Stones are a great natural element that can be used in a
variety of projects but f you are looking for a simple and fun project to
brighten up your garden then look no further. These bright and colourful garden
critters could make for a lovely summer activity to do with your young ones.
They also don’t lunch on your garden like some creatures you may find in it do.
With the weather being warmer the garden has become
increasingly a hive of activity. While I am leaving the gardening and growing
to my hubby and his granddad (for the time being anyway), I've been considering
what the girls may like to see in it and injecting a bit of creativity. I
thought I’d start with a very simple project and create these colourful lady
bugs that could fit in with the flower beds and brighten up the area.
I discovered we had a few round palm sized stones in our
garden and had some paint pots left over from past projects that came in handy
for painting these critters. The paint can be used on indoor and outdoor
projects and comes in a variety of colours but the ones I had to hand were
black, pink and teal. These contrasting colours were applied to the stones and
dried really quickly making it easy to go over and amend areas if desired
before adding a few spots to the side that will be left visible.
Once I was happy with the appearance of all four stones and
they had all dried. It was time to release them back into the wild so to speak
and decide on where they may like to take up residence. I chose a little spot
surrounded by vegetables but they can easily be moved about. I'm sure they take on adventures while I'm not
in the garden or could it be that my little green fingered babies have found
them!
What activities will you get up to in the garden this Summer?
What activities will you get up to in the garden this Summer?
I am always looking for new ideas for making things with children and as we live not far from a famous pebble ridge we are definitely going to try this #familyfun @_karendennis
ReplyDeleteThis is a fab activity, I have book marked and going to give it a go as it something both my boys can do and quite relaxing. Thanks for sharing X #bestandworst
ReplyDeleteI think I could actually do this with my daughter unlike most craft ideas I find on blogs. Thank you - super cute and colourful
ReplyDeleteThis is a brilliant idea, though I'm not sure we have any of the right sized stones in our garden but I'll def have a look tomorrow as the girls would love this. #BloggerClubUK
ReplyDeleteThese look so cute. My daughters would enjoy making these. A good one for the summer holidays, thanks! #SharingtheBlogLove
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea. They are very, very cute! I think my girls would love to make these. #SharingtheBlogLove
ReplyDeleteMy reception class would love these! x #SharingtheBlogLove
ReplyDeleteThese are so cool. I think I will pin for my daughter! Thanks for sharing with #bestandworst x
ReplyDeleteHi Helena, I love this project! These colourful creatures would look good in plant pots too! I wonder what they get up to when you aren't looking? It would be fun to set up a camera just to see!
ReplyDeleteThis time of year nothing much happens in the garden as it's just too hot.
Thank you for linking up with the #MMBC.
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Wow, what a great idea. My two are always collecting stones and now I know what to do with them x
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I love this. I've actually been thinking about having a go at something like this with my little girl for a while now but never got around to it. The rocks you made look fab so we will definitely be giving it a go x #familyfun
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute, and so simple too! I love anything that gets children involved in the garden and things like this are such a lovely way of doing that. And who doesn't have a few stones lying around their garden that could do with brightening up? Thanks for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
ReplyDeleteAaah I love these, what a lovely idea and the colours look fab in the garden. Definetly something mine would enjoy, although they probably wouldn't end up so neat... thanks for joining us at #familyfun
ReplyDeleteOh I love these. Such a lovely simple idea but the finished ladybirds look so effective. My girls would love these too :-) #familyfunlinky
ReplyDeleteThey are so cute! My girls would love to make these and just a simple one too. A great way to make the garden more interesting to them, I will have to try this over the summer. Thank you for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
ReplyDeleteWow this craft brought back some memories - my Nana used to live by a beach and was always collecting pebbles to paint. She had a whole family of ladybirds (which I loved playing with as a child) - I had forgotten about them until now! I think I might need to have a go at this! #sharingthebloglove
ReplyDeleteThis is so much fun! We have always taken my old nail varnish on camping trips so that the children can paint stones and they have always loved this activity. I love that they can make minibeasts and ladybirds though that can then stay in the garden. Super cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Helena for linking up to #MyGloriousGardens this month. It's lovely to have new linkers.
I will post a round up by the end of next week so look out for that.x
These are fab - super cute! And way better than the bugs that eat your garden :) Thanks for sharing with #PoCoLo x
ReplyDeleteI love these. We have them in our fairy gardens but I've only thought to make conventional ladybird bugs. These are so colourful and fun, I'm definitely brightening up my black and red collection next time we go to the beach. We are in Brighton in a couple of weeks, it will be perfect pebble collecting conditions.
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These are so pretty, and it's such a simple idea. They're now on my list for summer crafting :)
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Checking in again, thanks for linking up! #MakeItLinky
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ReplyDeleteI love these, we did a rock painting blog and vlog a few weeks ago and it went down really well with my boys :) #sharingthebloglove
ReplyDeleteFab idea, I know exactly where these would look nice in our garden x
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I love these, so cute! You are my featured post on #craftycorner this month. Thanks for linking up with us x
ReplyDeleteI love these! We collected loads of pebbles like this on our holiday, so this would be the perfect craft to use them! #MakeItLinky
ReplyDeleteWhat cute little critters, I bet your girls love them! Thanks for linking to #pocolo (sorry for the epically late comment!)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea. Fingers crossed the weather will improve soon, so we can all actually spend some time in our gardens!
ReplyDeletewe need to make some of these for our garden. Thanks for joining #bloggerpinparty
ReplyDeleteThese are really cute, and painting stones/pebbles is already on my list of summer activities! 😊👍x #BloggerPinParty
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