We are still on the Minion craze here in the Mad House and anyone that know me and the boys will attest to the fact that we always have sticks and stones at the doorway, so we decided to decorate some stones as Minions. We are totally loving Minion crafts at the moment.
Minions are so adorable and they are the perfect for this craft. Their body shape and expressions make this is a great minon craft to do with kids.
How to make Minion Stones
Materials
- Stones
- Acrylic paint = UK Link/US Link
- Paintbrushes = UK Link/US Link
- Sharpies – we used silver (UK Link/US Link) and black fine tip (UK Link/US Link) and black ultra fine tip (UK Link/US Link)
How to Make Minion Stones
We collected our stones on a recent trip to the beach, so I make sure I clean them before we use them. You can imagine MadDad’s surprise at finding a dishwasher full of stones when he came to empty it!
Our Minions did require a couple of coats of yellow acrylic paint, so they were perfect for creating over the period of the day when the boys were in and out of the house.
Firstly paint your stones yellow. We used Cadmium yellow UK Link/US Link for this. Once they have dried give them another coat. Then paint your minions trousers on. We used Cobalt blue UK Link/US Link for these and they only needed one coat.
Now is the time to add the whites of your Minions eyes. Again we used acrylic paint for this, white this time.
Once the paint has dried it is time to get the Sharpies out.
Firstly we outlined the eyes in silver. Then we used black to mark the eyes, goggle straps and expressions. Finally we marked the goggles with the super fine tip black sharpie.
These Minion stones are perfect for paperweights or indoor play like this, but if you want to use them outside, then I would recommend a coat of Modge Podge Outdoor (UK Link/US Link).
If you like stone crafts, then why not take a look at our:
Stone tic tac toe game
Memory Stones
Crafting with Stones
Skimming Stones
Stones Bugs
See our other Minion Crafts
Also, take a look at my #SimpleSummer cohost’s fab rock posts this week:
Activities with Stones at the Beach
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oh wow love these and with a massive shopping bag for of large stones and a minion mad boy i am going to have a go at these! thanks Jen x
These is a great summer activity . I love Minions they are so cool
We’re still in the Minions phase too – I’ve just shown my son this post and he wants to do it!
These are totally awesome 🙂
These are totally amazing, I now wont be able to walk past a stone and not want to minion-ize it x
Crafting with stones is a lovely activity and I really like your Minion stones, everywhere is Minion mad!
The looks great!
They are fantastic! My kids will love these. They already have got a collection of pet stones that I found in my sandals this morning!
These are awesome I want to make loads and put them all around the garden lol x
What a fun craft for Minion fans!
We are always finding the “perfect” rocks… Decorating them to look like a favorite character is a great activity.
Sharing!
now wishing I had collected pebbles at the beach last week
I love these minion stones. They are dead cute and easy for young children to have a go at independently. I love a good ‘sharpie’ craft 🙂
These are awesome xx
Jen, these are genius and so easy and fun to make with even small kids! Let me ask you, where did you get our Sharpies, I tried ordering on Amazon but they wouldn’t deliver them to Northern Ireland for some obscure reason!xx
what a simple, fun idea. I love these! x
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