Clementine Art Natural Paints {Review}

The Clementine Art Natural Paint Set is a boxed set of six all natural tempura paints. Coloured with Mayan mineral earth pigments, these paints are free from chemical dyes and petrochemicals. Good for finger or brush painting, they are non-toxic, completely natural and washable.

The set consists of six colours, orange, yellow, red, green, blue and purple. Each is housed in a squat wide mouthed container, that frankly just begs for finger painting. The jars are easy to open and close, and the paint is easy to access. My four year old and I had a lot of fun with these. As G-Girl hasn't quite mastered the fine art of cleaning her brush between colours, I spooned a tiny bit of each colour onto our palette ( a white china dish from my kitchen, and yes it washed up quite nicely afterwards).

My preschooler painting with Clementine Natural Art Paints.

I love that these paints are all-natural. I feel good about handing them over to my child to play with. The paint was the perfect consistency. Though I should note that the colours dried lighter then the bright hues you see in the paint pots. Personally, I found the purple a little disappointing, it seemed a bit muddy. My daughter didn't notice, she had a blast mixing colours and painting. I was happy to see that the paint that she got on herself, the table and her clothes all easily washed off.

The Clementine Art Natural Paints are currently available on the Grassroots website or $17.99 Grassroots also carries the rest of the Clementine Art line. Having tried the paints, I am now quite eager to try out the all natural soy crayons. Overall I was very impressed with this set and would definitely recommend it to others. I think the $18 price point makes it perfect for gifting, and this set would definitely make a nice present for some little person in your life.

Check out the Grassroots 2011 Green Gift Guide for this and many other cool green gifting ideas. With over 170 eco-friendly suggestions I'm sure you'll find something for everyone on your gift list.

Disclosure: I was provided with items from the Green Gift Guide, as described above. As always my thoughts and words are my own, and were not influenced by the company or the free product received.