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Art craft Nature Spring

Mix & Match Painted Rock Faces

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Painted Rock Faces are a wonderful nature craft to do as we are nearing Earth Day!
Painted Rock Faces
We had so much fun making these painted rock faces- and they were so easy to make!  We went outside and collected some mostly flat rocks. Then we washed them off and let them dry in the sunshine. We are lucky to live in a rocky area, so rocks are easy to come by. (Perks of living on a mountain!)
making painted rocks

How to Make Painted Rock Faces:

Then we put out some newspaper and painted the rocks into faces. We used an acrylic paint to make them more durable.
For the eyes, try to find some that are similar sizes and make a pair of them. Make a variety of shapes, colors  and expressions so that you can have lots of fun mixing them around.
painted rocks
When they are dry, start building faces with them.  Use other parts of nature to make the hair and the heads. We really enjoyed assembling the faces and adding leaves or moss or twigs for hair.
painted rock faces nature craft
Aren’t they adorable?  I really love the way my kids painted these faces!  You could glaze them to make them last a lot longer, too.
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  1. Jennifer - The Deliberate Mom says

    April 3, 2013 at 2:23 pm

    This is AWESOME (and so clever)! I love it! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  2. tikvah73 says

    April 3, 2013 at 5:57 pm

    Love it! Thank you for sharing. I’ve been thinking about having my kids paint rocks. Need to go buy paint now.

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  3. Kim Huff says

    April 3, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    This is a really cute idea and we love doing things with nature. Thanks for sharing 🙂

    Reply
  4. Hannah White says

    April 4, 2013 at 6:29 pm

    Pinned this!! This will be seen on a playschool blog someday!! Thanks for sharing with us at Eco-Kids Tuesday!! Hope to see you again next week!

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  5. Coombe Mill says

    April 4, 2013 at 9:10 pm

    Brilliant idea!

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  6. pauline@lessonslearntjournal.com says

    April 5, 2013 at 3:01 am

    How clever and fun. Love this! I’ll be featuring this post as part of my Earth Day Activities for Kids: Upcycling roundup from the Weekly Kids Co-Op. xoxo P

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  7. Jennifer aGlimpseOfOurLife says

    April 5, 2013 at 5:15 am

    How fun! We have painted rocks, but never into something that could be played with like these. Thanks for the idea I’m sure my son will enjoy.

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  8. Krystie says

    April 5, 2013 at 2:34 pm

    These are adorable, love the mix n’ match concept! looks like this activity would bring on mega smiles!

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  9. Stephanie says

    April 6, 2013 at 2:20 am

    Hi stopping by from the UBH! Love this idea! I am pinning it right now! Thanks for popping by my blog! Happy Schooling!

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  10. Lynn Nash says

    April 6, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    How fun! These would be great for teaching children how to develop characters for stories they make up. Thanks for sharing at Creative Learning.

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  11. Savannah McQueen says

    April 8, 2013 at 12:06 am

    These are just so stinkin’ cute and I am sure you had fun making them. am pinning this to my Look What We Did Art board. Thanks for linking them on HammockTracks and I look forward to seeing what you are working on this week.

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  12. iGameMom says

    April 10, 2013 at 6:51 pm

    This is great! I featured this post at Mom’s Library on iGameMom http://ow.ly/jWpQi
    Thanks for linking up. This week’s link is up, please come link up more!

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  13. Beth Gorden says

    April 12, 2013 at 10:21 am

    SO clever! What a fun Mr. Potato type activity for outdoors! LOVE it!

    Thanks so much for linking it up at TGIF!

    I am featuring this at TGIF today here: http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2013/04/tgif-linky-party-71.html

    Thanks again for sharing with all of us. Feel free to grab an I was featured button if you like and I hope to see you linked up again later today!
    Beth =)

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  14. Carrie says

    April 12, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    Those are so cute!! I love it! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

    Reply

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