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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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It seems like there’s no end to the available options when it comes to cross stitch bookmarks, which is a good thing because they’re perennially popular to stitch as well. This time I thought I’d share some colorful cross stitch bookmarks to get you ready for the new school year or to make meeting your reading goals a little more fun. 

I love these retro floral designs from The Stitch Patterns. This set of four patterns is rated as very easy, and each bookmark measures 2.5 by 6 inches (or 6.35 by 15.25 cm) on 14 count fabric. 

These cute ones that look like mosaic tile would also be fun to stitch. This set includes five designs from EmbroSTyle Designs, and they call them folk art but they mostly look like old mosaics to me. Either way, the bookmarks are 25 by 101 stitches, and to stitch the full set uses 12 colors. 

If you’re looking for more of a challenge, you can stitch up a work of art with this set of 16 bookmarks designed to look like famous paintings. Stitch some sunflowers or a great wave or a starry night. Most of these are between 14 and 20 colors (the great wave is only 8) and the bookmarks are totally covered with stitching at a count of 35 by 100 stitches. Grab this set from Sunset and Sea Design.

Or how about some bookmarks inspired by books (or by movies inspired by books)? This set of Lord of the Rings bookmarks includes four landmarks from the books/movies. Each one is 35 by 115 stitches and uses between 8 and 17 colors. You can find them at byCountryMagicStitch.

These don’t quite all fit the description of being colorful bookmarks to cross stitch, but a few of them do, and speaking of book-themed bookmarks I had to share this set from Mama Geek inspired by Heartstopper. There are seven designs in all that should be quite familiar to readers (or viewers of the series). 

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