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June 9, 2014 9:29 am

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Here’s an idea for adding a little personality to those rocks you may be collecting over the summer.

Materials

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Instructions

1. Gather up some rocks that have been cleaned – washed and dried – and ready to be painted. Acrylic paints are best for this because they are waterproof, so your splatter bugs will be able to stay outside, in their natural habitat, without losing their colours. If you want a base colour on the rocks, paint and allow it to dry before splattering other colours on top.

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2. Combine a little water with the acrylic paints, so they are a good consistency for splattering, which is best done outside on a drop sheet, newspapers or even the grass.

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Lay the rocks down and using a paint brush, splatter paint on them. Once dry, you can either paint eyes on them, or glue googly eyes to bring them to life.

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20 Responses to “Splatter Bugs”

  1. Great idea !

    By renxkyoko on June 9, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    1. Thank you 🙂

      By artclubblog on June 10, 2014 at 7:54 pm

  2. too cute!! I love anything with googley-eyes!!

    By Danni@SiloHillFarm on June 10, 2014 at 7:16 am

    1. Thanks! I seem to have a thing for them too.

      By artclubblog on June 10, 2014 at 7:47 pm

  3. Theses are so clever – and PERFECT for next week when I’ll be spending lots of time with the grandkids….inexpensive, easy, and fun. Thanks for a great idea!

    By Joyce on June 11, 2014 at 5:23 am

    1. Glad you liked it Joyce. The grass also looked quite nice with all the added colours!

      By artclubblog on June 11, 2014 at 10:02 am

  4. Oh would the kids have fun with this! It’s splatter that matters. lol!
    hugs,
    Jann

    By Jann Olson on June 13, 2014 at 12:55 am

    1. Totally!

      By artclubblog on June 16, 2014 at 6:52 pm

  5. I love this!! Can’t wait to try with my kids and cousins this summer. Pinned! thanks for linking up to Create LInk Inspire

    By Emily Thompson on June 13, 2014 at 5:01 am

    1. I’m sure they’ll have lots of fun!

      By artclubblog on June 16, 2014 at 6:53 pm

  6. Definitely going to do this with my little boy once we break up.

    #Welcometotheweekend

    By fashion-mommy on June 13, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    1. Wonderful!

      By artclubblog on June 16, 2014 at 6:53 pm

  7. Oh these are great, need to make some with my daughter 🙂

    Thanks for sharing over at the weekend blog hop, pinning 🙂

    By Claire on June 14, 2014 at 4:12 am

    1. Thanks for dropping by, Claire!

      By artclubblog on June 16, 2014 at 6:54 pm

  8. these are the cutest thing, will definitely be making these in a craft session #weekendbloghop

    By Zena's Suitcase (@zenas_suitcase) on June 14, 2014 at 4:00 pm

    1. Lovely. Have fun!

      By artclubblog on June 16, 2014 at 6:49 pm

  9. love this twist on rock painting! thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

    By creativejewishmom/sara on June 19, 2014 at 6:14 am

    1. Just wanted to thank you for featuring my splatter bugs. Can’t seem to leave a message on your blog, so thought I’d thank you here 🙂

      By artclubblog on June 22, 2014 at 9:35 am

  10. Thank you for sharing this post at City of Creative Dream’s City of Links on Friday! I appreciate you taking the time to party with me. Hope to see you again this week 🙂

    By Shanice on June 20, 2014 at 12:44 pm

  11. So cute!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

    By craftymomsshare on June 20, 2014 at 9:11 pm

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