Best Paint Sets for Kids Art Projects and Crafts – ARTnews.com

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Painting sets provide young artists everything they need to explore their creativity and enjoy hours of artmaking fun. The best sets include not only a variety of premium nontoxic paints but also paintbrushes, palettes, paper, canvas boards, a smock or apron, easel, and a convenient bag or carry case. Some sets include preprinted canvases with engaging themes, inspiring inexperienced artists to jump right in and paint. High-quality brushes are essential to learning the fine motor skills needed for painting; the brushes should come in a variety of types and sizes, perfect for experimenting. Browse our selection of the best kid-friendly painting sets below.

1. ColorCrayz Paint Set for Kids

2. GoodyKing Painting Set for Kids

Is your young artist ready to advance from watercolors to acrylic paints? If so, GoodyKing’s acrylic set is perfect. The set features twelve 12-milliliter tubes of acrylic paint, five premium paintbrushes, one smock, four pre-stenciled paint canvases, four blank white canvases, a table easel, a plastic mixing tray with 10 wells, a waterproof smock, a color mixing guide, and a bag to store everything. The paints are high-quality acrylics with premium pigments, including traditional artist shades and fun hues. Safe and nontoxic, the paints clean up easily when still wet but are permanent once dry. GoodyKing’s color guide is a great tool to teach a young artist the basics of mixing paint. This set is ideal for early-elementary (K–2) students.

3. FyneArt Kids Painting Set

FyneArt’s painting set is ideal for young artists who love farm animals. The set features six engaging stenciled farm scenes on 8-by-10-inch canvases, which are made from 100% acid-free cotton and ready to hang. (FyneArt also offers a set featuring pre-printed dinosaur scenes.) This set includes a dozen 12-milliliter acrylic paints in vivid colors; the color mixing guide helps young artists find the perfect hue and explains ways to use the plastic mixing tray. The set also includes five paintbrushes: two small rounds (size 4), one large round (size 8), one small flat (size 6), and one large flat (size 10). The bristles are made of flexible nylon and the handles are sturdy wood; the brushes won’t shed and will last for hours of painting. The tabletop easel is sturdy and won’t fall over, and its feet won’t scratch your tabletop.

4. U.S. Art Supply Washable Tempera Paint Set

Does your young artist just want as many colors as possible? U.S. Art Supply’s 32-color tempera set includes a full spectrum including 18 basic colors, 7 neons, and 7 glittery pearl colors. The amount of paint is generous: you get 2 ounces (60 milliliters) of each color in kid-friendly, wide-mouth plastic bottles with twist-off tops. The tempera paint is thick and creamy, applying with excellent coverage to almost any surface, including paper, canvas, fabric, wood, cardboard, rocks, and plastics. It is safe, nontoxic, and washable, and it won’t stain hands or clothing.

5. Glokers Kids Painting Supplies Set

Glokers’s acrylic art set for kids has a studio’s worth of painting tools for the young artist in your life. It features 24 vibrant acrylic paints in 12-milliliter tubes, a tabletop easel, 10 paintbrushes, six canvas boards, two mixing palettes, and a smock. The paints are high-quality nontoxic acrylics made with premium pigments, great for mixing and applying to canvas boards. The boards are sturdy, white, absorbent, and ready to paint. Also included are a 10 paintbrushes: a variety of flats, several rounds, and one angled brush. Their nylon bristles allow precision painting and rigorous use: they won’t shed or fall apart after just a few sessions. This set appeals to artists as young as 3 right up to tweens. The pocketed smock is larger and roomier than most to accommodate kids of all sizes. Glokers’s set also includes a roomy travel bag to store all the supplies.