Whenever we go on holiday to a coastal area in the U.K. we take a box of acrylic paints and do stone painting as a wet weather activity. We’ve amassed a few over the years from children and grandchildren. Some we leave at the cottage we’ve rented . You do have to varnish them to keep them outdoors.
You are tight notspaghitti it has always been illegal to remove stones from the beach but I don’t think we are going to get swooped upon 🤣and we often have a tractor removing them from our main piece of beach so I m helping
The second picture is not me painting on them but just using the natural outlines of the patterns on the pebble to make a picture ( that I see)
Another great artistic activity you can do with GC is polymer clay. When my children were small, we would set up a craft table outside and get to work with clay. Every child nearby would come visit to make their own creations. The girls especially liked to make beads and necklaces. You bake it at low temperature in your oven to harden it and the colors are very nice. 3 years old to adult it is really fun and can keep the little ones busy for hours. This is an example of one that my DS made when he was eight years old. It sits on a shelf in my bedroom. I think it is Merlin holding the world in his hands. Now, my DS is in his 30s and has just recently been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer. He was overjoyed when he saw Merlin. He said, "Mom, I think I made this!"
Oh my. After 27 years I am embarrassed by Merlin's appearance so I gave him a bubble bath to make him more presentable.
We bought these paperweights some years ago in Greece.
I am utterly useless at any sort of drawing/painting, so would never attempt any such thing myself - how lovely if you can, though.
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