Rock painting - Arts, Crafts and DIY

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Rock painting

This is an outdoor activity! Guaranteed to get lovely and messy, thankfully we like to leave our painted rocks safely in the garden

Material

6 palm size or smaller rocks
1 set of acrylic paints
1 assortment of paint brushes, sticks and cotton buds

Method

Collect a little pail of rocks with your toddler (This can take a while, searching for the 'right' ones can be serious!)
If dirty give them a wash and allow to dry
Encourage your tot to use a number of different brush types to experiment with different effects!

Notes

Older kids can use more sophisticated paints and create some really lovely designs!

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This project was posted by:

- mle00
- 19 Mar 2014
  2:24 pm

76 Comments
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- - mom19782016 said
  - 16 Oct 2020
    4:57 pm
Love it and love sourcing materials from around the home

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- - mom81879 said
  - 01 Nov 2019
    2:22 pm
Very much a messy outdoors activity. But also a much fun outdoors activity too

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- - kjgarner said
  - 22 Jun 2018
    9:39 pm
you can create a rainbow rock garden with this
- kjgarner replied
  
  28 Jun 2018 , 8:44 pm
  You could even make stepping stones with your rock painting
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- - ella12 said
  - 03 Oct 2017
    2:16 pm
I think I will do this with my little one this week. (-:

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- - mom109229 said
  - 28 Sep 2015
    11:37 am
My toddler will love this! Thanks!

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- - mom152736 said
  - 31 Aug 2015
    11:14 pm
kiddo you rock.. good attempt

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- - mom62624 said
  - 15 Mar 2015
    7:40 am
A great craft idea that looks like lots of fun; thanks for sharing!.

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- - Lov'n'Life said
  - 30 Jan 2015
    2:43 pm
great funny how fun the simple things can be

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- - cherz said
  - 28 Jan 2015
    4:48 pm
THIS ACTIVITY ROCKS. LOL.
Seriously these look great and sounds like a lot of fun. thanx.
- mom94125 replied
  
  07 Oct 2015 , 9:46 pm
  oh lol. my gosh that was so punny.
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- - aliceou said
  - 27 Jan 2015
    6:10 pm
great activity for the little children.

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- - jodiev1980 said
  - 27 Jan 2015
    3:41 pm
This is a good activity for summer hols

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- - shelley shelley said
  - 27 Jan 2015
    2:27 pm
This is an absolutely fabulous idea my daughter loves painting and being outside I don’t have to worry about all the mess!! I i can picture her now with her art smock, on paintbrush in hand, huge smile, ready to paint rocks- and anything she lyes her eyes on!!

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- - mom93821 said
  - 08 Dec 2014
    12:14 pm
Thanks for sharing this creative project.
- mom93821 replied
  
  28 Dec 2017 , 11:24 am
  Collecting and creating is always so much fun and a good way to spend the hours.
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- - keeleynme said
  - 27 Nov 2014
    11:37 am
love this idea. very creative.

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- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Nov 2014
    1:05 am
this is a great and cheap idea to keep the kids amused with for awhile. thanks for posting this

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