We have this patch of river stones in the garden. After watching Lili take a shortcut across them, only to slip and fall on her bum for the umpteenth time I decided to make her some pet rocks. Hopefully she’ll ignore the garden ones now 
Tutorial
A quick tutorial on how to make your own pet rock
You will need:
- smooth river stones/pebbles
- craft paints
- sealer, like modge podge {It goes by many names – Love this site for ideas}
- cartoon bubble eyes
- craft glue that dries clear {or a hot glue gun}
Get some smooth river stones
I chose 3 smooth differently shaped stones with relatively flat surfaces: An obvious face side. Give them a good scrub in warm soapy water and leave to dry.
White primer
Paint the rocks with a basecoat – I used white.
All the pretty colours
Then paint them in whatever colours you like. I used the same colours Lili’s door letters.
It gets messy
I used a few coats of modge podge to seal the rocks; lightly sanding between coats and painting every coat in a different direction
I see you!
Finally glue eyes onto the stones and allow to dry completely – I left them overnight. Now you have pet rocks!
!! Pet Rocks !!
Link Parties!
These are so cute, I remember making these when my kids were little. I might have to make some with my grand kids now!
very cute project for kids! Thanks for sharing!
Come join my very first link party
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linked! THanks for the invitation
Very Cute. Ours never had the great eyes. Maybe next time!
Great idea! I just saw an idea to use crayons to color rocks and then you put them in the oven so the wax melts, but this looks even easier.
I would completely flop the melted wax crayon thing. Either under-done or burnt to a carbon footprint.
Paint it!
Thanks for joining my link party!
My little boy wants pet snake… I will paint one of these and give it to him. hehehe…
Thank you for linking to my party!
He can call his pet rock ‘Snake’
I’ve never seen such adorable rocks
Those are really pretty colours. How does Lili like them?
she lines them up on the windowsill, but still prefers her Gerry’s.
OMG! I haven’t seen these since I was a kid! They atre so cute! I followed you from along for the ride.
they turned out so cute, love the paint colors you chose, so cheery.
I know my daughter would love to do this! Thanks so much for linking up!!
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