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Home >> Lifestyle >> Crayola WASHABLE Tempera Paint = FAIL!

Crayola WASHABLE Tempera Paint = FAIL!

Modified: Dec 10, 2021 by Stefanie Fauquet · This post may contain affiliate links · 5 Comments

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We are HUGE fans of Crayola products in this house. Nearly every crayon, marker, colored pencil or paint is made by Crayola. Why? Because of it's quality and WASHABILITY. Until now I have never had a problem with a Crayola product.

That was until...

tempera

Crayola Washable Tempera in Yellow. my arch nemesis.

Never has a paint color given me so much grief as this yellow tempera. First of all, I blame my mother in law for giving us this paint. She is an ex-teacher and should know better. I can't possibly be the only mom on the planet who can't get rid of this paint out of our clothes.

It all started innocently as my daughter was making a craft project for school (Did you see our painted pumpkin?). Unfortunately,  half of the bottle of washable yellow tempera paint spilled on the table and of course got on my daughter's school clothes. I immediately went over and cleaned the mess. Paint got on my $72 Yummie Tummie and over some towels I used to clean up the spill.

No big deal I thought. This paint is washable. It says so right on the label.

I soaked her school clothes in the sink and placed the towels in the washer.

Towels in the washer was a total fail. They came out worse then they went in with yellow basically staining everything.

OK, towels can be replaced, on to the school clothes. The soaking brought some of the color out but not all. I then decided to use detergent and bleach in the washer with a lot of water. Still a total fail. Her school shirt is ruined. I only have 3 of these white ones!! It is hard to see, but besides the yellow spots, the whole shirt is dyed yellow.

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My $72 Yummie Tummie also has a permanent yellow stain from the paint. I couldn't even bleach the thing out.

This leaves me to the conclusion that either my Crayola washable tempera pain is defective, or all Crayola washable paints are a total fail. Either way I am mad with everything that is ruined. I hate having to spend extra money to replace items I shouldn't have to.

My advice, under no circumstance buy this paint.

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  1. Ashley

    November 03, 2009 at 12:31 pm

    Ugh! So sorry to hear that.
    I just read on another blog about soaking items in a tub of hot water and 4 scoops of OxiClean. It worked for me to get stains that I had NOT been able to get out for anything. Worth a try- if you haven't already thrown the items out!

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  2. Kasandria

    November 07, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    Thanks SO much for letting me know this! I hate that too as I am a big Crayola fan!
    Kas

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  3. hairstyles for girls

    November 09, 2009 at 2:15 am

    Wow, that's good to know! My son loves to paint but I thinking I'll be steering clear of this stuff. 🙁

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  4. Jessica Austin

    April 13, 2011 at 10:20 am

    The crayola paint story is for crayola finger paint as well! strip your child befpre turning them loose with crayola "washable" fingerpaints! I have yet to try oxiclaean which works for everything else but nothing else has worked.. beware!

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  5. K

    March 19, 2018 at 12:01 pm

    Washable does not and never has meant that it won’t stain clothes. It means that it’s easier to clean up than other types of paint. Mostly from surfaces like walls, tile, and wood. This is true for any brand.

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