Paint your own Irish Stones

Habitat bright ideas with Fleur Thorpe – DIY projects

Paint your own Irish Stones with colourful Resene paints! Fill a pot with chocolate money or other gold coloured treats, hide it in the garden and leave a trail of clover stones for your young lucky gold hunters to follow.

Paint your own Irish Stones

You will need

Instructions

 

Paint your own Irish Stones - Step 1 Step 1
Start by selecting stones that are of similar size and shape. Paint the top of them with one coat of Resene Quick Dry.


Paint your own Irish Stones - Step 2 Step 2
Once the primer is dry, paint two stones each with two layers of Resene Chetwode Blue, Resene Hot Toddy and Resene Hopskotch. Allow the first coat to dry before applying the second coat.


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Once the paint is dry, use a thin paint brush to paint on the outline of a three-leaved clover with Resene Green House.


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Paint in the bottom half of each leaf with more Resene Green House.


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Finish by painting in the top half of each leaf with Resene Tree Frog.


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For the pot of gold, take a plastic plant pot and give it a quick sand with a medium grit sandpaper and apply one coat of Resene Quick Dry. Once the primer is dry, apply one coat of Resene Apache, and once this is dry, apply two coats of Resene Gold Dust.

Top tip:  Repurpose your finished pot for Christmas with a new design painted in hues like Resene Pohutukawa and Resene Gold.

Styling and images by Fleur Thorpe. Feb 2022.