While paint, glue, permanent marker, and slime are fun materials, they can create not-so-fun messes. Cleaning up after a craft session can be especially challenging when the mess is on your carpet. Let’s review how to remove these materials from your carpet. How to Remove Paint From Carpet Acrylic paint is often used for arts and crafts and dries quickly—good for kids’ art but bad for carpets. Removing paint from your carpet is easiest when wet because the paint becomes water-resistant