Saturday 30 May 2015

Story Stones

This project is something I have been planning for a while since my girls and I collected the stones from the river in the early spring, and the best part about this project is you can alter it to suit your teaching needs. Not only can you create stones with pictures that little ones can use to create their own stories, you could also write or paint the word for that picture on the other side of the stone to aid in literacy projects. A perfect way for grade 1/2 kids to get a handle on certain words at the same time as letting them use their abstract thinking skills when creating their own narratives!
Materials:
Round smooth river or ocean stones (these can be purchased at craft stores but it's more fun to collect them yourself and include the outing and collecting into the project by letting your Little's know you have a plan for them)
Acrylic paint in a variety of colours
Acrylic medium in gloss or matte to seal the images into the stones
Paintbrushes(the finer the better)

Directions:* using your computer google a variety of stock images in any theme you like, I chose fairytale theme as my girls would prefer that. Here are some examples of images to google so you and your kids have a reference to look at when painting your stones:
Castle
Fairy
Mushroom
Key
Treasure
Coins
Diamonds or gems
heart
unicorn
thunderclouds
rainbows
flowers
forest
crown
poison
* If you were interesting in doing story stones with another theme such as pirates you could use this list:
ship
eye patch
skeleton
Treasure
ocean
pirate
coins
sword
gun
island
parrot
gems



*Using a small amount of acrylic paint, and a small brush paint your images on each stone and allow to dry.

* create a variety of images on a number of stones, at least 10, so the story isn't too short :)



*when all the stones are dry, paint them with clear acrylic medium to seal the images so they don't wash or rub off.
*enjoy an ever changing story time!



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