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Purple painted circle rock with a white mandala grid drawn on it. Rock is lying on a distressed blue background next to a white chalk pencil and black eyeglasses.

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Close up photo of word search with pinwheel toy

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Colorful Halloween bingo card with grid of cute halloween icons. On slate background with candy corn, craft pom-poms, and googly eyes scattered on the side.

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Craft Ideas and Tutorials

The crafts hub is your go-to source for all things handmade. Whether you’re a crafting novice or a seasoned pro, I have projects, inspiration, and support to nurture your creative side.

Seasonal Craft Ideas

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Fall Tied Wribbon Wreath from Carla Schauer Designs

Make a Fall Tied Ribbon Wreath with Rustic Accents

metallic colored leaf bookmark, gel pens, and uncolored leaf bookmarks on yellow background

Easy Fall Leaf Printable Coloring Bookmarks

Make a Halloween Tumbler using Vinyl. Free Halloween cut file. |Carla Schauer Designs

Decorate a Halloween Tumbler with Vinyl and a free SVG

19 Thanksgiving wreath ideas with color and texture.

Thanksgiving Wreath Ideas with Stunning Texture

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Navy blue rock on a purple background. Rock is painted with light pink to dark pink shimmery painted dot mandala.

Paint a Metallic Ombre Dot Mandala: Gentle Glimmer

A round teal painted rock on a purple background. The teal rock is painted with a white mandala design.

Draw a Rock Mandala With Paint Markers: Affirming Aqua

A gray rock on a yellow background. The rock is painted with a yellow, white, and black mandala design with a bee in the center.

How to Paint a Bee-Inspired Mandala

Best Craft Supplies and Tools for General Crafting

LGBTQ+ Pride craft painted rocks using temporary tattoos on cement background.

Make These Fabulous Rainbow Painted Rocks for Pride

3 Softball themed elastic Hair Ties wrapped around white Cardstock

How to Make Easy, No-Crease Elastic Hair Ties

This weeks picks

Halloween painted rock eyeball held in front of other painted eyeball rocks on orange background

Make Halloween Painted Rock Eyeball Decorations with Pens

Colorful bat bookmark with colored pencils, ribbon, and uncolored bookmarks in background.

Printable Halloween Bookmarks for Coloring

Make cupcake toppers and wraps for cute Halloween party decorations. Get free witch cutting file from Carla Schauer Designs

Halloween Witch Cupcake Toppers

Make DIY potion bottles for Halloween in under 15 minutes using product packaging and inexpensive funky dollar-store finds. Get the easy tutorial from carlaschauer.com

Decorate Halloween Potion Bottles with Paint

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Rock Painting Techniques and Ideas

Learn how to turn ordinary rocks into mini-masterpieces! From colorful creations to meditative mandalas, nature’s canvases provide endless opportunities for creativity.

Hand holding cream painted rock with colorful flower design.

Rock ideas

A blue background filled with rock painting supplies, including gray rocks, a color wheel, blue and green paint, paint brushes, and a white paint palette.

rock supplies

An aqua painted rock with a white chalk mandala grid. A white paint marker is drawing V-shaped accent marks inside a mandala petal.

rock techniques

Hand holding brush is painting pink dots onto a round gray rock, working on a pink and green mandala pattern.

mandala painting

Featured Rock Painting

18 colorful painted rock mandalas with nature themes, lying next to each other with no gaps between.

Learn How to Paint Mandala Rocks Step By Step

How to Make a Mandala Grid

Book with green cover and text reading Mandala Rock Painting Made Simple", with yellow "preorder now" banner overlay and purple background

Learn Mandala Rock Painting with My New Book!

A mix of fish painted and unpainted flat stones.

11 Best Places to Find Perfect Rocks for Painting

Latest Painted Rock Projects

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Paint a Metallic Ombre Dot Mandala: Gentle Glimmer

Draw a Rock Mandala With Paint Markers: Affirming Aqua

Black pouch of paint markers and gel pens, with painted rocks on white background.

8 Foolproof Paint Markers and Paint Pens for Rocks

Rock painting supplies on wood background with text overlay for pinterest.

Rock Painting Supplies: Tried and Tested for Success

Wondering what you need to get started? Download my rock painting supplies guide!

All my tried and tested supplies so you can save time and money. Keep all the info handy, plus get a rock painting checklist to help you start.

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Printables for Every Occasion

Where convenience meets creativity. From coloring bookmarks to activity pages, printables are your secret weapon for adding fun and functionality to everyday life.