How to make pebble people!

Put your art skills to the test with this fun, quirky craft…

Are you a crafty kid who loves to get creative? Then follow the steps below to make your own funny little gang out of stones!

How to make pebble people

Assorted paintbrushes, smooth stones, and tubes of yellow, blue, and red acrylic paint arranged side by side on a white background—perfect supplies to make pebble people.

What you’ll need

A selection of smooth at pebbles
Pencil
Bright acrylic paints and fine brushes
Black permanent marker pen or paint pen
Varnish (optional)

Step 1

A hand is picking up a small brown stone from a group of smooth, colorful stones on a purple surface—perfect materials to make pebble people—with a few stones separated to the right.

Choose some pebbles that you think will make good heads and body shapes. Try to pick flesh-toned pebbles, so you don’t need to paint a base coat first.

Step 2

A person draws a face on a small rock with a pencil to make pebble people, while another rock with arms drawn on it rests nearby on a light purple surface.

Before paining, use a pencil to sketch your designs on the stones.

Step 3

A hand paints white circles for eyes on a brown rock with red paint on top and a drawn smile, against a lavender background—perfect inspiration to make pebble people.

Add the colour first. For faces, paint on the whites of the eyes, the hair and/or eyebrows, plus lips or cheek colour. Add the colour first. For faces, paint on

Step 4

A round stone on lavender fabric is being painted with yellow paint using a brush. The rough circular and U-shaped patterns form the perfect base to make pebble people with unique personalities.

For bodies, mark out where you want the neck, arms or hands to be (see step 2), then paint around them in a block of colour.

Step 5

A person uses a black marker to make pebble people, drawing a face with red hair on a small rock beside a larger yellow rock with diamond shapes and raised arms. Both rocks rest on a purple surface.

When the paint is dry, use the black marker to outline the features of the face and add extra details, such as eyelashes or patterns on the clothes. Use a small paintbrush to add any extra colours or details.

Five stones painted with colorful, whimsical cartoon faces and outfits are arranged in a row, resembling pebble people in various clothes and poses against a white background. Make pebble people to add charm to your decor!.

Top tip: To make your pebble people last longer, add a coat of varnish. But check it doesn’t make the colours run, first! You could also stick magnets on the back of your pebble people and put them on the fridge!

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Catherine

I loved these so much that I painted some today for my Reception class
MAYANAVA

I TOOK A A PICTURE OF MY PEBBLE PEOPLE AMAZING!
Lauren

Cool!
fffloa

wow
Lily

Wow so creative
Layla

Very creative
chloe b

amazing pebble people
IMOGEN

SO COOL
Stardust LOL

THIS IS SOOOO COOL!!
Bobo

AMAZING
marthaelizabethriggs

cool
Gabriella

LOL!
lilly

wow
Annalise Taylor

Me don’t have smooth pebbles
Addy

I love this craft so much! I'll definitely try it. Thank you, NatGeo Kids. Keep up the good work.
Zoyaa

I can not wait to se my avatar
Zeeshan

wow
Ellie

Whoo hoo cool idea!!! It is so clever and fun!!!!
nice one!!!
EVIE

My coment is the best coment wow I can’t stop feeling for this beautiful coment
ZPRINCESS123

THIS IS BRILLIANT AND AMAZING
lola

i love it
Chris

How do you attach head to body?
May

Fab!
Lily.

I love this idea
Cate

I love this idea it is so imaginitive
wolfy

cool