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Friday, July 16, 2010

Rock Creatures

Brooke loved this activity. It's easy and it gets the kids out of the house for a little bit!

Materials Needed
- Various rocks of different shapes/sizes
- Washable paint in various colors
- Paint brushes
- Glue
- Random craft items to decorate rocks (googly eyes, feathers, yarn, stickers, buttons, glitter, etc)
- Sharpie markers for drawing faces, etc (optional)

Age Range Recommendation
18+ Months (although younger ones can definitely help out!)

Directions
- Go outside and collect rocks of various shapes and sizes.
- Set up an area covered with newspaper or a towel with paint the crafting supplies listed above.
- Paint rocks different colors; allow to dry.
- Decorate painted rocks with craft items. You can make animals, faces or even just stick stickers all over them!

The both loved collecting rocks!

Busy Painting


Brookey's "Rock Lady"
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1 comment:

  1. CinnamonJuly 26, 2010 at 11:38 PM

    One of our camp crafts this year was just gluing googly eyes onto sticks, or rocks, or whatever. The kids were so creative, and just loved it. It's amazing what googly eyes can do to a rock :)

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