One of the many crafts we love looking at on Pinterest, are painted rocks and pebbles. We’re always on the lookout for flat or oddly shaped stones to decorate. You can paint pictures on them as if they were a tiny canvas, make creatures or even paint them as trees, houses, cars and people for a tiny rock town. We also seem to have amassed a collection of Altoid tins, so after a little brainstorming to combine the two we present…
Pet Rocks
You will need:
1 or 2 pebbles, small enough to fit in the tin with the lid closed
An Altoids (or similar) tin
Googly eyes
Glue
Paints and brushes
A scrap of fabric
Fimo or air drying clay
- First, paint your rocks. You can add detail with a pen when the paint is dry if you like. We kept our rock pets quite simple, but for some more detailed inspiration, check out these amazing creatures!
(From the book: Painting Stones by Doris Epple and G. Verdant.)
- You can paint or draw the eyes on, but we stuck googly eyes on ours. You can get bags of assorted sizes in most craft shops quite cheaply. You don’t have to stick to two eyes either, maybe your creature has three eyes, eyes in the back of it’s head, it could even be a cyclops!
- Next, decorate your tin. We painted the inside of ours – it helps to line it with paper or a thin fabric like calico first. Then used scrapbooking paper and a sparkly decal and glitter glue to decorate the lid.
- We then cut a little blanket from a scrap of fleecy fabric and made a plate, mug and food from polymer clay. We used white clay and painted the details on after it had been baked.
And you’re done! If you make your own pet rocks, leave us a link in the comments section – we’d love to see your creations!
Our next make, later this week, will be a Valentine’s Day gift, so stay tuned…
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