With bunches of grape hyacinths popping up throughout my garden, I thought it would be nice to show how to make painted rocks into simple and pretty spring flowers.
Grape Hyacinths are one of my favourite perennials simply because they are the first flowers to bloom in the Spring. They scream “Spring is here!” and trust me after this latest Winter, I’m ready for it.
Rock painting has become a bit of an obsession over the past few years! We have a collection of over 60 easy painted rock ideas.
For some other nature-inspired rock painting ideas, check out how to turn easy painted rocks into magnets, rock painting woodland animals or daisy painted rocks for outdoors. Or if you’re ready for some holiday crafts, try these Christmas rock painting ideas!
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Painting these grape hyacinths are super simple, with only four easy steps. So let’s jump right in and get started!
Materials Needed to Paint Grape Hyacinths on Rocks:
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- Rocks (any size will do, mine fit inside the palm of my hand) – see where to find rocks for painting
- Acrylic paint brushes, one larger flat brush and another with a fine tip
- Decoart Americana Multi-Surface Satin paint in Cotton Ball, Turf Green, Eggplant, Iris – see our guide to the best paint for rocks
Instructions for How to Make Painted Rocks:
Protect your work surface. Paint the entire surface of the rock in Cotton Ball white using the larger flat paint brush. Leave to dry. Add another coat of white if needed and turn over to paint both sides of the rock.
Using a fine tip paint brush, paint three thin lines in Turf Green as shown. Leave to dry fully before moving to next step.
With the back end of the paint brush, dip the end in Eggplant paint and dab small dots from the middle of the green stem upwards. Start with larger dots and make smaller as you go up. Leave to dry.
Repeat on the other two stems.
Dip the back end of the paintbrush in Iris and dab smaller dots over top of the darker purple dots working your way upward.
What is your favorite Spring flower?
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Mary McDowell
Monday 30th of December 2019
very interesting and fun
Alexandra
Monday 4th of June 2018
Pinned, and shared! Love the flowers. They remind me of some we used to have in our yard, but I think the ones my mom planted might have been blue.
Jane and Sonja
Tuesday 5th of June 2018
Thank you, Alexandra! These are one of the earlier flowers to bloom in the Spring here in Canada. And yes, they are more blue than purple but you can paint them in any color really.