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To paint rocks you can use for fundraising, first, get some rocks! These are sold in big bags at home improvement stores and landscaping stores.
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At craft stores, you'll find the right kind of paint. I like Ceramcoat paint.
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For details, like the dots and the eyes, I use fabric paint. All these other supplies are also available at craft stores.
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You can really have a lot of fun with these rocks. You can use tacky glue to apply plastic jewels, glitter, just about anything you like that would look good!
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A nice assortment of brushes is good to have. You can clean them with water when you're done painting for the day.
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These arty paint pens are handy for detail work.
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These Sharpie pens are handy for finishing the eyes, and making other marks you might need on the rocks.
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To get started, just pick a rock, make sure it's clean and dry (I rinse them the day before and let them dry), and pour a little paint in an old cup.
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Once you have a design in mind, put on the first coat. For my ladybug rocks, I leave an empty space for the face.
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Let the paint dry before you put on the second coat. I always do a bunch of rocks at the same time so I can do, like 30 or so, and then let them dry.
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After the second coat dries, I squeeze out some fabric paint to make a design on the rock. Don't forget to let it dry!
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I use different colors of fabric paint for different parts of the rock. Here, I'm adding the eyeballs.
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When the eyeballs dry, I use the Sharpie pens to finish the eyes by making little dots on the white eyeballs, giving each rock its own personality!
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There's no limit to how many different designs you can create! It's so much fun to see how everybody likes different designs.
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Now you'll need a bucket for the money, and it helps to explain what you're doing, and why. Then just ask local businesses if you can leave the rocks in their stores!
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I put my rocks in coffee houses, ice cream parlors - anywhere people will see them! Then I just pick up the money and replace the rocks every week or so!
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I also like to go to events and sell the rocks myself! I go to swap meets, synagogue and church festivals - just about anywhere! Bring a friend and have fun!
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Lots of kids like to paint rocks for Darfur. Whenever I can, I teach other kids how easy and fun it is to paint rocks and sell them to raise money for solar cookers!
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