There are so many wonderful ways to paint stones. You can paint them with letters or numbers or Xs and Os, draw silly faces on them or make them into fish or any other animal. We transform ours into little popular nursery rhymes. These make a gorgeous bedroom decoration for a baby’s room, a fun garden accessory or a paper weight for the office.

What You Need

Stones

White paint

Paintbrush

Felt-tip pens

Clear varnish

How to make it

1. Paint the stones white and leave them to dry.

2. Choose your nursery rhyme depending on how many stones you have.

3. Plan out the sentences from the rhyme and choose which stones you think will match the length of the sentences best.

4. Using felt-tip pens, draw your character and write the words of the rhyme on the stones.

5. When you are finished, varnish the stones to make them last longer.

Get Crafty by Ali Coghlan is published Mercier Press, RRP €14.99.