Painted Monster Rocks

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Welcome to the third Tuesday of the month (What? How is that possible?), which means it is Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop Time hosted by My Pinterventures.

The purpose of the Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen!

Sometimes I like to work on really intricate crafts with lots of pieces, measuring and patience. And other times, I really just want to do something that looks to be really easy and fun.

Enter this month’s pin –

I’ve had it on my board for a while, with a bunch of other painted rock pins.

Side story – Mr. SuzerSpace and I like to walk to a neighborhood grocery store on Saturday mornings. The route takes us past some of those Little Free Libraries and a super cute little stand that is called “The Art Tree” which operates on the take-a-penny leave-a-penny principle in that you are supposed to leave an object of art if you make one, and take one when you need one.

Conveniently, the stand is near a schoolyard full of rocks.

I think you can guess where this is going.

The pin on the painted monster rocks I liked is pretty short on instructions, but like I said in the beginning, I was looking for a super easy but satisfying craft project for a Sunday afternoon. I base coated some of my rocks black, and others white.

Quick tip – that silver container holding the white paint? It’s the top of an Absolut Vodka bottle. Some people like to buy craft tools at Michaels. I like to buy them at the liquor store and call it “upcycling”.

Because I liked the look of the painted monster rock in the pin that looked like it was wearing pants, I used painter’s tape to mask off about halfway so I could paint the top part white.

Rocks are super porous, so it took a couple of coats to get good coverage.

I let them all dry overnight and then added details with colored Sharpies. Some of the colors were absorbed in the rock and I had to go back with metallics, but in the end, I ended up with a couple of new painted monster rock monster friends, ready to share at the Art Stand on my next trip.

Add this pin to your collection of rock painting pins on your boards, and to join next month’s #pinterestchallenge, click here to sign-up at  February Pinterest Challenge.

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