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Kids Craft – Paint Pour Rainbow Rocks

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I have been completely obsessed with paint pouring recently and wanted to try out some ROCKS! Crafting with kids is all about experimenting and embracing the creative process!

DecoArt Pouring Medium and Americana Acrylics make this a simple tutorial to be successful at, with just a few supplies. One rock for each color of the rainbow – ROY G. BIV – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

Use a bakers rack from the dollar store to lift up the rocks so the excess paint flows off. Once dry hand letter each rock with a permanent marker!

This project is great for any paint pouring adults too, use left over dribs and drabs of paint to create these paint pour stones for painted stone drops or for making little paperweights for gifts. They make great craft stall and craft booth sellers too.

See the full paint pour tutorial here.

 

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I love this collection of the D&D classes done as tarot cards. These would be so fun to stitch up for all the people in your party, or make the full set as one big wall hanging for the game room. There are 16 patterns total (just a few are shown here) and each one just uses three colors. The designs are from GlitchStitchAU.

This set kind of reminds me of astrological signs, though I can’t really say why. This set of 16 designs from White Raven Patterns is color coordinated so it sort of makes a rainbow if you stitch all of them. The dungeon master one is more colorful. Each one uses five or six colors and fits in a 10-inch hoop. 

Combining character classes and dice we get this set of 14 designs from Stitch it Picasso. Each one includes the class name and a die with a number on it, as well as some images that make sense for that class (the bard has a lute and music notes, for example). Each design is around 90 by 90 stitches and they use 13 to 19 colors each, depending on the design. 

Or you can make patches that look like dice with this D20 dice bundle from Non Player Creation. The patches are inspired by the four seasons, but you could change up the colors to suit your campaign setting if you like. They are 31 by 35 stitches and use between nine and 12 colors depending on the season. 

And speaking of D20s, this little dragon might be protecting your dice or cursing them, it’s hard to tell. It’s kind of cute, though! The design is from Cross Stitch Wow and measures 80 by 95 stitches. It fits in an 8-inch hoop and uses 16 colors.