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Rock Painting for Kids:


Paint a Heart on Polished Stones to Make Magnets or Jewelery!


valstones (9K)

Rock Painting:

Painted Stones with a Heart or Flower Motif
for Valentine's Day or Mother's Day



by Jane Lake

Paint smooth or polished stones to wear as jewelery or use as fridge magnets. Make a Valentine heart or two to say you love someone - or let your creativity pave the way. How about an Easter egg, or a daisy motif for spring, a shamrock for St. Patrick's Day or a bright sun with a "man in the moon" on the back for summer?

valstone (4K)Rock Painting on Polished Stones
Materials List:


  • polished stones from a dollar store or craft store, or smooth stones from your yard

  • paint markers in the colors of your choice. For the hearts, we used white, pink and green.

  • fridge magnets or jewelery pins

  • glitter glue

  • hot glue gun and glue sticks or strong craft glue

Painted Stones
Instructions:


Select stones of a suitable shape for your project. In the photograph, we used stones that were triangular and suitable for using to paint a heart. A round stone would suit a pumpkin design. Irregular shapes might be attractive painted with a bouquet of flowers. Watch for unique shapes that suggest birds, animals or other nature motifs.

Wash the stones in soap and water and dry thoroughly.

Paint the stone in the base colour and let dry.

Optional: define the shape of your design, in this case, a Valentine heart, by outlining with dots or a solid line.

Use a paint pen to create your flower, picture or printed message ("Love" or "Be Mine") in a contrasting colour. Simple ideas, using bright contrasting colors, work very well for this project. Let dry.

If desired, add glitter glue accents. Let dry.

Turn over the stone and use the glue gun or strong craft glue to attach a fridge magnet. Younger children must ask an adult to help before working with a glue gun. A funky alternative would be to glue a jewelry pin on the back of your stone and wear it as cool Valentine's Day pin.

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1-10 of 11 Comments
DAoriginalDOODLE – Santa Ana
Jan 24, 2009 - 15:38

THIZ IZ GREAT AND CHEAP....WAT I NEED =)

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girlga – ga
May 13, 2009 - 17:22

it's cheap for me to i even got my husband to do some

PAULINE – DEVON, ENGLAND
Jan 10, 2009 - 10:22

OUR YOUTH CLUB MEMBERS WILL LOVE THIS IDEA.

Karen – canada
Nov 29, 2008 - 15:36

i spacifically looked for river rocks with shapes like vegetables and pain.ted them. I have a tomato, a lettuce, a green pepper, a cubeepber and a cob of corn. They actually look real. It's my rock garden Ha ha

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Jane Lake – Editor at All Free Crafts
Dec 02, 2008 - 01:18

Very creative. I like this idea.

JonasBroGirl01 – Horsham PA
Aug 07, 2008 - 13:43

This is so sweet! I can't wait to try it! (But I don't think I'm going to paint hearts!) Maybe I can paint faces or animals or something? You don't have to paint just hearts, right?

Reply to JonasBroGirl01
Pearl Harbor Gal
Aug 07, 2008 - 13:45

No you don't have to paint hearts. Actually there are many books on how to paint animals on stones, I almost bought one!

hi
Jul 16, 2008 - 19:07

this is a great idea

bw – MO
Jul 09, 2008 - 19:03

Love the painted rocks

harmeet – india
Apr 29, 2008 - 12:39

yes this is a great idea to make different paintings on stone.i like this idea.

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