Painted Garden Markers {Finished Friday} come and link up your projects, too!

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Our family has started a summer-long plant and garden nature study. We’re enjoying learning about plants together and spending lots of quality time in the garden.

This past week we combined two idea I found on Pinterest (this & this) to make rock garden markers.

First, I spray painted the rocks white. When the paint was dry, we covered the centers of the rocks with painters tape. Then the kids went to town with acrylic paints in various colors.


After the paint dried, we peeled off the tape and I touched up the white space. Then I used a black Sharpie to write the names of the plants that are in our garden (I also decorated a little with a white paint marker and painted veggies to correspond with each marker).



Once everything was dry, I sprayed all the rocks with a few coats of clear sealer to help them stand up to the elements.

What do you think? I love the extra color they add to the garden.

Today's Questions: Have you planted a garden this year? If so, what do you have growing?

“My entry to Simple Home Life's  Simply Creation's Friday sponsored by Appliances Online and their Fridge Freezers”. 

I'm trying to hold myself accountable to finish some of the projects on my to do list by posting each Friday about a project I've completed.

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