Painted Halloween Rocks Craft

2 min read September 13, 2026 Shauna Krantz
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My husband and son went on a "mission" to find the best rocks to create Ella and Annie's Halloween rock craft! Gather small, smooth rocks from around the yard to create our fun jack-o-lanern, ghost, frankenstein and black cat characters. These adorable rocks make the perfect paper weights, game pieces and so much more! All you need is some flat, smooth rocks, acrylic paint, paint brushes in a variety of sizes, googly eyes and glue.

Project Time
30 to 40 min
Difficulty
Intermediate
Step
1

Start by finding various sized smooth rocks that would be easy to paint. Wash the rocks off and spray paint each rock with a coat of white primer.

Painted Halloween Rocks Craft step 1
Step
2

For the Jack-O-Lanern rock, paint the rock with orange acrylic paint. Once dry use the black Sharpie® to draw the eyes, nose and mouth. With green paint, paint on a stem to the pumpkin.

Painted Halloween Rocks Craft step 2
Step
3

For the Frankenstein, paint the rock green. Use a black Sharpie® to draw the hair, eyes, nose and mouth. Fill in the black hair with paint.

Painted Halloween Rocks Craft step 3
Step
4

For the Cat, paint the primed rock with black acrylic paint. Hot glue a small heart button for the cats nose. Use a small paint brush to draw the cat's whiskers. Glue on two googly eyes and cut two mini black triangles from craft foam for the cat's ears.

Painted Halloween Rocks Craft step 4
Step
5

Leave the rock primed for the ghost rock. Simply add the eyes and mouth of the ghost using the black Sharpie® marker.

Want more Halloween toddler craft ideas? Be sure to check out all of our Halloween Toddler Crafts here!

Painted Halloween Rocks Craft step 5

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