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Creative Garden Stone Craft Project Ideas

Published on March 28, 2016Last updated October 18, 2021 ♛ By Melissa J. Will

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There are all sorts of ways to create garden stone crafts. Come see some favorite ideas using rocks in their natural state as well as ways to craft with stones using paint and more.

For more rock and stone ideas, also see, Garden Stepping Stones & Pathways (includes DIY tutorials).

Creative garden crafts made from stones including a birdhouse and stacked stones.

The Keys to a Great Garden

Garden with lilies, flowering annuals, and stone pathway and edging.

Using Rocks & Stones In The Garden

Did You Say Free Rocks?

In my previous garden, I went to tremendous lengths to have stones in the garden. I actually made a deal with a local contractor who was building some new houses in the area and asked if I could haul away his unwanted rock pile (acquired while digging the new foundations).

He was happy to have me take them but doubted I could even make a dent in the pile.

Well, about 50 carloads later, I had a few thousand rocks to edge all my garden borders, and use to create retaining walls.

Never underestimate the determination of a frugal gardener!

A friend who runs a large farm thought I was nuts, of course.

Rocks are a huge problem when working the land and they had accumulated a mountain of rocks on their property over the years, hauling them out of the ground when new ones would emerge each spring (the earth seems to regurgitate them after winters!).

Hers were too hard to access behind the farm field, but the local contractor sure gave me a nice supply.

However you get yours, be sure it is done legally and does no harm.

There are basic elements that I think make a garden wonderful.

  1. Great plants. Non-invasive, zone-appropriate flowers, veggies, shrubs, trees, and other lovelies that sustain local wildlife including pollinators.
  2. Metal, wood, stone, water. Aim to have some of each.
  3. A pond and a private, shady seating/napping area.
  4. Classic structures: sheds, arbors, trellis, obelisk, pergolas. Whatever fits your style and space.

Creative Garden Stone Art & Craft Ideas

Paint Rocks & Stones

Painting rocks and stones is a popular craft. Keep in mind that once you paint them, they are no longer a part of nature but instead a craft item for display in a home or garden, not a natural area (field, forest).

1Paint Rocks and Stones

Transform rocks into animals, insects, flowers, houses, or whatever you can dream up.

You can make your own garden art painted rocks. Find out which paints to use and follow the step by step instructions for cats, birds, frogs, deer, ladybugs and more.

How to Paint Rocks

The Art of Stone Painting bird project by Sehnaz Bac

The Art of Stone Painting – Birds

How to paint decorative owls on stones

The Art of Stone Painting – Owls 

Stones painted to look like strawberries with green leaves and red berries.

How to Paint Strawberry Rocks

Turn stones into garden markers with painted veggies.

2Painted Garden Tags and Markers

Paint small stones with the names of garden veggie crops.

Stone garden markers | Garden Therapy

3Paint Bricks

Paint pictures of veggies on bricks and use them as garden markers. You can create these with simple craft paints.

Turn bricks into plant markers | Flower Patch Farmhouse

4Stone Birdhouse

Stone birdhouses | Attach small stones to transform a wooden birdhouse into a creative work of art.

Attach small stones to transform a wooden birdhouse into a creative work of art.

How to make a stone birdhouse | Empress of Dirt

5Word Art

Word art on stone or concrete

Words-on-garden-stones

DIY stepping stones and How to make hypertufa pots

Paint or engrave favorite words or phrases onto stepping stones or rocks. I’m not sure what tools would work on stone, but you can certainly put messages onto concrete items before they have completely hardened.

There’s also lots you can buy, of course.

garden-smart-stone-inukshuk

Smart Stone | Amazon

Or, make your own:

fossil imprint stepping-stones from the book, A Woman's Garden by Tanya Anderson.

Make a Fossil Imprint Stepping Stone | Courtesy of Lovely Greens

~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛

Creative garden crafts made from stones including a birdhouse and stacked stones.
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