These watermelon painted rocks are an easy and cute project for kids to make. A fun summer craft that kids can make at home, camp, or a birthday party.

Watermelon Painted Rocks

These watermelon painted rocks almost look yummy enough to eat (but you wouldn’t want to do that)! They are perfect for decorating your garden, hiding around town, or just displaying.

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Pro tips for painting rocks:

Allow the paint to dry fully before applying a second coat of paint or when changing colors.
Don’t be afraid to mix colors to create your own for a project.
Use different shapes of rocks for some fun watermelon slices.

Supplies to Paint Rocks

Triangular shaped rocks, 2 – 3 inches wide
Decoart Multi-Surface Paint in red, white, and two shades of green (Exact colors I used Lipstick, Cotton Ball, Green, Turf Green)
Pencil
Paint brushes
Black paint pen

How to make watermelon painted rocks

Begin by washing and completely drying the rocks.

Using a pencil, draw a stripe around the circumference of the rock close to the widest part of the rock to form the watermelon rind.

Mix 2 parts green with 1 part white paint and paint the stripe. Let it completely dry. Repeat with an additional coat of paint for full coverage.

After your previous paint is dry, paint a narrow stripe over top of the lower half of the previous stripe in green.

Next paint the bottom part of the rock for the rind in the darker green.

Paint the top part of the rock with a red color.

Now take a black paint pen and paint small black seeds all over the red portion of the painted watermelon rocks.

Finally repeat the painting steps on the back side of the rock.

DIY Watermelon Painted Rocks

What You Need

triangular shaped rocks 2 - 3 inches wide
Decoart Multi-Surface Paint in Lipstick, Cotton Ball, Green, Turf Green you can use any brand need the colors of - red, white, light green, and dark green
pencil
paint brushes
black paint pen

Directions

Begin by washing and completely drying the rocks.
Using a pencil, draw a stripe around the circumference of the rock close to the widest part of the rock to form the watermelon rind.
Mix 2 parts green with 1 part white paint and paint the stripe. Let it completely dry. Repeat with an additional coat of paint for full coverage.
After your previous paint is dry, paint a narrow stripe over top of the lower half of the previous stripe in green.
Next paint the bottom part of the rock for the rind in the darker green.
Paint the top part of the rock with a red color.
Now take a black paint pen and paint small black seeds all over the red portion of the painted watermelon rocks.
Finally repeat the painting steps on the back side of the rock.