No Worries Stones

This summer craft can transform rocks into beautiful jewels!

What you need:
     Smooth flat rocks
     Aluminum foil
     Oven mitt
     Newspapers or paper plates
     Old crayons
     Cookie sheet
     Toothpicks or q-tips
     Black permanent markers (optional)

Clean off rocks.  Set the oven to 225 degrees and bake your rocks for 15 minutes on a foil-lined cookie sheet.

While rocks are baking, remove the paper wrappers from the old crayons.

With an adult’s help, use an oven mitt to remove the rocks from the stove and set them on a pad of newspapers.  The rocks will be VERY HOT, so be careful!

Draw on the stones with the crayons.  The heat will melt the crayons into a vibrant liquid wax.  For a swirl effect, hold each crayon against the rock in one place to create a puddle of color.  Use a toothpick to swirl the color around.  After the rock cools, use a marker to write on it.  

Word suggestions for no worries:  Love, Hope, Believe, Faith, Aspire, Create, Wisdom, Courage, Strength, Joy, Peace