Painting stones colourfully is a simple employment idea for small and large children.
Small children can find out how to hold the stone in order to paint it and experience how to paint it on an uneven surface. Larger children can develop ideas for motifs and shapes and colours and experiment with different pencils and color gradients.
Find suitable stones.
Tip: searches for bright stones, with these the colors shine better.
Then you can get started and paint the stones. It is nice when several children paint stones. Then the little ones can look away from the bigger ones, how they hold the stones and then there are conversations about motives, colors and shapes.
We have used aquarellbunt pens. After painting, colour gradients can be created with water.
Tip: The children can tell stories after painting. For this they have placed the stones in a row. Along the motifs and colors developed funny stories.
You can finally fix the color with hair spray or clear varnish. Also transparent nail polish is suitable for this.
