting on windows, and for all sorts of arts and crafts projects. See a couple fun paint "recipes" below.

At KidsArt, we sell a complete set of high-quality, washable, opaque Dry Tempera paint manufactured in the USA by Sargent Art. Parents, teachers and students appreciate Dry Tempera, because it has an unlimited storage life and is non-toxic. The economical paint mixes readily with water as you need it to cover large areas of paper, wood, cloth or glass. This 6 pound set gives you enough paint to use in hundreds of art sessions, from painting huge posters, fabric backdrops for plays, and large cardboard playhouses, to detailed brush paintings, illustrations and drawings.

Dry Tempera can also be mixed by adults into molding materials such as clay, papier mache; and plaster, resulting in unique coloring effects when water is added. See just a few recipes at the bottom of this page. Note: Be careful to avoid breathing paint dust when mixing.



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Our Dry Tempera set contains six 1 pound jars: the 3 primary colors...red, blue and yellow...along with white, black and a vibrant green. Use these paints to mix every other color you'll need! Non-toxic - conforms to ASTM D-4236 standards. Adults should always mix the powder with water and avoid inhaling any dust. Cleans up easily with soap and water. We only sell these paints as a complete set.

We recommend plastic ice-cube trays or muffin tins as handy, inexpensive "palettes" for tempera paint. Remember to mix and save bits and dabs of unused paint after art sessions in a plastic jar. You'll create a handy "mud" color...some kids love painting with this ever-changing grey tone as a contrast to the brighter fresh colors.


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Tempera can be mixed with other materials to create thick paint, textured paint, thin washes and more. Add salt, white flour or sand to make thick, textured paints that spread with a stiff paintbrush or palette knife. Add water and a bit of white glue to make a thin "acrylic-like" paint. Paint clay statues, paper mache, 3-D cardboard structures. Tempera is used with nearly every project in childhood art!

- 6 Pounds of Dry Tempera: $29.95

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A Couple Powdered Tempera Recipes for Adults to Make:
Giant Sidewalk Chalk Mix 1/2 cup plaster of paris (from the hardware store) with 1/3 cup powder tempra paint (combine primary colors to create any color you want). Stir together (be careful that you do not breathe the dust). Slowly add water until the mixture is the consistency of yogurt or sour cream, then pour into a cardboard toilet paper tube standing on end. The mixture will harden right away, but let it dry for several days, then tear the paper away and head to the sidewalks with the chalk.

Finger Paint For each color, mix 2 tablespoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoons cold water. Stir until smooth. Then (adults only for this step, please!!!) add I cup boiling water and stir until smooth again. Finally, stir in a teaspoon of powdered tempera (combine primary colors to create any color you want). The cooled fingerpaint can be used on any paper, though shiny white rolls of butcher paper are the best, slippery and satisfying. If you are working with older kids, who will not be tempted to taste the paint, you can add a drop of two of vanilla, or mint, or almond flavoring, a sprinkle of cinnamon or Kool-Aid, a dab of mustard, to add great smells to the experience. Use a different scent for each color. Leftover finger paint can be stored in the refrigerator for awhile.
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