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Water based paints or acrylic craft paints are the best to use on Styrofoam. Water based paints, specifically poster paints, work well with younger kids as they can get a really good and thick coverage of paint on the polystyrene shape.

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styrofoam can be painted with any craft paint (make sure it lists that it is suitable for sytrofoam) or specific spray paints that are also made for use on styrofoam. If you don't want to go searching for hard-to-find paints, you cover the styrofoam with plaster of Paris or mod pod first and then simply spray the object with any spraypaint color you desire.

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14y ago

No- regular spray paint will melt it

Acrylic spray paint will work on it, though. I used some on styrofoam recently and it worked great. (:

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10y ago

Spray paint is the most effective paint to use to paint styrofoam.

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14y ago

No. It wears away the styrofoam.

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Yes, but only on the rough side.

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Acrylic paints or latex paints.

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