I think when I was a kid I was told that kissing the Blarney Stone would give you good luck, but apparently the legend says kissing The Blarney Stone will give you the gift of eloquence or skill at flattery. Maybe “luck” sounded better to kids and thats why my teacher told me that! At any rate, theres a stone…in Ireland…millions of people kiss it for superstitious reasons…and it was recently ranked by TripAdvisor.com as one of the most unhygienic tourist attractions!!
Last week for Family Home Evening, we went on a walk to find some stones that we could make into our own Blarney Stones. Here is what we did:
GATHER SUPPLIES
Cover your area with newspaper, clean your river rock (so TripAdvisor doesn’t judge you!), grab some green paint and paint brushes, and the following embellishments:
Googly eyes, foam heart cut into lip shapes, sticky dots and more foam shapes (not pictured) for the nose.
FIRST- PAINT YOUR ROCKS GREEN.
It’s for St. Patrick’s Day, and my kids love painting!
NEXT- EMBELLISH!
Add a face to your pretty green rock.
FINALLY- DISPLAY THEM AND START SMOOCHING!
My kids love these! It was easy and fun and the end result is too cute!
About Stephanie
In Ireland we say kissing the Blarney Stone gives you "The Gift of the Gab" … which might make no sense to anyone else!! ha ha! I have yet to make the trip, though it may be a waste of time as I have no problem with my levels of talkativeness
Hahahaha, what a funny project! I am not Irish but live in Ireland. And back in the day when I was a tourist, I DID kiss the Blarney stone. Hygiene didn't really enter my mind at the time – I was more worried about hanging underneath the parapet in order to kiss that particular stone!!! As you can see from my post, I did what it said on the tin – I find it very hard to keep my comments short… LOL
cute steph! What a fun way to teach your kids about different traditions! I love how they are displayed! Leah looks adorable giving hers a kiss!
So cute! My little guy would love this … {Plus it would be nice to play with rocks for once without the mud} =)
How cute! The kids will love it.
My gosh, I love the things you come up with!
Cute idea, i had no idea about this legend. I have been looking for fun St. Patty related crafts, my son has declared that St. Patty's day is boring so this may make him think twice.
what a fun idea. I can't wait to try it with my kids, they are going to love it.
How cute! I think I can slip this in this week… thanks for the fast and esay idea!
These are so cute!!!
In a book I read, this man used to carry a (what he called) 'faith rock' in his pocket.
One day he met an African man who said his son was so sick that they didn't think he would make it.
The first man gave him his 'faith rock' and a few months later got an email saying the little boy had survived and if he could send them some more faith rocks to sell.
Apparently they sold them at $10ea and made $10,000 and gave it to charity!
It just goes to show how strong the power of the mind is!
LL Nat :~)
How adorable! I've kissed the real Blarney Stone, but these are much better!
Too cute! Erin go bragh!
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That's so adorable!! I never would have thought of that idea on my own! So cute.
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aww this is an adorable idea!!!
I kissed the Blarney Stone when I was in Ireland, I think the story was it gave you the gift of gab. I don't think we were really concerned about the hygiene, more about having to lean out to kiss it.
Ha! That's hilarious about the Blarney Stone! Cute idea, too!
I had the pleasure (was it?) of kissing the 'Blarney Stone' while on vacation in Ireland.. it was not easy to get to.. bending backwards but since I was there, felt I must!
Cute blog!
Sandy
http://thewondersofdoing.blogspot.com/2010/02/st-pattys-day.html
What a great idea!! I posted this tutorial on my blog http://ificould-ificould.blogspot.com/2010/03/blarney-stone.html
to share it with others. Can't wait to make them this afternoon with my boys!
If you want to get a button saying you were featured on my site here is the link:
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Thanks again!!
-Kimi
Sooo cute!!! We are going to have to do this! Thanks!
loving all of these St. Patty's ideas! Those gift boxes are great!! And the stone? Too cute!
I love this. What a great craft for little hands! Just wanted to let you know I linked to you on my blog:
http://delicious-ambiguity-nennyk.blogspot.com/2010/03/saint-patricks-day-toddler-craft.html
I hope you will stop by & take a look. Cheers!
That is just so cute! I love it!
Thanks for linking it up to my party!!!
XOXO
Jen
Those are so cute.
Thanks for joining Get Your Craft on Thurs. Please join me next week for another great party.
Lori
Cute! I love ideas that involve my kids.
Thanks
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