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

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

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

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

Step 3

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

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

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.

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