![]() ![]() Including drying time this project will take about 4 days to 1 week. The first step involves making a few large chalk rocks and the second part involves breaking them into smaller chunks. Large spoon you are dedicating to the art gods (i.e don’t reuse it for cooking pleez).Fine colorful glitter like this (optional).Chalk bits and pieces (if you are buying new chalk for this project I highly recommend this chalk– the colors are incredible and it’s SO CHEAP!).This post contains affiliate links to products I love and recommend to my readers, plus it keeps this little blog o’mine afloat! Thank you! Art for Kids: Chalk Rocks Ah the perils of crafting…anyhoo, if you don’t have loads of chalk bits lying around you can use new chalk, I think making “rocks” is a fun and worthwhile activity in and of itself. CHALK ROCK TRIALBut after much trial and error with this project, I ran out of chalk bits and had to buy chalk just to break it. ![]() Let me start with a disclaimer only because I can already hear some people ask this basic question: “Why would you destroy good chalk to make chalk chunks?” Well, I initially dreamed up this activity as a way to make use of all those bits and pieces of broken chalk you have lying around and I stand by that reason for making chalk rocks it’s a great way to upcycle old chalk. It started out as something completely different and morphed into this: Chalk Rocks! And I’ve spent well over a month developing this project. This crazy mama also loves to make chalk. There are endless possibilities with chalk activities, from drawing to game playing, to decorating any number of outdoor surfaces. Chalk is one of those basic art materials that all children should be using along with things like playdough, crayons, markers and clay. ![]()
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