How To Display Painted Rocks (11 Best Ways You’ll Love)
If you’ve been painting rocks for some time now or maybe you’re brand new to it, at some point you’re going to wonder how to display painted rocks or really what to do with them.
For one, there are plenty of ways to display these gorgeous pieces but you could also create kindness rocks (those that have inspirational or positive sayings and quotes painted on them) that can be given out to other people as a gesture of goodwill.
If you’d like to learn every way to display painted rocks, we’ve got a complete guide for you that may spark some creative decisions to come.
Let’s get on with it!
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Ways To Display Painted Rocks
1. Place Them On a Shelf
The most obvious solution to display painted rocks is to place them on a shelf or desk.
Depending on what kind of rock you have painted, whether it’s a picture quote, a beautiful drawing, or even a solid color block, these painted rocks tend to look good just about anywhere.
Normally, one or two of these will do but if you’d like to showcase your entire painted rock collection, grab a smaller shelf to display each of these.
Or you can display a few of them in a frame that you already have as shown by Organize Your Stuff Now below:
2. Add Them To Pot Plants or Garden Containers.
There are many adorable rock painting tutorials that are garden-themed and they’re simply a great way to make your plants and pots look fun and exciting.
You’ll find a few painted rocks of cactus, flowers, or even vegetables.
These garden painted rocks are incredibly useful for identifying particular herbs that you’ve planted while making these garden containers look pretty.
There’s also another option of placing one or two of these painted rocks in the pot plants around your home. It will add a small touch to your decor yet not invasive in any way.
Check out these cute rocks created by EasyMeWorld:
3. Keep Them In Bowls or Vases
Now, this is a pretty fun one to do but you may require quite a few painted rocks in order to use this option.
Grab a large round bowl and fill them up with these rocks or you can use a clear vase to fill it up.
It will definitely make a wonderful decoration piece for your home or bedroom.
Storing them in a mason jar is also a good way if you don’t have a bowl or vase available and you could add string lights to this as well for extra decorations.
4. Try Using a Mini Easel
This is a creative way to display at least one rock but the only flaw to this one is that you’ll need quite a few easels to display more if you want.
I know it will be incredibly difficult to choose your favorite painted rock but I think using this option is great if you’re looking for a way to decorate your desk with something small and cute.
This particular tutorial is pretty helpful in showing you how to use a stand to display the rocks or create your own.
5. Use A Chocolate Container To Store Them
If you’ve ever bought those fancy chocolates in a box, each colocate is usually placed in separate spaces. You can always store your collection of rocks in this makeshift container to make it seem even more valuable to you.
6. Make Use of a Display Container
Another option is to actually get a display container to store them but using a clear container will be better suited to actually show off your collection of painted rocks.
7. Recycle a Large Frame To Display
Now, this tutorial may need a bit of DIY on your part but I’m sure the end result will look fantastic.
A pretty awesome way to display painted rocks is to turn an ordinary frame into a display box and use hot glue to stick your rocks in.
Here you can simply mount a large or small frame on the wall that will show off your entire collection!
8. Turn Them Into Ornaments
This method is amazing if you want to make the holidays a bit more special and you can incorporate decorating rocks into your usual decoration making routine.
For example, take a quick look at these awesome painted rocks that are placed in a decorated glass bowl created by Color Made Happy.
You can paint Christmas themed rocks, snowflakes, or even a snowman and place them into these bowls while also adding a few other trinkets to complete the look. Truly genius!
9. Display Rocks on a Tray
You could use an ordinary serving tray to place these rocks on them and you can leave it on the living room coffee table.
This way, guests will be able to see them or it will make your decor look a bit more personalized and it’s a great way to show people how creative you are.
10. Use Them As Paper Weights
If you’d like to add a bit of fun while working a reduce some eye strain for a few minutes, grab one or two of your favorite painted rocks and use them as a paperweight at work.
11. Gift It To Someone or Sell Them
Lastly, if you find yourself overflowing with painted rocks, a great way to make sure they find a good home is by giving them out to other people.
With kindness rocks, these are usually placed in public places for other people to find and this is definitely a good initiative to join that will help spread the love.
Who knows, these rocks with inspirational words or sayings may just help another person feel so much better!
Now It’s Your Turn
As you can see, there are so many ways to display painted rocks and I do hope you found all of these ideas helpful.
When I first started out with rock painting, it did take me a short while to figure this out.
However, if you’re also a lover of craft projects, then you’ll no doubt find joy in most of these ideas and projects.
It isn’t as hard as it may seem but at the end of the day, even if you choose to display these rocks or not, painting them is what’s most important and having fun at it too!
If you’d like to know more about painting rocks, then you’re sure to love these guides:
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