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July 8, 2020 By Brandy Leave a Comment

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Painted Sticker Rocks for Kids (Video)

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These painted sticker rocks are so fun to make with kids! Hide them at a local park for other kids to find to keep the smiles going. Stickers are a fun and easy way to customize the rocks with your favorite characters. This post contains affiliate links.

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Watch our step by step video!

We’ve been busy exploring the state parks here in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. So many amazing trails to go on as a family. During our walks we occasionally come across painted rocks. The kids love them and get so excited to spot one. Mac was SO excited to find one a few weeks back that he squealed and threw it—-resulting in it landing in a swampy pond.

yellow painted rock with ernie sticker from sesame street

We decided it would be fun to replace that little rock and add even more to the hiking trails for other families to enjoy.

We kept things SUUUUUUPER simple by adding stickers to our rocks, and covering them with a coat of mod podge to seal. So quick, so easy, and perfect for kids.

collection of painted sesame street rocks

More ways to decorate rocks:

  • Decorate with puffy fabric paint.
  • Heat rocks then color with crayons for a glossy look.
  • Mod Podge wrapping paper or tissue paper to rocks.

Tracking Painted Rocks

Make sure to check and see if your city has a painted rocks website or facebook page to track them and see other rocks in the area.

Supplies for Painting Rocks And Adding Stickers

pile of river rocks

Rocks

The best place to pick up rocks (if you don’t have any in your yard) is Home Depot or Lowe’s. You can get a big bag of Mexican river rocks in the garden section for about $10. Much cheaper than Amazon.

Paint

Acrylic craft paint is about $.50 a bottle at most craft stores and works great.

Brushes

We used a variety of sponge brushes and regular craft brushes.

two sheets of sesame street stickers

Stickers

You can use whatever kind of stickers you’d like as long as they are flat. We found that we liked flat stickers better than puffy stickers. If you paint your rocks WHITE, you can try applying temporary tattoos! We added temporary tattoos to soap bars last year and couldn’t believe how well that worked out.

Mod Podge

Mod podge is a quick and easy way to seal the sticker to the paint and protect the paint from the elements. It dries clear and gives the rocks a glossy finish.

Painted Sticker Rocks Tutorial

collection of painted sesame street rocks

Painted Sticker Rocks

These painted sticker rocks are so fun to make with kids! Hide them at a local park for other kids to find to keep the smiles going. Stickers are a fun and easy way to customize the rocks with your favorite characters.
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Print Pin Rate
Active Time: 15 minutes
dry time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Cost: Depends

Equipment

  • paint brushes
  • blow dryer

Materials

  • river rocks
  • acrylic paint
  • stickers
  • mod podge

Instructions

  • Coat river rocks in two layers of acrylic paint. Blow dry paint to help it dry faster.
    rocks painted with acrylic paint
  • Place a sticker on the rock and press firmly.
    rocks painted with acrylic paint and sesame street stickers added
  • Cover rock in a layer of mod podge and let dry.
    purple painted rock with oscar sticker covered with layer of mod podge

Notes

You can paint the entire rock with acrylic paint, or just the top. It's up to you. If you paint the entire rock make sure to brush mod podge over the entire rock to seal it.

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painted rocks with sesame street stickers on them

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