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Kids Rock Painting Ideas

Press for three painted rock ideas for kids: faces, animals, food, fingerprint dots and name stones, one stone each.

Kids Rock Painting Ideas

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  1. Whole name in rainbow lettersWhite base, six colors. Capital letters across a long stone, each letter a new color in rainbow order.
  2. Orange slice pebble: a white ring and eight pen spokesOrange, white. Orange all over a round stone, a white ring just inside the rim, eight pen spokes to the middle.
  3. HI on one side and BYE on the otherAny two colors, black. Two capitals on the front, three on the back, a small pen face in the last letter.

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Faces 12

  • Freckled rock with a gap where one front tooth should be Peach or tan, brown, white, black. Swab-dot freckles over the middle, a wide mouth with one white tooth missing.
  • Lime green alien pebble with three eyes in a row Lime green, white, black. Three eyes in a row across the widest part, a small smile, two pen antennae at the top.
  • Mustache rock with tiny round eyes Gray or bare stone, black, white. A curly pen mustache across the middle, two small eyes close together above it.
  • One-eyed green rock monster, pen zigzag for teeth Green, white, black. One large white circle in the middle, a pupil looking sideways, a zigzag pen line for teeth.
  • Rock in a red bow tie spotted with white swab dots Any base, red, white, black. Face on the top half, a red bow tie at the bottom edge, white swab dots on it.
  • Rock in round glasses Any base, black, white. Two pen circles joined by a bridge, a dot eye inside each, arms running to the edges.
  • Rock with two fingertip-dot eyes and a curved pen smile Any bright color, white, black. Two white fingertip dots mid-stone, a black pupil in each, one curved pen line below.
  • Rock with wild hair along its top edge Any base, three bright colors, black. Brush flicks up and over the top edge for hair, a small face below.
  • Rosy-cheeked rock with fingerprint cheeks Cream, pink, black. Two pink fingerprints low on the stone, dot eyes above them, a short smile between.
  • Sleepy rock, shut eyes and a tiny o mouth Pale blue, black, pink. Two downward pen curves for shut eyes, a tiny o mouth, a pink swab dot on each side.
  • Surprised pebble: big eyes over a black oval mouth Yellow, black, white. Big white circles for eyes with small pupils, a black oval mouth near the bottom edge.
  • Winking rock with its tongue out Orange, black, pink. One dot eye, one short curve for the wink, a smile with a pink half-circle tongue.

Animals 12

  • Brown bear pebble with a tan fingerprint muzzle Brown, tan, black. Two brown half-circles at the top, a tan fingerprint muzzle, a nose and two dot eyes.
  • Cow pebble with a wide pink muzzle and one black patch White, black, pink. A black patch around one eye, a wide pink muzzle at the bottom with two nostril dots.
  • Dinosaur side view, yellow triangles on the stone's ridge Green, yellow, black. Side view filling the stone, yellow triangles along the top edge, one eye, a pen smile.
  • Fish with fingerprint scales Blue base, orange, yellow, black. Overlapping fingerprints from tail to head, one eye, a tail at the narrow end.
  • Jellyfish with wavy pen legs Pink or lilac, white. A dome painted on the top half, wavy paint-pen lines from it to the bottom edge.
  • Koala face with a big oval nose Gray, white, black. A tall black oval nose down the middle, fluffy white ear patches at the top corners.
  • Monkey pebble with a tan mask and round side ears Brown, tan, black. A tan mask shape covering the eyes and mouth, round ears painted at the two sides.
  • Octopus sitting with legs down the sides Purple, white, black. Face on the top; eight wavy legs brushed down over the sides, swab-dot suckers on each.
  • Panda pebble: fingerprint eye patches and two rim ears White, black. Two black fingerprints tilted for eye patches, a small nose, two ears touching the top edge.
  • Pink pig pebble with an oval snout and folded ears Pink, darker pink, black. A dark pink oval snout in the middle with two dots, small eyes, folded ears on top.
  • Sloth pebble with dark stripes through its eyes Tan, cream, dark brown. A cream face patch, a brown stripe slanting down through each eye, a small nose and smile.
  • Tiger pebble: black pen stripes running in from the rim Orange, white, black. White muzzle patch low down, black stripes from the rim toward the middle, pink nose.

Food that looks real 12

  • Avocado stone: dark rim, pale middle, round brown pit Dark green, light green, brown. Egg-shaped stone: dark rim, light middle, a brown circle at the wide end.
  • Banana on a curved stone Yellow, brown. Yellow all over a stone with a bend, brown at both tips, two thin brown lines along the curve.
  • Chocolate chip cookie on a flat round stone Tan, dark brown. Tan all over, then brown swab dots of two sizes for the chips, a few near the rim.
  • Doughnut with a painted hole and sprinkles Tan, pink, white, bright colors. Pink icing with a wavy rim, a tan dot in the middle, short pen dashes on the pink.
  • Fried egg stone: wobbly white with an off-center yolk White, yellow. A wobbly white shape that leaves the rim bare, one round yellow yolk a little off the middle.
  • Hot dog stone, the bun down both long edges Tan, red-brown, yellow. Tan bun along both long edges, the sausage down the middle, a yellow zigzag on top.
  • Lemon pebble: a yellow oval with one green leaf at the tip Yellow, green, white. Yellow all over an oval stone with a pointed end, one leaf at the tip, a white shine dash.
  • Lumpy potato stone with a butter square in the split Brown, cream, yellow. Brown all over a lumpy stone, a cream split along the top, a yellow square in the split.
  • Orange slice pebble: a white ring and eight pen spokes Orange, white. Orange all over a round stone, a white ring just inside the rim, eight pen spokes to the middle.
  • Pea pod stone with a row of fingertip peas inside Green, lighter green. A pod outline from end to end, a row of lighter fingertip peas down its middle.
  • Pear on a teardrop stone Yellow-green, brown, green. Narrow end up for the neck, a brown stalk and one leaf at the top, a pale shine dot.
  • Pineapple with a crisscross skin Yellow, brown, green. Tall oval: brown crisscross lines over yellow, green brush-flick leaves at the top end.

Fingerprint and dot designs 12

  • Cotton swab polka dots cut in half by the stone's rim Any base, white or a bright color. Even swab dots in rows over the whole top, half dots where the rim cuts them.
  • Cotton swab spiral winding outward to the pebble's rim Dark base, one bright color, white. Start with one dot in the middle and wind outward until the rim is reached.
  • Dotted snake path winding across the stone Bare stone, two colors. A line of swab dots in an S from one end to the other, colors taking turns.
  • Fingerprint mice with pen tails Gray, pink, black. Three gray prints, each with two pink swab ears, a dot eye and a long curly pen tail.
  • Fingerprint monsters with pen legs Any colors, black, white. Three or four prints; each gets pen legs, arms and one or two white-dot eyes.
  • Fingerprint rain cloud over rows of blue swab dots White, gray, blue. A cloud of white fingerprints across the top, rows of blue cotton swab dots falling below.
  • Fingerprint scoops stacked on a pen-drawn cone Three ice cream colors, tan, black. Tall stone: a pen cone at the bottom, three fingerprints stacked above it.
  • Rising bubbles in pen rings, bigger toward the top Blue base, white, pale blue. Pen rings and swab dots rising from the bottom, bigger toward the top, a shine on each.
  • Sideways fingerprints as a shoal of fish, tails in pen Blue base, orange, white, black. Sideways prints all facing left, a pen tail and eye on each, a few bubbles.
  • Three-print ants walking nose to tail across a pebble Bare stone, black or red. Three prints in a row make one ant; pen legs and feelers on each, all walking one way.
  • Traffic light pebble: red, yellow and green fingerprints Gray base, red, yellow, green, black. Three fingerprints in a line down a long stone, a black pen box drawn around them.
  • Yellow fingerprint bees with pen stripes and white wings Yellow, black, white. Three yellow prints with pen stripes and white swab wings, a dotted trail behind each one.

Words and name stones 12

  • A name for the rock, lettered on its underside Bare stone, black or white pen. A name for the rock and the day it was painted, written on the flat side underneath.
  • Age number stone for a birthday Any base, two bright colors. The number fills the stone; fingerprint confetti in the space around it.
  • Doorstep stone lettered with a name above ROOM Any base, white, one bright color. Name on the top line, ROOM below, a dotted border following the rim.
  • Dotted name: every letter stroke in cotton swab dots Dark base, white or yellow. Pencil the letters first, then follow each stroke with evenly spaced cotton swab dots.
  • Favorite number in block digits Any base, black, yellow. A blocky number in the middle, a yellow shadow down one side of each stroke.
  • First initial as big as the stone Any base, one bold color, white. One capital letter touching the top and bottom edges, a white pen outline around it.
  • HI on one side and BYE on the other Any two colors, black. Two capitals on the front, three on the back, a small pen face in the last letter.
  • One loud word: ROAR, WHOOSH or WOW Bright base, black, white. Capitals tilted uphill across the stone, short pen lines bursting out behind them.
  • Striped puffy capital on a plain white stone White base, black, two colors. A plump outlined capital in pen, stripes inside it, the background left plain.
  • THIS WAY lettered inside a white pointer on a long stone Any base, white, black. A wide white pointer along the stone, its tip at the narrow end, two words inside it.
  • Whole name in rainbow letters White base, six colors. Capital letters across a long stone, each letter a new color in rainbow order.
  • YOU ROCK in two stacked lines Gray or bare stone, white, one bright color. YOU on top, ROCK below it in bigger capitals, a star at each end.

How it works

One stone each: these kids rock painting ideas are 60 designs, 12 each of faces, animals, food, fingerprint dots, and words and names. Each line gives the colors first, then where the paint goes.

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Easy rock painting ideas for kids

Easy marks 27 of the 60, most of them made with a fingertip, a cotton swab or a paint pen. Three to start with: Rock with two fingertip-dot eyes and a curved pen smile, Panda pebble: fingerprint eye patches and two rim ears, First initial as big as the stone.

One stone each

Every design here is finished on a single stone. Tic-tac-toe pieces, story stones and other sets of several stones are on the painted rock projects list.

Questions and answers

What can kids paint on rocks?

Faces, animals, food, dots and names. This list has 12 of each, such as Winking rock with its tongue out, Doughnut with a painted hole and sprinkles and Whole name in rainbow letters.

What is the simplest rock to paint with a small child?

Rock with two fingertip-dot eyes and a curved pen smile: one base color, two white fingertip dots with a pupil in each and one curved pen line. The fingerprint designs in the Easy group, such as Fingerprint monsters with pen legs, ask for little more.

What paint do kids use on rocks?

We do not test paints, so the list names colors only. Whether a paint washes out of clothes or lasts outdoors is on its label.

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