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Pebbles which have been painted so they look like people.

How To Make Pebble People

Blue painted background
Who needs paper when you have pebbles? Let your kids' artisitic sides come to life by creating a bunch of stone characters.

HOW TO MAKE PEBBLE PEOPLE

Grab these materials…

  • A variety of smooth pebbles in all different shapes and sizes

  • Bold coloured acrylic paints and a small paint brush 

  • A pencil

  • Black paint or permanent marker 

  • Varnish (for a finished look)

START BY…

Looking at your pebble pile and choosing the heads of your characters and their bodies.

Pebbles on a purple table cloth with a hand selecting one

NEXT YOU…

Take your pencil and draw the outline of your characters' faces and outfits on the pebble's surface.

Hands using a pencil to draw outlines of pebble people onto the pebble

THEN…

Paint your characters in layers. Start with the white of the eyes, the hair, eyebrows, lips and cheek colour. 

Hand painting the first layers onto the pebble people

AFTER THAT..

Sketch the body parts like their arms and hands then paint with the base colour. Wait for your characters to dry.

Hand painting colours onto a pebble

FINALLY…

Take your black marker or black paint and outline the different features adding detail where you feel. Get creative and give your characters some personality. To give your pebble people a finished look, add a layer of varnish.

Person using a permanent marker to draw details onto their pebble people

HERE'S A TRICK

How about sticking magnets to the back of your characters so they can live on the fridge? Try it!

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Official submissions for the #HOMEISGOODMOVIE have now closed but you can still get creative and share your loo roll snakes & pebble people with us by tagging @persiluk and using #HomeisGoodMovie