Block Painted Hide-and-Seek Rocks
These block-painted hide-and-seek rocks are a craft project and an activity rolled into one!
Materials
Directions
Have your child find and collect rocks or, if you don't live in an area where you can do this, you can find them at most craft stores.
Paint the rocks all over in one solid color, then allow them to dry.
Cover one half of each rock in masking tape. Paint the uncovered side in a different color than the colored side.
Remove the tape and allow the paint to dry. Your child now has block-painted rocks!
Once all the rocks are dry, hide them around your house or in your yard. Have your child find the rocks! You can repeat and play this game as many times as you wish.
Caroline Gravino Urdaneta, a PBS Parents resident crafter, is a designer of creative family projects, tinkering painter and mother of four children. She writes about project ideas for the whole family and how to encourage creativity in kids on the popular blog, Salsa Pie.
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