Scribble Stones, written by Diane Alber, is an awesome children’s book that follows the story of a small stone waiting to discover its purpose. The stone ends up transforming its purpose from a simple paperweight to a creative explorer who spreads joy all around. This engaging story and its themes of creativity and finding purpose can inspire an abundance of activities. Below is a list of 16 art and literary activities inspired by Scribble Stones!
1. Read Aloud
If you haven’t yet done so, read Scribble Stones or watch the read-aloud story with your class. You and your students can learn exactly how the scribble stones brought joy to thousands of people.
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2. Scribble Stone Art Project
How does this art project work? It’s simple. You can go on a rock hunt and let your students use their creativity to add art to the rocks they find. Then, they can give the rocks away to others to spread joy.
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3. Kindness Rocks
Creating kindness rocks is a great collaborative kindness activity. These are rocks that are decorated with kind and positive messages. They can be placed throughout the community; spreading kindness wherever they are!
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4. Painted Heart Worry Stones
When your kids are feeling worried or anxious, they can rub these homemade worry stones for a sense of relief. They can even paint the hearts themselves!
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5. Crystallized Beach Rocks
Your students can turn their dull beach rocks into these crystallized and colorful stones using a simple recipe. After dissolving some borax, they can let their rocks soak in the solution overnight and watch the crystals form! Then, they can paint their crystallized rocks using watercolors.
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6. Painted Minion Rocks
If I saw one of these minion rocks at the local park, it would absolutely brighten my day. These easy-to-make painted rocks are the perfect craft to make with your Despicable Me-loving students. All you need are stones, acrylic paint, and a black marker.
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7. Alphabet Stones
With these alphabet stones, you can combine an arty craft with a literacy lesson. Your students can practice ordering the letters and pronouncing the letter names and sounds they make.
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8. Painted Rock Garden Markers
This craft can be very useful, especially if you have a school garden. You can also prepare a garden lesson plan to make this activity more exciting. Your students can paint the colorful rocks, but you might need to help with the writing.
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9. Hedgehog Painted Rocks
Have your kids been begging for another pet? Well, these pet hedgehogs are pretty low maintenance. This craft is easy to make- only requiring stones, acrylic paint, and markers. Your kids can have fun painting rocks and play with their new pets.
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10. Matchbox Stone Pets
If the stone pets weren’t cute enough, these matchbox houses make them 10x cuter. I also love this craft because it utilizes materials other than paint, such as felt, pom poms, and googly eyes!
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11. Faux Cactus Garden
These faux cactus gardens make a great gift. Your students can decorate their own cacti using different shades of green. After letting the rocks dry, they can arrange their cacti into these terra cotta pots filled with sand.
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12. Rock Ring
You can make jewelry out of rocks too! Your students can make their own designs or they can follow the strawberry design in the picture above. Then, you can help shape and cut the wire down to size, and voilà- you’ve got a homemade ring!
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13. Prewriting with Sticks & Stones
Using sticks, stones, water, and paintbrushes, your younger students can practice making curved and straight lines to practice prewriting skills. This craft is awesome because you can reuse dried sticks and stones for other activities.
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14. Book Study
This book study set has activities that help engage your students’ literacy skills. It includes a quick vocabulary activity, word searches, fill-in-the-blanks, and other fun writing exercises. Also included are Seesaw and Google Slide links for the pre-made digital activities.
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15. Comprehension Questions
This set of Google Slides contains a list of comprehension questions that ask about key ideas, characters, connections, story structure, and more. This is an excellent resource to assess your students’ understanding of the book.
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16. Art, Literacy, & Math Set
This package contains an abundance of activities related to this sweet story. It includes craftivities, word searches, word rhyming tasks, and even math exercises. You can pick and choose which activities you want to do with your class or do them all!
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