Holiday Painted Rocks Display

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I often get asked what I do with all the painted rocks I make. I have a few hundred after creating them for my book the Rock Art Handbook. While I give most of them away and leave others outside for people to find, sometimes I like to display them in my house. This is a fun way to display holiday painted rocks, however you can use this same concept for any time of year.

Holiday Painted Rocks Display Idea

This is also a great way to show off painted rocks your kids make. What child doesn’t love seeing their artwork displayed around the home? Or take this as inspiration to make a unique homemade Christmas gift idea, complete with a rock that was hand painted especially for the recipient.

Holiday Painted Rocks Display Supplies (affiliate links provided for convenience)

• Rocks – Amazon has some great options for rocks if you are having trouble finding smooth rocks to paint on.
  • Grey smooth stones
  • Light colored smooth rocks
  • 3″-5″ smooth stones
  •  2″-3″ smooth rocks.
• Paint Pens – I love these extra fine Posca Paint pens. This is the full set of colors if you want them all. I also really like to use these Artistro paint pens.
• Acrylic Paint
• Decorative Glass Bowls – I got my bowls at the craft store but you could also use terrarium glass bowls.
• Filler
  • Decorative Sand 
  • Decorative Crystals, Glass Chips or Fake Snow
• Winter Accessories 
  • Mini brush trees
  • Mini ornaments
  • Christmas fairy garden accessories 

Holiday Painted Rocks Display Directions

1. Paint Your Holiday Rocks

Start by painting your holiday rocks. I painted gingerbread houses, snowmen and Christmas trees. For the full gingerbread painted house tutorial, see this post. For the snowmen and trees, I covered the rocks first with white acrylic paint and then added details using paint pens.

 

2. Add Filler

Add decorative sand, crystals (or fake snow), miniature accessories and then finally add the painted rocks.

3. Add the Rocks and Accessories

First, add some accessories to your display. I like little trees and Christmas baubles. Then place the rock (or rocks) inside the bowl so they’re standing up.

4. Arrange

You’ll probably need to re-arrange a bit, so this is a great time to get everything in place. Try and bury the accessories a bit so they’re secure and don’t fall over easy.

Quick Step by Step Instructions to Make a Holiday Rock Display

1. Paint your rock with whatever design you’d like. Houses or characters look really cute.
2. Fill your display bowl with fake snow and decorative crystals.
3. Accessorize with some holiday themed items.
4. Add the painted rock in and stand it up.
5. Arrange everything just the way you like it.

Other Fun Ideas

These little holiday painted rock displays would make such great gifts for the holidays. You could also set up a craft station for the kiddos during holiday parties where they could make their own holiday painted rock display.

I’d love to see your finished displays if you try out the tutorial. Come share a picture with me on Instagram or Facebook! I love showing examples of my tutorials being made!

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