Bring a bit of winter indoors with these simple yet pretty painted rock snowflakes. They’re a great, inexpensive way to decorate for the winter season. Or use them as napkin weights for your winter tablescape!
Easy Painted Rock Snowflakes
Rock painting continues to be one of our favorite crafts. With just a few supplies and a bit of time you can create lovely little works of art. And the best part? Each is absolutely unique!
We love to place the rocks outdoors in our garden. But you can also use this in your seasonal decorating, as napkin weights, toys, flower pots and more.
Here are a few of our favorite painted rock projects here on the blog:
Colorful Flower Rocks 
Grape Hyacinths Rocks 
Mandala Hearts 
Shamrocks and Golden Nuggets 
Rock Penguins 
Lemon and Lime Rocks 
Strawberry Rocks 
Woodland Critters
Supplies Needed for these Painted Rock Snowflakes:
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- Round rocks with a flattish surface, approx. 2” diameter (you can find them in our Etsy shop!)
- Americana Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paint in Cotton Ball, Turf Green, Deep Turquoise
- Americana Decor Metallics in Silver
- Small acrylic paint brushes in assorted sizes (with fine tips for detailed work)
- Snowflake Pattern Template
How to Paint Snowflakes on Rocks:
Before you get started, here are some helpful tips:
- Wash the rocks and let them dry completely before painting.
- Protect your work surface with a sheet of newspaper.
- Use a fine tip paint brush for best results.
- Long, steady and continual brush strokes work best when painting the snowflakes.
Choose a paint color for each snowflake and dip the fine tip paint brush into the paint.
Using the snowflake pattern template as a guide, begin to paint the snowflake directly onto the rock trying to copy the snowflake as best as possible.
Use different colors of paints for each stone and mix in some metallic ones as well.
And there you go, some pretty painted rock snowflakes all ready for winter decorating!
I scattered these snowflake painted rocks across my cozy coastal Christmas mantel this year.
The beach stones fit right in. But they also would look really cute as a napkin weights on the table.
Do you have any favorite rock painting projects, tutorials or resources? We are always looking for new ideas to try! Just leave a comment below.
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Pretty Painted Snowflake Rocks
Materials
- Round rocks with a flattish surface approx. 2” diameter
- Americana Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paint in Cotton Ball, Turf Green, Deep Turquoise
- Americana Decor Metallics in Silver
- Small acrylic paint brushes in assorted sizes with fine tips for detailed work
- Snowflake Pattern Template
Instructions
- Wash the rocks and let them dry completely before painting.
- Protect your work surface with a sheet of newspaper.
- Choose a paint color for each snowflake and dip the fine tip paint brush into the paint.
- Using the snowflake pattern template as a guide, begin to paint the snowflake directly onto the rock trying to copy the snowflake as best as possible.
- Long, steady and continual brush strokes work best when painting the snowflakes.
- Use different colors of paints for each stone and mix in some metallic ones as well.