There is nothing cuter for a family portrait craft then turning your family into cute little penguins!

This craft is one that the whole family can get involved in, and it is great to have in the house for when people come to visit. Every kid can take pride in being part of the picture.

Penguin family portrait crafted with rocks and displayed on a wood canvas with embellishments.

Create the cutest family portrait craft out there!

Seriously though, can anything get cuter than penguins?

This craft is fun because not only does it look great, but it can be so personalized. If you have kids, they can help find the smoothest rocks to use for the project. Having each child pick out their own rock is a great way to get them involved in the project- and hopefully, there are enough rocks out there that your kids won’t fight over which one is theirs!

The great thing about this family portrait craft is that depending on your children’s ages, they can be as involved in the craft as they want to be. If it is simply picking out their own rock, that’s great! If they are old enough to paint their own penguin that is great too. This craft makes it very easy for family members to be as involved as they would like to be.

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Materials Needed

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6”x6” framed canvas
Black and white craft paint, school glue
Oval pebbles, assorted sizes (we also sell mini sized pebbled in our Etsy shop here)
Paint brushes
Diamond Dust or glitter
Wood snowflakes
Wood beads and twine
Ribbon and greenery
Hot glue gun with clear glue

Materials needed to make a penguin family portrait craft including a wood canvas, paint, paint brushes, wood beads and embellishments.

How to Make a Penguin Family Portrait Craft with Rocks

Remove the canvas from the frame. Paint the frame black and let dry completely.

Apply a coat of glue over the painted frame. While the glue is still wet, paint a coat of white. Let dry.

Applying a coat of glue over the painted frame.

Paint a rock for each family member to look like a penguin. You can follow the step-by-step tutorial for how to paint penguin rocks here.

Paint white snow on the bottom quarter of the canvas and then a sky in shades of gray (mix black and white together).

Paint some snowflakes white. Use glue to apply glitter to “snow” and snowflakes.

Hot gluing snowflake embellishments onto the wood frame.

Glue the canvas into frame with hot glue. Add on penguins, snowflakes and embellishments.

Attaching ribbon and greenery onto the painted wood canvas.

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Collage of penguin family portrait crafted with rocks and displayed on a wood canvas with embellishments and text overlay.

Penguin Family Portrait Craft with Rocks

Jane and Sonja

Creating this fun family portrait craft allows your kids to be as involved as they would like to be with the craft- fun for all ages!

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Materials

6”x6” Framed canvas
Black and white craft paint school glue
Oval pebbles assorted sizes
Paint brushes
Diamond Dust or glitter
Wood snowflakes
Wood beads and twine
Ribbon and greenery
Hot glue gun with clear glue

Instructions

Remove canvas from frame. Paint the frame black and let dry completely.
Apply coat of glue over painted frame. While glue is still wet, paint coat of white. Let dry.
Paint a rock for each family member to look like penguins.
Paint white snow on the bottom quarter of the canvas and then a sky in shades of gray (mix black and white together).
Paint some snowflakes white. Use glue to apply glitter to “snow” and snowflakes.
Glue the canvas into frame with hot glue. Add on penguins, snowflakes and embellishments.

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