Rock Art Face Puzzles
Make your own puzzle game using painted rocks! Paint facial features on small rocks and put them together to form silly faces!
Materials
Paint
Paint Brushes, 1 medium 1 small
Rocks or Stones
Instructions
Step 1.
Gather your materials.
Step 1.
Gather your materials.
Step 2.
Paint each rock with a base color layer. Allow to dry before you continue painting.
Step 2.
Paint each rock with a base color layer. Allow to dry before you continue painting.
Step 3.
You can paint each rock the same color, or a different color!
Step 3.
You can paint each rock the same color, or a different color!
Step 4.
Paint one part of the face on each rock. We painted different smiles & expressions, eyes, and a nose! You can also add ears & eyebrows, be creative!
Step 4.
Paint one part of the face on each rock. We painted different smiles & expressions, eyes, and a nose! You can also add ears & eyebrows, be creative!
Step 5.
Arrange your rocks into different face combinations.
Step 5.
Arrange your rocks into different face combinations.
Step 6.
Use different facial features to display and explore emotions!
Step 6.
Use different facial features to display and explore emotions!
Step 7.
See how many different combinations you can create!
Step 7.
See how many different combinations you can create!
Teacher's Corner
Explore a scale of emotions with rock art faces!
Lesson Objectives
- Face It: Sometimes big feelings are hard to express. Have your students identify their emotions by painting frowns, silly eyes, tears, bright smiles, confused eyebrows, and other expressions on rocks. Then, create faces according to the emotion you call out, like this: “Show me a happy/sad/funny/mad face!”
- Rock On: It can be tricky for some people to read emotions from others. Try reading prompts out loud while students organize the rocks into the face that best represents that emotion. For example, the prompt “Sally fell on the playground,” will encourage students to create a frown with teary eyes — and for “Jimmy won his little league game,” students will create a smiley face!
Follow-up Discussion
Introducing nature to crafting brings a new element to art! From prehistoric times to modern-day, humans have used rocks for art. In fact, some very famous faces have been carved into rocks at Mount Rushmore. Have your students seen rock art in their everyday lives — where?
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