Kids Craft – Paint Pour Rainbow Rocks

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.

I don’t often share knitting patterns for pets, mostly because I don’t think of it. I don’t have a dog, and I’ve never knit for my cats except a knit couch and a little cat bed I made on a knitting machine, both of which were pretty much ignored.

I have shared some pet bed knitting patterns, and both hats and sweaters for dogs.

But I don’t think I’ve shared a pattern for a cat sweater, until now.

This one is the Bunny sweater by Sarah Zhou, so named because her cat is named Bunny, of course.

It’s a made to measure pattern because cats come in all shapes and sizes, and you can also use any yarn you like and whatever gauge you are getting with that yarn.

The design is knit from the bottom up, that is, from the tail side up toward the head. Pairs of decreases shape the body as you work toward the armholes, which are made by binding off a few stitches. Then the belly and the back are worked flat, then joined and worked in the round for the chest part.

There are some design options in the pattern, from the look of the photos they include using a contrasting color for the edging, working a scalloped edging, maybe a foldover collar? But of course you can add your own embellishments, stripes, make it in team colors or for a Halloween costume. I’m sure they’re quick to knit so you can make a bunch if you have a cat who is willing to submit to such torture.

Bunny looks like a very good and mostly tolerant girl; I don’t think either of my cats would be willing to wear a sweater. But if you make one (the pattern is available on Ravelry) and successfully get your cat to wear it I would love to hear about it!

[Photo: Sarah Zhou]

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