Monday, February 13, 2017
Alphabet Rocks Heat Embossed
Alphabet Rocks Heat Embossed
If you didnt already know, we love the alphabet at our house and have an entire wall dedicated to it. Since my 2 year old son loves letters, I wanted to make him some alphabet rocks to practice his ABCs. In the process I realized there is a lot you can do with rocks and a little imagination. While most people tend to paint their rocks with acrylic paint (like the number rocks I made), I decided to try something a little bit different by using stamps and heat embossing.
On the front of each rock I did uppercase letters and on the back I did lowercase letters.
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SUPPLIES:
- -Rocks (I gathered mine from the beach, but you can find them at the dollar store or craft store)
- -Stamps - I bought my UPPERCASE stamps at Paper Source and the lowercase ones at Michaels. Here are similar stamps that come with both upper and lowercase letter.
- -Clear stamp pad
- -Embossing powder - Bright colors stand out the best like this embossing powder I bought from Paper Source.
- -Embossing Heat Tool
- -Modge Podge Matte - (Optional)
STEP 1: Stamp rocks.
STEP 2: Cover rocks with embossing powder.
STEP 3: Remove extra embossing powder.
STEP 4: Use the heat embossing tool over the rocks (its really fun to see the powder turn solid). NOTE: It gets VERY hot, so put a baking sheet or tin and a towel underneath. I learned my lesson the hard way when I burned a small hole into my desk.
STEP 5: Once the rocks have cooled, you can add lowercase letters to the back. If you do this, slip a piece of parchment paper under the finished side so that your uppercase letters dont smear.
STEP 6: Optional - Add matte modge podge to just the embossed part of the rock to protect them.
Here are more learning activities that you can use your alphabet rocks for:
Color sorting:
Spelling:
If you are looking for more rocks activities and ideas check out these other Thrive 360 Living posts:
Painted Very Hungry Caterpillar Rocks
Train Rocks
Counting Rocks
Magic Dragon Rocks
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