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!
![Six rocks painted with snow flake designs. They're placed on top of snowflake decorations and a white table.](https://sustainmycrafthabit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Painted-rocks-snowflakes-7607.jpg.webp)
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!
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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:
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
![Supplies needed for the rock painting. Includes eight rocks, a paint brush, paint and a snowflake template.](https://sustainmycrafthabit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/snowflake-painted-rocks-1-3-final.jpg.webp)
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.
![Painting lines for the snowflake on a black rock](https://sustainmycrafthabit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/snowflake-painted-rocks-2-final.jpg.webp)
Use different colors of paints for each stone and mix in some metallic ones as well.
![painting lines for a snowflake on a grey rock.](https://sustainmycrafthabit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/snowflake-painted-rocks-final.jpg.webp)
And there you go, some pretty painted rock snowflakes all ready for winter decorating!
![Four rocks painted with snowflake designs alongside snowflake decorations.](https://sustainmycrafthabit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Painted-rocks-snowflakes-6422.jpg.webp)
I scattered these snowflake painted rocks across my cozy coastal Christmas mantel this year.
![Four rocks painted with snow flake designs. They're placed on top of snowflake decorations and a white table.](https://sustainmycrafthabit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Snowflake-Painted-Rocks-sq-1.jpg.webp)
The beach stones fit right in. But they also would look really cute as a napkin weights on the table.
![Painted snowflake rock being used as a napkin weight.](https://sustainmycrafthabit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Painted-rocks-snowflakes-7604.jpg.webp)
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.