Kids Paints | Acrylic or Tempera | What is better or difference

Kids Paints | Acrylic or Tempera | What is better or difference
What’s better, or the difference between

Acrylic & Tempera Kids Paints

By Spramani Elaun

Inspiring children to paint creatively is my business!

I’ve worked with tens of thousands of children hosting and teaching kids how to paint.

In this blog I’m sharing the differences between acrylic and tempera kids paints.

I’m also going to list why I think one is better than the other for specific needs.

Picking out paints for children can get bit tricky.

The important thing to understand is paints do different jobs, and produce different results.

If you would like to learn more about teaching kids, order my complete guide to teaching kids to paint, full color book – Kids Painting.

Kids Paints | Acrylic or Tempera better or difference

Acrylic and Tempera paints are both water-soluble, and can be thinned out with just using water.

Both paints can come in child grade selections, and available non-toxic.

These paints also come in wide variety of colors to choose from.

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But here’s where they art NOT the same!

Acrylic

Kids acrylic paints can stick to a canvas long-term, and archive well.

Pigments and special binders are combined to give acrylic paint the sticking power it needs to adhere on a canvas surface.

Acrylic paint is the most common paint used today for painting canvases.

Best used on paper, wood and canvases.

These paints are thick and dry opaque, which means it dries solid, not see through.

Acrylic kids paints dry glossy to semi-glossy.

These paints comes non-toxic for kids.

Colors mixing easier into tints, tones and shades.

Kids Paints | Acrylic or Tempera | What is better or difference

Tempera

Kids tempera paint is washable.

Tempera paints come opaque and think feeling, but sometimes may not dry solid.

Best used on paper, wood and cardboard surfaces.

Tempera paint usually dries with a matt finish.

Comes in liquid, and can sometimes be found in powder form.

Tempera does not have the sticking power to stay on surfaces long-term.

Generally, tempera colors are not designed to blend together.

Tempera paint is a much better choice if you are looking for paint that is washable, and not permanent.

Tip

When selecting kids paints use only non-toxic kids, or student grade.

Again, If you would like to learn more about teaching kids, order my complete guide to teaching kids to paint, full color book – Kids Painting.

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