Crafts made from stones are a fun and useful activity for children and adults. They can be used to decorate an apartment, a garden plot or the yard of your own home. They can serve as toys for children of different ages. Working with stone allows you to show maximum imagination, and combination with other ornamental materials gives you the opportunity to create real masterpieces. The variety of shapes and colors of natural stone ensures the emergence of numerous ideas even among people far from art.
Specifics of stone crafts
Natural stone is one of the most common materials used for making various DIY crafts .
Home craftsmen are attracted to it by its strength, durability, resistance to any weather conditions, water resistance, and chemical resistance. The main disadvantage is the difficulty of processing due to high hardness, which requires certain skills and appropriate tools.
Most often, the problem is solved by using pebbles of sea or river origin, which do not require processing, including grinding. For the work, stones of different sizes and shapes are selected, which are used as a solid element - single or in a composition. If necessary, they can be split into pieces of the desired size.
Various technologies are used to create crafts. The most commonly used are mosaics, painting (painting), and masonry using glue or mortar. Craftsmen use stone cutting. Stones are harmoniously combined with other materials - shells, wood, metal.
Features of crafts for children
Having observed children on the shore of a pond, you can notice their desire to collect stones, and this is detected at different ages. This interest should be developed by creating beautiful and original stone crafts. It is best to carry out the manufacturing process together with the child, developing his creativity. Stone crafts will become not only decoration, but also a favorite toy .
There are several options for crafts for children.
Painted toys
Kids are interested in colorful, bright trinkets. You can select a pebble of the desired shape and use acrylic paints to paint the pebble. The most popular stone toys are: a car, various animals (owls, hares, fish, snails, etc.), images of “cartoon” or fairy-tale characters, vegetables, fruits. For example, a round stone is simply asking to become a watermelon.
Compositions
Several painted stones can make a fun game:
- "Houses ». It is necessary to select stones that are close in shape to cubes. They are painted in the shape of a house and can be decorated with paper or fabric strips. From such “houses” you can build an entire city. An example of the craft is shown in the image below;
- Animal world. Compositions with stone animals especially attract children. An example is a photograph where stone frogs are planted on green cardboard leaves “floating” against a blue background. The composition “Ladybug”, shown in the figure below, looks beautiful. Bright insects on green paper or a natural lawn at the dacha will undoubtedly appeal to children;
- Crafts for 1st grade . They will help you master the alphabet and counting. You can draw letters on flat pebbles and use them to form words. Similar lessons can be conducted in arithmetic by drawing numbers and symbols of mathematical operations. You can easily make a stone abacus. The flat box must be divided into parallel cells in which pebbles of different colors will be located. By moving them with your finger, you can add or subtract.
The simplest crafts for children are made from one stone on which the desired image is drawn. You can make more complex crafts. The animal is assembled from several pebbles of different sizes (torso, head, ears, etc.). You can connect them with glue or plasticine. Cheburashka, snowman, hares, pandas, koalas and other animals are often made using this method.
Application of sea stones
Crafts made from sea stones are distinguished by their originality, since such stones can have an unusual shape. While on the seashore, you need to look for decorative stones thrown up by the surf. Particularly valued are flat stones with a hole, oddly shaped pebbles, stones with inclusions and various imprints on the surface, and interesting colors. At the same time, you should pay attention to the shells.
Sea stones make beautiful jewelry - beads, bracelets, pendants. The flat, smooth shape allows you to apply any design. A common option is a souvenir with a magnet. A design is applied to the stone, and one or 2 magnets are glued to the back side. This craft can be mounted on the refrigerator.
The simplest craft, which at the same time reminds of an unforgettable vacation at sea, is a glass container filled with sea pebbles of different colors. The composition of shells and stones is especially attractive . In a transparent container, it will imitate the seabed, especially if there are “algae” made of plastic or synthetic threads.
Use of river stones
River stones are inferior in decorative value to their sea counterparts, but they also have a smooth shape and interesting colors in a natural tone. The main advantage is accessibility and the ability to choose the desired option. Crafts made from river stones are most suitable for a modern interior decorated in eco-style.
You can suggest the following ideas:
- Heat-resistant cloth. It can be used as a stand for a kettle or hot dishes. Its frame is made in the form of a flat box with sides no more than 2 cm high. You can use plastic or plywood. Small pebbles are placed inside to form a specific pattern due to their natural colors. Fastening is adhesive.
- Rugs. Stone floor mats are beneficial for people with flat feet. They are made by gluing flat pebbles to thick fabric. It's best to use a hot glue gun. The pattern is formed by stones of different colors. Their additional coloring is undesirable, since the coating will quickly wear off.
Important! River pebbles can also be used for other types of crafts, including painting. Their diversity is limited only by the imagination of the performer.
Crafts for landscape design
At the dacha, in the courtyard of the house or in the garden, stone crafts look especially beautiful. They perform a decorative function and are used usefully. Here are some options for using them in landscape design:
- Arrangement of flower beds. With the help of stone, curbs are formed, an alpine slide is built, terraces and ledges are erected. Depending on the type of plant, individual large boulders or compositions of stones of different sizes can be used.
- Arrangement of decorative ponds. The water resistance of the stone allows it to be used for the bottom and walls of any reservoirs and water sources. Garden stone crafts in the form of fountains are especially popular. Quite an original solution - a waterfall . In this case, different options are possible. One of the simplest ways is to form a ledge. At the top of a stone wall, the stone lies horizontally and protrudes from the wall. Another option is a cascade, when several ledges are made at different heights.
- Animal crafts. Stylized stone sculptures of animals make the design more original. Such crafts are installed in different sizes - horses, bears, deer, swans, herons, storks, etc. They are often made of stone and wood . Shown is a stone bird using a combination of branches and stone
- Vases. Stone crafts in the shape of a flowerpot allow you to create a small flower bed anywhere. They can be round, rectangular, polygonal or have an unusual configuration. The connection of stones can be ensured with cement-sand mortar. The flowerpot can have the color of natural stone or be painted in the desired color.
- Stone plants. Most often, simple but bright imitations of various plants are used. It is very easy to place a stone “mycelium” on the site. The legs are white oblong stones, and the caps are horizontally laid flat pebbles, which are painted in the desired color. The fly agaric family looks beautiful. And also cacti. Three or four green-colored stones are fastened together to form a specific shape. The spines can be glued. Such figures look better in separate pots.
The most common use of stone in landscape design is the arrangement of paths and platforms. Flat pebbles are usually used, and the coating can be formed with a large stone or in the form of a layer of small pebbles.
Important! By selecting stones by color, you can create a certain pattern on the paths without painting.
Stone panels and decorations
You can create decorative panels and original colorful paintings from natural and painted stones. The plots can be very diverse. You can offer several ideas. When arranging a playground, it is better to use fairy-tale scenes and images of animals. A couple of bears, for example, will fill the atmosphere with joy. Images of flowers and still lifes with fruit are popular. An example of a fairly simple panel is shown - a daisy made of stones and branches
Small stone jewelry can replace store-bought jewelry. Pendants or souvenirs in the shape of a heart look beautiful. If such a craft is beautifully painted, it can become a good gift. A simple mandala, to which magical properties are attributed, looks modern.
Decoupage makes stone crafts especially attractive. Using this technique you can make a beautiful craft from any stone. It is important to choose an unusual shape of the right size. The technique consists of layer-by-layer gluing multi-colored napkins, paper or fabric onto an object, followed by coating with a special varnish. You can use ready-made pictures for gluing.
Tool
To make stone masterpieces with your own hands, you should prepare the necessary tools for crafts in advance. If processing and dividing stone is necessary, you will need a hammer, a chisel (chisel) and a file. It is also advisable to have a pick hammer with which you can split the stone. These tools allow you to trim it and remove unevenness. When painting crafts, you will need paint brushes, art brushes, and a glue brush.
The additional tool is determined by the type of craft. When using a cement binder, a spatula and a mixer are required to mix the solution. If, in addition to stone, another material is used, then you should prepare a hacksaw for metal or wood, a jigsaw, and pruning shears. In any case, the quality of processing will improve when using a grinder and grinder.
Stone crafts are very popular. The raw materials for them are practically underfoot. Walking along the seashore or river, you can pick up a lot of stones of different sizes, original shapes and attractive colors. Using your own imagination or borrowing an idea, you can use them to create crafts that can decorate the interior of a house or area. If they do not have sufficient decorative color, then you can use dyeing, painting or decoupage technology.
How nice it is to walk along the seashore! Enjoy the beautiful views, feel the breath of the sea, listen to the rustle of the waves, feel the gentle touch of the sea breeze, become calm and happier...
There is no need to rush and chase the elusive horizon. The sea calms you down and puts you in a positive mood. No wonder you won’t find gloomy faces at the resorts; everyone radiates smiles.
Taking a leisurely stroll along the beach, we find various sea treasures. And even ordinary pebbles seem to us filled with solar energy. Some people strive to collect perfectly smooth stones, others choose oddly shaped stones, white, black, colored, with natural relief and ornaments.
As a result, the suitcase becomes significantly heavier. Arriving home, we lay out our sea trophies and realize that all the previous times we brought at least the same amount of stones from the sea. All the vases and glasses in the sideboard are already filled. And what to do with these treasures?
In fact, now is where the fun begins. After all, you really have strategically valuable material!
So what do we do with a pile of sea rocks? Let's turn them into something unusual!
Sea creatures made from pebbles
If we start from the direct purpose of our material for creativity, then the most logical idea is to turn them into sea inhabitants! Moreover, children can do this on their own. These fish can be used to decorate a bathroom, put them in an aquarium, a swimming pool, make a mosaic or decorate a garden plot, give them to children for playing with water and more.
Magic houses made of stones
Large stones can be turned into fairy houses. And place them in the courtyard of the house or on a summer cottage. This can be either a decorative corner or a children's playground.
From small pebbles you can create a panel or a whole picture depicting the city. Moreover, it can be done on a wide variety of materials: wooden fence, cardboard, vase, flower pot, plastic and other materials. The main thing is to arm yourself with a glue gun.
Trees and flowers made from sea stones
From pebbles you can lay out flowers and trees in the form of a mosaic, or you can create the illusion of flowers and cacti in pots. So much so that many will not immediately guess their true origin. But you won’t have to water it! Such flowers can bloom not only on the windowsill of the house, but also at work, in the country or right in the garden.
Stone men
If you have never acted as a sculptor before, now, having the necessary material at hand, is the time to do it.
You can make abstract little people, or you can make very real people in the style of Michela Bufalini and give them a portrait gift for the holiday.
Funny animals made from sea pebbles
Children love animals very much. You can do pebble appliqué with your kids. You can glue them to the cardboard base not only with glue, but also using pieces of plasticine for fastening.
Small round stones can turn into a wide variety of animals: a bear, a bunny, a cat, a dog, a chicken, a penguin, a sheep. And this is not the whole list!
You can make three-dimensional animals from several pebbles by connecting them using plasticine or a glue gun.
You can use pebbles to lay out a flat or three-dimensional mosaic, creating the silhouette of an animal.
Your favorite pet can be immortalized in the form of a portrait. Such a gift will please the owner who loves it.
Games with sea pebbles
Playing with sea pebbles is very simple. They can become anything they want. After all, children's imagination is limitless.
For example, sea pebbles can turn into a variety of cars. To make them you will need a child, several sheets of paper, pens, markers, paints, scissors and glue.
Sea pebbles can turn into a colorful still life. Moreover, the variety of fruits, berries and mushrooms is also unlimited. You can play with such pebbles all year round; they can be used to decorate your kitchen, dining table, or garden plot.
Using pebbles, you can make educational “simulators” for learning colors, letters, and various objects of the surrounding world. Pebbles can become cubes, construction sets, puzzles, dominoes, lotto.
Decoupage, eco-applique, crochet
Sea pebbles are an excellent basis for decoration. In this case, you can use a variety of techniques: decoupage, applications from magazines and colored paper, grass and leaves, tying with thread.
Panels, photo frames, paintings from sea pebbles
Small pebbles can be used to decorate various household items: photo frames, picture frames, watches, mirrors.
You can also create paintings from pebbles: silhouette and abstract.
Tatyana Nikolaevna, a resident of Sevastopol, is engaged in making real masterpieces from sea pebbles and. According to the author, even people who are far from drawing can do this. The main thing is to be patient, because this is a very long and painstaking work.
Items for home and garden
Sea pebbles can be used to make exclusive items for your home and garden. These can be stands and trays, decorative hangers, rugs. The pebbles are glued to the base with a glue gun using waterproof glue.
Don't limit yourself to miniature works. From pebbles you can make a garden path, a mosaic carpet near a house or a swimming pool, a dry stream or a small river.
You can decorate vases, pots and vases with sea pebbles. They fit harmoniously both into the closed space of the house and into the green garden.
Artists and stones
Drawing on stones may well develop into a hobby, and even become a source of income. Thus, Susie Chua, a world-famous artist from Malaysia, Henry Lee, a Taiwanese artist, and Ernestina Gallina, an Italian artist, have conquered the world with their realistic works based on large pebbles.
Perhaps you are also capable of such creations?
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Crafts made from stones and sea pebbles
One of the most popular trends in modern creativity is making crafts with your own hands. Often, to create various crafts, they use the most ordinary objects and available, natural materials. The most ordinary stones make beautiful and unusual crafts that will decorate the interior of any room or become an excellent element of landscape design. Both ordinary stones and sea pebbles are suitable for handmade work. The material can be of different sizes and colors.
Stone crafts
Stone is used to decorate fountains, arrange terraces, design garden paths, and even build furniture. But most often, stone is used to make crafts that become decorations for a garden or personal plot. Stones of different sizes, which are decorated in the shape of ladybugs, will perfectly decorate the garden. If you show your imagination, the stones can turn into cute caterpillars, snails, frogs and other cute inhabitants of the garden.
Garden figurines made of stones
A swan can also decorate a garden; its head and neck are made of bent reinforcement, and its body is a rounded stone. Other animals can be made in a similar way, where the armature can be used to make legs. Large and medium-sized stones can be decorated in the form of a fairy-tale house and a small gnome can be placed next to the house. Lying stones are an excellent material for creating a dog, cat or tiger.
If you show a little imagination, fabulous mushrooms will grow on your plot or in the garden or daisies will bloom. Pots or buckets with stones painted in the shape of berries will look impressive.
Painting on stones - craft ideas
In order for the painting on the stones to last as long as possible, a varnish coating should be applied over the design.
Crafts made from medium-sized stones, decorated using the “napkin technique” - decoupage technique, look very interesting and unusual. In order to make such a craft you will need:
A medium-sized stone with a smooth surface;
Bright napkins;
PVA glue;
Acrylic paints;
White “water emulsion”;
Glossy clear varnish.
First of all, it is necessary to apply a layer of “water emulsion” to the surface of the stone. It is better to choose three-layer napkins. The first layer of napkins must be removed, then cut out the design, and remove another layer. Only the top, colorful layer is suitable for crafts. The design from the napkin is fixed on the surface of the stone using PVA glue. As the glue dries, make sure that no wrinkles form on the napkin. Next, the background of the craft is created with acrylic paints, drawing is done, and then painting. After applying the design, the stone must be varnished and left to dry for 2 days. Then another layer of varnish is applied.
Crafts from sea pebbles
Sea pebbles are a very convenient material for creating various crafts with your own hands. Due to their baked shape and relatively small size, sea pebbles are used to make various decorations and buttons.
Sea pebble jewelry
You can make holes in the pebbles yourself, using a drill and various drill bits, or seek help from a jewelry workshop.
Perhaps the simplest craft made from sea pebbles is a refrigerator magnet. To do this, you just need to glue a small magnet to one side of the stone and paint the other side with acrylic paints.
Decorating flower pots using sea pebbles
A flower pot covered with sea pebbles will look good in any interior. In a similar way, you can decorate various boxes, vases or any other containers.
Sea pebble paintings
In order to make unusual paintings from sea pebbles, you need to select the base of the painting and paint it in the required color. You can use a piece of wood or plywood as a base. Then you should draw a sketch of the future design onto the paper and determine what color stones you will need. Then the stones must be painted in the required colors and then glue the stones to the base using a glue gun. If you wish, you can experiment a little and add other materials to the picture.
Crafts with children: let's paint pebbles
Pebble painting will be a great activity not only for adults, but also for children. To paint stones, you must use acrylic paints or gouache. Of course, acrylic paints will be more durable, and if the design is varnished on top, the craft will delight the eye for decades. Using pebble painting, the interior of the room can be decorated with cute cacti. For such a craft, you will need large pebbles, which should be painted in the form of cacti. Fill a flower pot with fine crumbs and place the resulting “cacti” in it. Thus, one “cactus” or a whole “green family” can be placed in one pot.
Friends, in the middle of winter it is especially pleasant for us to think about summer, the sea, the beach. Let's remember these wonderful days, when, having swum to our heart's content and jumped in the sea waves, we and our children began to collect smooth ones, washed by the salty sea spray and shining in the sun, varnished by the surf sea pebbles. Well, how could you part with them?! 
This is how a couple of kilograms of “sea rarities” migrated to our house. What to do? After all, not everyone has an aquarium. 
How can we make sure that all this “sea beauty” is really useful to us, and does not end up in the trash bin in a month?
Don’t despair, there is more than one way out! There are a lot of interesting options for using sea pebbles in the interior and landscape. Let's discuss some of them.
Sea pebbles in the interior
We all want to turn our home into a corner of relaxation and peace, hence the increased demand for natural materials in interior design and fashionable ecostyle. 
What would it be like without nautical pebbles? Thanks to its various shapes, sizes, pleasant rough or smooth texture, shine, as well as natural shades, it is perfect for home decoration. 
sea pebbles looks great in the interior. In the Mediterranean, for example, this material has long been used as floor mosaics or used in wall decoration. 
IDEA #1 – FOR KITCHEN AND BATHROOM
Today sea pebbles It is also used to cover walls and floors in bathrooms, and it also acts as a protective material for kitchen panels. 
There is a great idea: apply sea pebbles in festive table decoration! Looks great in this case decorative coasters for dishes. They are not at all difficult to make yourself. 
IDEA No. 2 - PICTURES AND PANELS
Because sea pebbles It comes in different shades and varying degrees of transparency, there is no limit to experiments. Sea pebbles can be combined with other materials based on the similarity of color and texture and create amazing compositions, paintings and panels. 
Small smooth pebbles go well with various materials, especially wood, glass, and shells. Sea pebbles are great for creativity: the stones are flat, so they can fit under glass. And they are all so different that they just beg to become part of an interesting panel. Look at examples of such work and you will probably want to create something similar! 
IDEA #3 – PEBBLE MOSAIC Rug
Let's try to make the interior more attractive and interesting with the help of pebble mosaic!
Floor mats with a massaging effect look great in the interior. In addition, it is pleasant to stand on them and feel like you are at sea, and the uneven surface of the coating will prevent you from slipping. You can also make such a rug yourself! 
IDEA No. 4 - TRAY FOR WET SHOES
Using waterproof trays, it is very easy to create a mat for storing wet shoes. Just fill the containers sea pebbles and that’s it - a functional and original thing is ready! 
Sea pebbles in the landscape
IDEA #5 - GARDEN PATH 
Sea and river pebbles fits perfectly into the surrounding landscape, which is why it is especially popular in landscape design. And for creative people this natural material is a real find! 
Sea pebbles make excellent and durable garden paths.
Making them is not that difficult, but you need to have enough materials. I'm afraid that the suitcase with sea stones may not be enough; I'll have to buy or collect everything that my friends have accumulated over many years of travel! So the idea is limited only by your imagination and the size of your luggage... 
Let's take a closer look at how to make such beauty and try to lay out mosaic paths from sea pebbles with our own hands. It's not difficult, and with the proper patience and imagination you can get incredible masterpieces. 
Necessary materials:
- pebbles of different sizes
- sand
- plywood (a piece of film or tarpaulin)
- stone chips
- concrete mixture
- wooden or rubber mallet
- level
- hose
- hard brush.
The work process is sequentially depicted in the photo:
IDEA No. 6 - “DRY STREAM”
Let's continue the previous topic and show even more imagination. After all, sea pebbles can also be used as bases for "dry streams" and gravel gardens. Laid on edge, it perfectly imitates the flow of water in a “dry stream”. 
But in this case, it is important not to get carried away and show maximum artistic taste and not “overdo it” with the design! 
I often use this technique in my landscape projects: “dry streams” greatly enliven the landscape of the site and serve as drainage wells for collecting excess water. You can see in more detail what this combination of “beautiful and useful” looks like at the link .
Another interesting "dry stream" It turned out on my other landscape object. See more photos at the link .
Mosaic decorative garden areas made from sea pebbles can also be bright and unusual.. The technology for their manufacture is similar to how garden paths are made (described in detail above). Let's get inspired and... go ahead, make miracles of garden design with your own hands!
IDEA No. 8 - COMPOSITIONS FOR THE GARDEN
From sea pebbles You get beautiful small sculptures and compositions that will decorate the landscape of the site. They, like elegant accessories, will add style and sophistication to your garden. Products made from sea pebbles can be used to decorate paths, ponds, and flower beds. 
Sea pebbles in jewelry and accessories
IDEA No. 9 - JEWELRY
Each stone is unique in itself. You never cease to be amazed at the intricate patterns created by nature over many centuries. Wind and water, natural “jewelers”, complete the processing of these miracles. Using exquisitely shaped sea stones, you can make stylish accessories - bracelets, pendants, rings. 
IDEA #10 – TALISMAN STONE
Finally, another interesting technique for working with sea pebbles - painting on stone. You can reveal the individuality of each stone and create a masterpiece from it with only brushes, paints and, of course, the imagination of the creator. Let's admire how it's done. Or maybe you will have an idea and create the perfect “pebble of your dreams”, your talisman. 
And to finish...
No one is immune from the temptation to pick up a pebble on the beach. And if you are lucky enough to find a pebble with a hole, know that the “chicken god” has come to you, and he brings happiness and good luck. Look through its hole in the sun right on the beach, make a wish, and it will definitely come true! 
Now don’t hesitate, there’s just a little time left until the New Year. Maybe we should do something interesting and original? Dig out your supplies of sea pebbles, get inspired by ideas and... get to work! And the sea pebbles will certainly tell you what you can do with each of them.
After all, the “soul of the sea” always lives in them! Do you agree?
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DIY stone crafts can be an interesting toy, educational material, or a way to decorate a room or design a playground in the courtyard.
Crafts made from stones are always relevant for kindergarten: with their help you can make the space of the playroom more interesting and unusual, create picturesque corners in the kindergarten, and enliven flower beds and flower plantings in the hall.
The process of making such crafts requires a creative approach and the ability to take an unconventional look at ordinary objects. Each image is dictated by the shape of the stone - its contours, size, as well as what other stones are available.
All that remains for the creator after he imagines the future image is to bring it into reality with the help of bright colors.
Children will really love a mosaic made of colored pebbles on a plaster or clay base. It is very interesting to post it, and the result will be bright and elegant.
Rounded and elongated flat stones become owls if the little creator so desires.
Stones of different shapes are turned into houses for fairy-tale characters.
You can make a small magical town out of pebble houses.
Playing with such a stone house is a real pleasure.
And flat oval stones - into a fairy-tale bus or car.
And here is an example of how you can make a real highway out of stones with a road, cars, road signs and a gas station.
Crafts made from stones with animals, birds and fish
If the stones are large enough, you can use them to create decorative designs. You can make a wonderful gift from stones, depicting a cute bird, fish, snail or any other character on them with your own hands.
Snail made of stone.
Beautiful fish are made from a combination of painted stones and foarmin. Instead of foam, you can use fabric or thick cardboard.
Painted stones make very cute forest hedgehogs. We cover the stones with a light beige base. After it dries, paint the body and nose with brown paint.
Using black paint we draw needles on the body, nose and eyes. Stone hedgehog - ready!
Young children will be happy to turn pebbles into multi-colored building material - to do this, just cover their surface with bright multi-colored stripes or white strokes.
And by connecting several pebbles with each other, you can get interesting three-dimensional figures. For example, a fairly large round stone will turn into a cute cute hare if you attach flat ears and paws to it.
And an oval-shaped stone can become a real turtle that will decorate any flowerbed or playground.
Pebbles, pointed on one side, easily turn into ducks.
And flat, rounded stones can become cheerful frogs that will happily settle on the cardboard leaves of water lilies.
By arranging several flat stones with each other, you can create a real panel that will decorate any wall of the room or photo album.
And the smallest stones are just waiting to turn into tiny animals. For each of them you can make a separate house-bed from a matchbox.
You can make flat animals with plasticine eyes or completely three-dimensional stone characters - for example, a mouse.
You can make a charming ladybug out of stone
or funny mushrooms - fly agarics.
Crafts made from stones for home and interior
The stones make a very interesting decoration for the interior - a cactus.
And here is an example of a very original basket with apples made from stones.
You can decorate a flower pot with stones, making it a unique decoration for your garden or home.
From stones and wire you can make an interesting decoration for your home - a pendant.
Pictures and panels made of stones
From painted stones you can make a cute picture for the nursery “Bears in Love”.
And here is a wonderful picture made of stones “My Beloved Family”.
Picture made of stones “My beloved family”
You can make a very touching picture from stones and branches.
The boards themselves can serve as the basis for panels. This is how interesting a bird made of stone can look on such a base.
From colored stones you can make panels “Flowers” and “Daisies”.
Panel of stones “flowers”
Panel made of “daisy” stones
To create bright images, it is better to use acrylic paints, glass paints or cold enamel. After drying, you can coat the surface with colorless varnish.
Interesting panels can be made from stones with holes and wire.
See how to make a tree from natural semi-precious stones:
When working with children, it is better to draw the outline of the drawing in advance, and then invite the kids to apply color to the drawing. But if kids have a desire to try their hand, there is no need to hinder them. The main thing is that the work process and the resulting result bring positive emotions.
Drawings on stones “patterns”
You can draw very beautiful patterns on smooth pebbles. Acrylic paints or varnish are good for this. You can draw an elegant heart.
Or a fairy bird.
Pattern on the stone “fairytale bird”
A mandala is not a simple decoration; it carries great positive energy for the home and person.
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