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If you’re looking for activities to get you in the spirit for the Olympic and you enjoy crafting with natural elements, you’ll love these flag rocks that manage to beautifully combine the two.

The Summer or Winter Olympics is the perfect opportunity to teach kids about the flags of the participating countries and help them identify some of them.

It’s a simple craft though it depends on the flags you decide to paint. Some of them are pretty complex to replicate on little rocks. Others are easier.

I made these flag rocks for the Summer Olympics in 2016. They were hosted in Brazil, marking the first time that any country in South America has ever hosted the games.

I  painted the flags of Brazil (host country), Romania (my native country), Belgium (I lived there before moving to the US) and a few countries we visited throughout the years, like Mexico and Switzerland.

I left the flag with the most details to the end and that was the US flag.

Once the Rio Olympics is done you can toss the Olympic flag rock but keep the rest. You can use them in all sorts of  games.

Pair them with a world map and show kids where they can find the countries corresponding to the painted flag rocks.

You can also print out the same flags on card stock cards with the country names written underneath and play a matching game.

More painted rock craft ideas:

• Any Minion fans in your family? If so, you have to paint a few adorable little yellow creatures.
• Find here 35 painted rock ideas for kids.

Painted flag rocks

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Supplies: 

• rocks (if you can’t find rounded rocks you can always buy a bag of polished river stones)
• pencil
• acrylic paint
• paint markers for rocks
• paint brushes

How to paint flag rocks

Step 1: Choose the flags you want to paint

Step 2: Use a pencil to outline the design of the flags on rocks

Step 3: Use acrylic paint to color the rocks. Set them aside to dry completely. Use a paint marker for details, like the Olympic rings.

Painted Flag Rocks

Paint flag rocks to celebrate the Olympics with your kids. Use them to identify the participating countries and in all sorts of other fun games.

Print

Materials

• rocks
• pencil
• acrylic paint
• paint markers for rocks

Tools

• paint brushes

Instructions

1. Choose the flags you want to paint.
2. Use a pencil to outline the design of the flags on rocks.
3. Use acrylic paint to color the rocks. Set them aside to dry completely.
4. Use paint markers for some details, like the Olympic rings.

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