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DIY Cactus Painted Rocks

Weeks ago I did Fun Summer Activity For Kids which is Rock Painting and I was painting fruit rocks with my kid. It was fun to spend time with your kid in doing something together and my kid was happy to play with colors and brush. Since I enjoy the rock painting project so much, I did another rock painting again, This time is DIY Cactus Painted Rocks. Super cute! Okay, I’m so excited to share with you all my steps in painting those small rocks into adorable cacti. Let’s find out more!

Things To Prepare

I save some rocks to paint with from my last fruit rock painting. Maybe some of you have rock collection and I guess now it’s your time to give a new look to your rock collection. Let’s see what are the complete super short list supplies that are used to make this DIY Cactus Painted Rocks :

White rocks (choose long and bulky or round-bulky rocks. If you have black or other color rocks, paint it in white first as the base color.)
Acrylic paint (white, green, yellow, red)
Tooth picks and paint brush
Glue

How To Make

Rock painting looks pretty simple and easy, but it takes some patience and tricks to do it in a faster way. Follow these easy steps on how to make DIY Cactus Painted Rocks :

1 . Make sure your rocks are cleaned. If your rocks are not white rocks, paint it into white first. Mine are white rocks. Choose some long-bulky rocks and some round-bulky rocks for cactus variation.

2 .Prepare your paint and a big bowl of clean water. The water is to wash the color away from the brush every time you need to change color. I also use large paper to protect my floor from the paint, it’s going to be a bit messy.

3. I started with green paint. I have prepared green and lighter green (use white to lighter the color you want by mixing it). I painted some rocks with green and some others with lighter green. Let it dry.

4. Get a toothpick and use it to give a white paint dots, row by row. Other may just in random dots. Get another toothpick and this time use darker green to make dots. followed by yellowish green dots. In that way, you will get different looks on your cactus rocks. Let it dry.

5. Now take small rocks and paint them in orange (mix red with yellow paint), red and pink (mix white with red).

6. And last is to glue the small colorful rocks to the green cactus rock as flowers. Let it dry and you are finished with the cacti rocks! Yay! Take a cute vase and arrange them. Super adorable!

The awesome thing about painting some rocks into cacti is not just about fun painting but you get a vase of mixed flowery cacti that you can use for decoration without ever having to water it and you can keep it inside a room with no sunshine forever! How cool is that?!

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DIY Faux Cactus

Summer is coming, sunny days and fun activities await you. However, decorating home with seasonal theme is even more fun to me. Summer decor has many elements to play with, from summer colors; nautical theme of beach; refreshing fruits like lemons, watermelons, and more; summer flowers like sunflowers and many others; all the way to cute mini cactus or succulents. This time I made DIY Faux Cactus from styrofoam ball. It is super easy and quick to make, but it looks super cute for summer decoration.

Things To Prepare

This is a very easy and quick Summer DIY to make. And cacti are super cute, plus you don’t have to take care of this one. Anyway, here is the short list of items that I used to make my DIY Faux Cactus from styrofoam ball:

A styrofoam ball
Dark green spray paint
Light green acrylic paint
Yellow acrylic paint
Pink flannel
Red ribbon flower ornament
UHU glue

How To Make

My DIY Faux Cactus will only spent less than half an hour to make. In that case, you can duplicate them in many and different shapes. It would be cute to have them in a row of potted cacti too. Okay, here is the simple steps on how to make faux cactus with a cute little pink flower on top :

1 .Paint the styrofoam ball with dark green spray paint. Leave it dry.

2 .Paint some dots in a regular line from top to bottom ball. Do the same by making more lines evenly. For this, you use light green acrylic paint and use a thin brush to add the dots. Let it dry.

3 .Now, add yellow dots of acrylic paint on top of each light green dots. Let it dry before continue.

4 .Take some pink flannel and cut a mini flower shape out of it and glue it on top of the cactus ball.

5 .Get a red flower ribbon and stick it on top of the pink flannel flower. And your DIY Faux Cactus is done! Use a cute mini mug as a pot to hold the the faux cactus.

Anyone can do this DIY faux cactus, as it is super easy and quick to make. Some greens in your home would look great for summer theme decor. So, now you know how to make a mini cactus in a very simple way. Happy trying!

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Creative Summer Greetings!

Mel

Painted Summer Cactus Sign

I painted a summer cactus sign this time. I used the other side of my DIY Spring Sign , which makes it into a double sided sign, one side is for spring, and the other side is for summer sign. So you can hang the sign along two seasons of spring and summer, just need to flip it when the season is changed. Very practical sign isn’t it?

Why cactus is always relate to summer? I guess because it’s a tropical plant which able to survive in heat and less water environment. And cacti have a great ability to store water and protect it from evaporate through the succulent stem which has a smooth surface. A cactus can be build up by 90% water, incredible right? That’s why a cactus is a perfect plant for summer; low maintenance but cute and pretty as decoration. If you don’t have a cactus yet, you can paint it like I did, a painted summer cactus sign; and hang it in your home.

Things To Prepare

This is absolutely painting work. I used my previous spring sign and use it as a double-sided sign. And the spring sign itself was an upcycling defected sign I bought from Daiso for half price. I don’t have to have more decoration at my storage by having a double sided sign. Anyway, these are the things that I used to make this painted summer cactus sign:

Wooden plank ( I used my previous spring sign)
Jute rope (It was there before as a rope hanger when I bought the sign)
White, light green, dark green, yellow, red acrylic paint
Black permanent marker

How To Make

Since I already painted both side of the upcycled wood plank when I made my spring sign, my work was easier. That was why I can started painting on the other side which was already in white painted. I did it in a rough paint though, I like it in a bit rusty look.

I started by painting the cactus pot in pink acrylic which was mixed from white and red paint. I chose the pot as the starter because it’s the middle object of the painting, it would be easier as the perimeter of the proportion. On top side, it would be the cactus and below would be the word “summer”.
Decide where the light would be from, left or right, then you can paint some darker shade to the pot.
Paint the cactus with light green first, followed by yellow mixed with a bit of white paint. Paint the yellow and form some parts.
Enhance the parts by paint a blurry line with darker green. After that add some thorns along the lines with dark green paint. Leave it dry.
Mix the pink paint from previous with white, get lighter pink to paint the flower o top of the cactus. Give some shade of white and dark pink to have a 3D look.
Write the word ‘SUMMER” by using black marker. Let it dry.

I haven’t have a proper facility to perform a video to show the steps of my painting, but that is on my wish list, so who knows? 😊 I hope my tutorial would be handy to guide you to paint a similar cactus of your favorite. By the way, this little cute summer cactus sign would be a great addition to a summer decor. So, what are you waiting for? Get your brush and do little painting fun!

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