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Pet Rock Grad Craft

Include with a little note like "Kindergarten Rocks!" or "School Rocks!"

Materials:

  • medium sized rock
  • wiggly eyes
  • OPTIONAL:  fun foam (for feet)
      
  • egg carton cup
  • cardboard or poster board
  • poster paint (tempra paint) in an appropriate color (school colors)
      
  • paint brush
  • scissors
  • glue
        
  • OPTIONAL:  wool in an appropriate color (school colors)

Directions:

  • When choosing your rock, imagine what an egg carton cup cap will look like on top of it and pick a rock that's big enough to add eyes and the cap.  Ours was about the size of a baseball, but an oval shape.
      
  • Brush dust off the rock with a rag
      
  • Paint rock in an appropriate color... personally, I'd make it a contrasting color from the cap so it shows up better, but my 5 year old wanted it the same color and who am I to argue *grin*  (I always have to resist the temptation to be too controlling at craft time!)
      
  • Let dry
      
  • Prepare your cap (see below) and glue it to the top of your pet rock
      
  • Glue on wiggly eyes.
      
  • OPTIONAL:  Cut out feet shapes from fun foam and glue to bottom of rock.  I couldn't do a template for this as the rocks will be all different shapes and sizes, but feet can be shaped something like:

      or     

Make egg carton grad cap for your pet rock

  • Cut a 5" square from cardboard or poster board (adult help may be needed for this step).
     
  • Cut one cup from an egg carton (adult help may be needed for this step).
     
  • Paint egg carton and both sides of cardboard in color of your choice. 
     
  • Let dry.   
     
  • Position egg carton upside down and glue cardboard on the top. 
     
  • OPTIONAL:  Make a tassel with wool:
      
  • wrap a piece of wool around three fingers or so or a piece of cardboard 5 to 10 times (we're making a small tassel)
      
  • Tie a long piece of wool (about 6") through the loop
      
  • remove wool from base and tie a piece of wool around the loop you've made about 1/4" down from the top
      
  • Snip the ends at the bottom to form the tassel.
      
  • Staple or tape the tassel to the cap

Printable version of these instructions