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How to Make Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks

Transform rocks into your favourite fruits and veggies! This rock painting craft is perfect for kids, garden markers, and nutrition classes.
Active Time10 minutes
Drying Time1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 40 minutes
Yield: 1 fruit painted rock
Author: Debbie Chapman
Cost: $1

Equipment

Materials

Instructions

Step 1: Find what you need

  • Gather your supplies and materials.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks Supplies

Step 2: Add the base colours to the rock

  • To make a citrus fruit try and use a round or oval rock. We find Mexican beach pebbles to be the best size and shape for making painted rocks.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Begin by adding a coat of cream coloured paint to the top of the rock.
    (We're using CraftSmart "Vanilla", which has a slight yellow tint to it.)
    Allow to dry.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Add a second coat of paint to give the rock better coverage.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Then paint a strip of yellow paint around the outside of the rock. It should come slightly onto the top of the rock, but mostly just be around the outside edge.
    Make sure the whole side of the rock is covered, going a tiny bit underneath as well.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks

Step 3: Add the lemon details

  • Once the paint is dry, use a yellow paint pen to draw a triangle on the rock.
    The base of the triangle should take up about 1/3 of the side and be curved to follow the edge of the rock. The top point should reach near the center of the rock.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Add 2 other triangle wedges on either side of the first.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Then add the same shapes to the other half of the rock. Again, start with the center triangle so you can match up the points nicely.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Now colour in the triangles with the paint pen. Go slowly to create neat lines.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Your lemon rock is complete!
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks

Step 4: Make a kiwi rock (optional)

  • Use the same basic steps to create the base of a kiwi. You'll want a cream/light yellow base coat.
    Then add a brown strip around the outside of the rock for the skin, and a green top (leaving a light circle in the middle).
    Allow to dry.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Draw thin lines coming out from the center with a cream paint pen. Make them a variety of lengths.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Then use a black paint pen to add small seed dots around the cream circle.
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Your kiwi rock is complete!
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks
  • Now have fun making a whole set of fruit and vegetable rocks!
    Fruit and Vegetable Painted Rocks

Notes

Looking for more rock painting crafts? Here's a few of our favourites:
Cactus Painted Rocks
Ladybug Painted Rocks
Owl Painted Rocks