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The Best Art Supplies for Kiddos🥳

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Mia claire

We know early exposure to art has been shown to improve children’s play, communication, creativity, and social skills, but choosing the right art supplies from a sea of options can feel absolutely overwhelming. Where do you start? Helping children ge...
So what are the best art supplies for kids?

This paint has a creamy consistency, like yellow mustard or house paint. Tempera can then be stamped with sponges, cotton balls, pine cones, paintbrush, you name it. I like to use washable tempera paint, for obvious reasons

Tempera Paint

Large sheets of paper are fantastic blank canvases for multiple ideas and projects, and they can be cut down if you want smaller sheets. Rolls of white paper are also great for this purpose, and can double duty as table covering or rolled out for mur...

Large, heavy paper

If you’re painting, you’ll need brushes!
There are all kinds of kitchen tools and found objects that are so fun for painting, so feel free to get creative and make a rubber band brush.

Paint Brushes

Crayons are a childhood must-have! They’re also a low mess art material, which makes them extra appealing to most teachers and parents.

Crayons

From a pretty early age, my children preferred markers to crayons and I suspect it’s because the color from markers is much more vibrant and gratifying. For that reason, I suggest having a few different mark-making tools around to experiment with.

Markers

Watercolor pans are one of my favorite art supplies because they’re portable, low mess, and great for on-the-go art making. When we want to add a whole lot of color to something quickly, they’re great for that and far faster and than crayons!

Watercolor Paint

Liquid watercolors get used in so many different projects. Squeeze them into playdough to add color, squirt them on coffee filters, or mix them with homemade Goop (see above).

Liquid Watercolors

I’ve tried other glues, but I’m incredibly loyal to this brand. It’s reasonably priced, non-toxic, and works like a charm.

Glue

I’m putting tape and stickers in the same category because they can easily serve the same purpose of decorating and attaching.

Tape and Stickers

This one is pretty straight forward. Fiskars is my absolute favorite brand. They’re easy for kids to hold, last forever, and they come in right and left-handed versions. Choose blunt tip for toddlers and early preschool, and pointed tip for elementar...

Scissors

Play dough is a staple for little kids! I probably should have put it first on the list because it’s just that good and useful. The sensory experience of working with play dough is unmatchable. You can squash it, roll it, build with it, “cook” with i...

Play Dough