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Painted Rock Faces are a wonderful nature craft to do as we are nearing Earth Day!
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!)
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.
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.
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.
Jennifer - The Deliberate Mom says
This is AWESOME (and so clever)! I love it! Thanks for the inspiration!
tikvah73 says
Love it! Thank you for sharing. I’ve been thinking about having my kids paint rocks. Need to go buy paint now.
Kim Huff says
This is a really cute idea and we love doing things with nature. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hannah White says
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!
Coombe Mill says
Brilliant idea!
pauline@lessonslearntjournal.com says
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
Jennifer aGlimpseOfOurLife says
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.
Krystie says
These are adorable, love the mix n’ match concept! looks like this activity would bring on mega smiles!
Stephanie says
Hi stopping by from the UBH! Love this idea! I am pinning it right now! Thanks for popping by my blog! Happy Schooling!
Lynn Nash says
How fun! These would be great for teaching children how to develop characters for stories they make up. Thanks for sharing at Creative Learning.
Savannah McQueen says
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.
iGameMom says
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!
Beth Gorden says
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 =)
Carrie says
Those are so cute!! I love it! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!