What a Hoot! Can you tell that we rather LOVE owls? Such a fabulous creature to inspire us to get crafty and make these Stone Owls. We chose brightly coloured pens to make them cheerful and fun.We love collecting stones. And we love crafting with stones. The cool smooth surface is just irresistible to hold.
I came up with a way that even my preschooler could help make an adorable Stone Owl. We had four kids at our play date making some gorgeous stone crafts!
Materials: Round flat(ish) stones, white acrylic paint, (marker) pens
Though we used permanent rainbow marker pens for our owls, many ordinary felt tip pens will work just as well too. Try them out FIRST to see if they do. Some will smudge off, others won’t. Try out what you have BEFORE you sit down to craft with your kids.
1) Paint your stones in white acrylic paint – it is enough to paint just the one side – then let dry.
2) Once dry draw on your designs. If you are hesitant to start, try out a draft on a piece of paper first.
I made one owl as a “sample” for them to see what we were doing (not to copy!!).
N.B. If you make a “mistake” that really bothers you, you can always paint over the stone and start again. Though I would like to encourage the kids to take the “there are no mistake” approach and see if they incorporate any “errors”into their designs.
N.B. 2 – for our younger kids, I added a triangle (for the beak), circles (for the eyes, though Pip Squeak managed these herself) and the wing outline for them to colour in themselves.
I love the eye lashes that Pip Squeak added! And didn’t she do well with the circles for the eyes too? All her own doing?
Want more stone craft ideas? Check out our “stone hangout”! Lots of ideas for you there!
Want more Owl Crafts? Take a peak at these!
dianaruth says
June 19, 2013 at 9:50 amHello there 😉
Love the stone owls! and they way they look like they are lined up on a branch on the textured ground ;D Thank you so much for sharing.
Also, I was inspired by your snowglobe post and made some with my kids for their dad on Fathers’ Day. Linked it up here. Hope you’ll like my snowglobes too =))
Red Ted Art says
June 19, 2013 at 9:58 amOoh yes, we do love Snowglobes, off to check yours out ASAP! And so pleased you like the owls!
SusieQTpies says
June 19, 2013 at 12:46 pmThese are so ADORABLE!!! SusieQTpies
Susie @Bowdabra says
June 19, 2013 at 12:47 pmThese are great! Feel free to stop in and share them/your linky in our weekly Craft Showcase! http://www.bowdabrablog.com
Have a super week!
Mary Catherine says
June 19, 2013 at 8:33 pmLove, love these owls! I bet my son and my students would have a blast making them. As always, I really enjoy checking out what you’ve been up to!
Red Ted Art says
June 20, 2013 at 9:23 amThank you, Mary, I am thinking these would be lovely for Red Ted’s class too!
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says
June 20, 2013 at 8:30 amFantastic will be making these this summer what a great craft
Red Ted Art says
June 20, 2013 at 9:23 amWonderful, so pleased you like them!!
Kate @craftsonsea says
June 21, 2013 at 6:58 pmI love these! Quite fancy making them myself and igoring the kids aspect…
Louise says
June 21, 2013 at 11:16 pmLove these rock owls!
I couldn’t help but share an owl craft we did a few weeks back :).
Thank you for hosting the linky party.
Louise x
Carin says
June 24, 2013 at 9:13 pmThese are so fun! Have bookmarked these to do with my two in the summer hols. Both my 6 year old and my two year old would love them!
Frog goose and bear says
June 25, 2013 at 2:53 amMy youngest would love this activity! You’re always an inspiration.
Kriss MacDonald says
June 26, 2013 at 12:42 pmMy son keeps collecting and bringing home stones – now I know what to do with them!
Helen Girling says
June 29, 2013 at 6:01 amMy friend, Michelle from The American Resident presented me with a signed copy of Red Ted Art. My sons and I have post it noted all the crafts they are really excited to make. We are currently making shell turtles which, according to my son are actually the babies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, did you know that ? ha ha. Thanks, I highly recommend getting the hard/ paper copy of this beautiful, inspiring book to delve into.
Cindy deRosier says
November 7, 2013 at 2:35 pmI’m the Editorial Assistant for Fun Family Crafts and I wanted to let you know that we have featured this project! You can see it here:
http://funfamilycrafts.com/stone-owls-2/
Thanks for a wonderful project idea!
Red Ted Art says
November 11, 2013 at 8:19 pmLovely thanks!