Rock Beetles

Here are pictures of Finley's Earth Day Rock Beetles. Its hard to find fun and cute projects for my almost 2 year old to do and this is now on the top of my list. Family and friends you may be getting alot of painted rocks for the holidays this year! Finley collected smooth round bug shaped rocks along a rivers edge. We took them home and painted them all sorts of colors with acrylic paints. (I was really nervous to use acrylic paints for fear Finley and I would be forever rainbow colored but I purchased a brand called Apple Barrel and they washed off better than our Crayola washable paints!) Once they were dry I took black acrylic paint to create the accents-the head, wings, and spots. Once that was dry I sprayed them with two coats of clear acrylic sealer. Once the sealer was dry I hot glued on googly eyes. All of these inexpensive supplies can easily be found at any local store that sells art supplies (Gotta love Wal-Mart!)
Finley had so much fun with this project, I would definitely do it again. I was even thinking this would be a fun, yet messy, birthday party project for kids to do and take home as favors.