Easy Painted Mouse Rocks

Summer is the perfect season for rock hunting! In this post, learn how to make sweet little Painted Mouse Rocks, perfect for kids of all ages.

Rock hunting groups are popping up faster than movie theater popcorn in cities around the country, and for good reason. Rock hunting is a fun way to get outside into nature, spend time with family, spread kindness, and unite communities.

If you like painting and hunting for rocks, then you will love our adorable Painted Mouse Rocks. They are fun to hide in fields, wood piles, or around the base of trees. With soft felt ears and whimsical wiggly eyes, they are perfect for kids of all ages.

Just don’t hide them in your mother’s kitchen cabinet!

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Supplies Needed:

grey, pink, and black acrylic paint
grey and pink felt
paint brush
hot glue and a hot glue gun
small wiggly eyes
pink yarn
scissors

Instructions:

1. Prepare supplies

Find the rock that has a flat bottom and round top, similar to the shape of a mouse’s body.

2. Paint a rock

Now paint the rocks grey and let the paint dry.

3. Make ears

Now it’s time to make the mouse’s ears by cutting 2 grey ovals and 2 smaller pink ovals.

4. Make ears

Now it’s time to make the mouse’s ears by cutting 2 grey ovals and 2 smaller pink ovals.

5. Attach ears to the rock

Glue the pink ovals to the grey ovals, then fold the bottom and secure with hot glue. Glue the ears to the sides of the rocks.

6. Glue eyes to the rock

Next glue two wiggly eyes to the front of the rock.

7. Draw a nose, whiskers & mouth

Use black and pink paint to give your mouse a nose, whiskers, and a mouth. If your paintbrush isn’t thin enough to paint whiskers, try using a toothpick instead.