I love creating story stones and my kids do too, they’re a really simple thing to do that’s great for encouraging a bit of creativity. I’ve previously shared some sea themed story stones that are perfect for the summer and with the warmer weather approaching I thought it would be fun to make some camping story stones ready for a bit of an adventure.
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What You'll Find on This Page
You will need:
Stones
Pens – I used these ones but if you want to do detailed drawings then these have a finer tip
How to make them:
I started by trying out normal felt tips to see if these would work on the stones, honestly they don’t, the colours fade within a minute and I had to start again so if you want to make story stones it really is worth getting some proper chalk pens for it.
As these are camping story stones I drew a tent, a forest, an owl, a campfire, some stars and the sun and a rain cloud. Some other good ideas could be a compass, a river or kayak, a bear if you are in the US (less likely here in the UK, what’s our equivalent, a grass snake?!) and some marshmallows.
If you are drawing a story stone like the campfire one which involves more than one colour then give a few minutes between each layer to allow the pens to dry and then they are absolutely fine to do another layer of paint on top.
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Love these, what a great idea!
These are beautiful. A really fun way to stimulate the imagination.
These look fab – mine love painting stones
These are ace and you could use stickers if you were not feeling creative
We love story stones, really should make some of our own. the kids would love to do this x