Easy Painted Rocks

Easy Painted Rocks

Today we are making easy painted rocks!  I haven't ever painted rocks before but have always been intrigued by them.  I joined up with Craft Lightning for a painted rock challenge as sometimes we just need a little push to try new things, right?

The first thing I did was buy the rocks.  My grandfather would turn over in his grave if he knew I spent good money on rocks that I was going to paint.  But I was in a bit of a hurry to find the perfect rocks for painting, so Home Depot to the rescue!

To begin, I painted five rocks all white using Americana Titanium Snow white.  I used little candle holders from the Dollar Tree as stands when I was painting them.  The original plan to was to paint 5 white, mess up four of them and have one good one at the end. 

But these were SO easy to make!

I used just a handful of bright colors and also added in black. 

I went through with a pencil to draw rough lines, just as a guide to get me started.  You can use stencils if you want for your images. 

I did the black sections first to create my borders.

With the Americana paint, you only need one coat to get great coverage, that's one of many reasons that I love this paint line from DecorArt. 

Then I did the middle image first and worked my way out to the black and white borders.

Each rock took me about 15 minutes including drying time.  Again, I was hoping for one good one, but these are such easy painted rocks, they all turned out adorable!

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Whether you have been a long time painter of rocks or have never tried it before, I hope this inspires you to go for a quick walk either outside to find rocks, or to Home Depot 🙂 and try making some easy painted rocks today!  XOXO, Meg