Rock Painting Ideas for Preschoolers and Young Children

These rock painting ideas for preschoolers will inspire you to create tons of painted stones for gifts or hiding. Click through to see them all!

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We love sharing rock painting ideas here on Ruffles and Rain Boots. With young children of our own, we love coming up with kid-friendly rock painting ideas.

I ran into our daughter’s preschool teacher at the market the other day and she asked me for a few ideas she could paint for her classroom. Instead of emailing them to her, she suggested I write it up here for others. #smartlady

So here is our growing list of rock painting ideas for preschoolers.

Rock Painting Ideas for Preschoolers – Story Stones

Weather Story Stones (a big theme in preschool)
Rock Painting Village Set
Nursery Rhyme Story Stone Rocks
- Old MacDonald
- Frogs on a Log
Holiday Rock Painting Sets
Holiday Story Sets
Themed Story Stones
- Animal Stones (dog rock painting idea, popular unicorn rock painting, more animal rocks)
- Ocean Story Stones
- Camping Story Stones

Painted Stone Ideas for Kids by Learning Activity or Theme

Alphabet Rocks (animal or object on front, letter on back)
Shapes (easy shape identification rocks), Colors, or Numbers
Parts of the Body
Emotions (emojis are great for this or stick figures with simple faces)
Identifying Fruits and Vegetables (Healthy versus Non-Healthy Foods)
Sequencing (early math)
- Wake up routine (wake up, get dressed, eat breakfast, brush teeth, etc.)
- How to build an ice cream cone, etc.

Rock Painting Ideas by Characters or Themes

Disney
- Minnie Mouse
- Stitch (Lilo and Stitch) Rock Painting
Winnie the Pooh Rock Paintings
Pete the Cat Painted Stones
Dr. Seuss Rock Painting Ideas (Green Eggs and Ham is a favorite!)
Dinosaurs
Knights and Princess Rock Painting Ideas
Transportation (kids LOVE using them to tell stories – planes, trucks, trains, boats, etc.)

Rock Painting Ideas for Puzzles

Shape Puzzles

Christmas tree (a brown rock for a trunk, a lot of green stones for the tree, and a yellow star for the top)
Unicorn puzzle stones

Topic Puzzles

Match a fruit to the letter it starts with
Pair a baby animal with its older counterpart (chicken with hen, calf with cow, etc.)
Tic-Tac-Toe (include a drawstring bag)

Over to You

Do you have any to add to this list? I’d love to keep it growing! Please add any ideas in the comments below and I’ll update this list of rock painting ideas for preschoolers.

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