Puffy Paint Rocks

Stones are decorated with puffy paint to give them a nifty look that kids will love.  Babble dabble do shares the details.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://babbledabbledo.com/easy-art-for-kids-puffy-painted-rocks/

Rock Dolls

Rocks are dressed up to look like dolls with yarn and markers to draw on smiles, rosy cheeks, and eye lashes with hello wonderful.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/kid-made-cute-face-dolls

Teddy Bear Stones

Rocks are painted brown, given googly eyes, a felt mouth and ears to turn it into a cute little bear with cindy derosier.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2014/12/bear-pet-rocks.html

Pet Rocks

Rocks are painted and turned into monsters and animals by adding yarn, buttons pompoms and other embellishments. 

Good for ages 3 and up.

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Painted Garden Rocks

Rocks are painted with chalk and then dried to make colored stones.  Next a stencil is set on top and painted a contrasting color with design improvised.  She next places them around the garden for decoration.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.designimprovised.com/2015/05/chalk-paint-stenciled-garden-rocks.html

Spun Paint Rocks

Get the kids outside to hunt for some pretty rocks and then transform them with a salad spinner.  It will turn ordinary rocks into works of art simply by adding a little paint onto each rock and then spinning around in the spinner.  Meri cherry shares all of the details.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.mericherry.com/2014/06/09/rockin-spin-art-kids/

Painted Rocks Mosaic

Pebbles are painted solid colors to use for building a mosaic.  After the picture is formed the rocks are glued onto paper.  Education.com shares the details.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.education.com/activity/article/painted-rock-mosaic/?cid=90.002

Homemade Color Rocks

Give kids a new sensory experience using rock salt, food coloring and glue from kids play box.  Kids can mold it into pretty looking crystals.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.kidsplaybox.com/play-recipe-homemade-rocks-gems/

Pet Rock Necklaces

A rock is painted and given eyes and beads to make a necklace with crafts by amanda.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/camp-crafts-pet-rock-necklace/

Spider Rocks

Black painted stones, glued on pipe cleaner legs and googly eyes make a cute spider craft for kids with simple mom's tutorial.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://simplemom.net/silly-stone-spiders-a-simple-halloween-kids-craft/

Cactus Painted Rocks

Rocks turn into a safer cactus when painted and placed into a pot.  Craftberry bush shares the details.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftberrybush.com/2014/07/cactus-rock-art-childrens-craft.html

This Sidewalk Chalk Rocks

Transform ordinary chalk into huge chunky chalk rocks with babble dabble do.  Plus now kids won't mind when the chalk inevitably breaks.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://babbledabbledo.com/art-kids-chalk-rocks/

Painted Rock Paper Weights

A great project for even toddlers, take a common rock and give the kids some paint to make fun paper weights.  Happy hooligans shares all of the details.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://happyhooligans.ca/painted-rock-paper-weight-craft/

Dad Rocks

Let Dad know how much he rocks by painting a message to him on a rock.  Mums in the know has several ideas and ways for you to do this.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://mumsintheknow.co.uk/blog/2014/06/01/fathers-day-craft-ideas/

Father's Day Paper Weights

Tell Dad how special he is with these message stones/paper weights.  Color stones and write on describing words such as brave, smart, bunny, strong...  Crafts by amanda shares all of the details.  She also puts them all in a great box that reads "My Dad is..."

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/2013/05/fathers-day-hero-stones.html

Painted Stone Garden Markers

Painted pebbles make super cute labels for plants, vegetables and herbs in the garden.  Evermine shares all of the details on her blog.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.evermine.com/blog/diy-painted-garden-rocks/

Squish ideas for preschool leaves the stones unpainted and just paints on the label name and a picture of the fruits and vegetables.

Get the instructions here:
http://squishideasforpreschool.blogspot.com/2012/04/garden-insects.html

Tell Mom She Rocks

Tell Mom she rocks with these mom rocks from mer mag blog.  Have kids paint the rocks to make a pretty face representative of Mom and then put in a box letting her know.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://mermagblog.com/make-a-rock-portrait-for-mom/

Stone Wind Chimes

An interesting ways to repurpose rocks -- to tie them up in ribbon and hang for a wind chime craft.  Family crafts from about has all of the details.  You could also paint the rocks for a more colorful version. 

Good for ages 8 and up

Get the instructions here:
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/stoneandrock/ss/Rock_Wind_Chime_Craft.htm

Blarney Stones

The Irish believe if you kiss the Blarney Stone you'll become eloquent.  She knows shows you how to create your own stone to kiss by painting one green and adding yarn and googly eyes.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/951781/st-patricks-day-crafts-for-preschoolers

Somewhat simple adds felt lips and a nose to her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.somewhatsimple.com/the-blarney-stone/

Painted Pebble Dominoes

Make your own dominoes with rocks and black and white paint.  Repeat crafter me shows you how.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2012/02/rock-dominoes.html