The other week I bought a bag of Caribbean beach pebbles from Home Depot, and we have been having so much fun painting them! Janie had a blast covering her rocks with every possible color of paint, while Gresham painted little lighthouses on his. (I should take a picture of the lighthouse ones!) Gresham suggested that I make some owl rocks. We have been in the owl mood lately after going to a local nature area to take photos of barred owls. They really are amazing creatures!
I used acrylic paints for this project. The rocks were covered with a layer of dust, so I washed and dried them before painting. I drew the owls with pencil first before painting them.
After the paint was dry, I sprayed the rocks with a coat of varnish to protect them and keep the paint from chipping.
This one is supposed to be a barred owl, like the ones we saw at the nature preserve.
And this one is a snowy owl.
The rest are just sort of whimsical, LOL. 🙂
Want more owl ideas? Build a LEGO Owl that turns its head. Or make some adorable Wood Slice Owls.
Ellie harris says
June 10, 2017 at 4:25 amThem owls are amazing a specially the snowy owl!!!?
Kathleen Keller says
August 9, 2017 at 7:24 pmThese are beautiful! Will you sell them? I have a young friend who would love to add them to her
Collection.
Juanita Elshout says
July 19, 2018 at 10:53 amI collect owls. Would you sell two of them. The barn and snow owl.
Cathy says
July 28, 2018 at 2:05 pmWhat kinda of paint did u use? House paint, tempra etc. They look great
Thank you
Cathy
Sarah says
July 28, 2018 at 9:37 pmI used acrylic paint. It works well for painting rocks, but it can chip, so I usually spray them with a coat of polyurethane afterwards.