Young boy holding a gold painted rock that looks like a gold nugget

Nature Craft & Treasure Hunt for St. Patrick's Day

June 21, 2024

Make your own leprechaun gold with with our Natural Gold Mica Earth & Mineral Pigment!

This is a great simple activity that helps your little ones be creative and get some time outside. March 17th is St. Patrick's Day, the perfect day to play pretend and hunt for leprechauns. As you know, leprechauns always have a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. According to legend, if one is captured by a child, they will grant three wishes in exchange for their freedom.

After collecting round rocks and painting them with home-made, Natural Gold Mica paint, they can be hidden all over the yard. Let the hunt begin!

Supplies:

Small round rocks
Natural Gold Mica Earth & Mineral Pigment
Natural Acrylic Medium

Step 1: Make Natural Gold Mica Paint

Gold pigment, paint brushes, rock and mixed gold paint

Mix the Natural Gold Mica pigment with the Natural Acrylic Medium in a 1:1 ratio.

Step 2: Paint Your Rocks

Child painting rock with gold paint mixture

Several gold painted rocks drying on newspaper

Step 3: Hide & Hunt!

Child's hand picking up a gold painted rock from grass filled with yellow dandelions

Gold painted rock hiding in grass next to yellow dandelions

Boy placing rock painted rock they found into basket

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I love this paint!!

I bought my paint for a Halloween makeup and I loved it, they are amazing!!

Made My Own Watercolors!

Making my own watercolors was interesting and fun. I made two half-pans from each color packet, using a teaspoon of pigment. It took me a while to make all twenty colors and then I had to let them dry for a couple days. When I finally actually tried them out, I was pleased to see the strong colors. I have enough pigment left to make at least the same amount of paint a second time although I may try making ink instead. I am glad to see exactly how much pigment it takes to make the paint/ink myself. Thanks for the great quality pigment!

3 oz Pigment packets

This is a perfect size for me for the pigments. It is the perfect size starting out using the pigments.

Love this kit!

This was my first time ever trying to mix watercolor. My daughter and I absolutely love it! Using the muller on the glass is absolutely relaxing and so fascinating! I’m so glad that I purchased the paint mixing tools kit, along with the natural earth paint pigment. So far, we’ve made 3 different colors, but now I need to purchase many more pans!

Love this paint.

I’m a novice at creating art. I loved this “natural akrylic paint” for a few reasons. First the color “scarlet red” is clear , bright and gorgeous. Second it has no smell, it doesn’t aggravate my allergies or my sensitivities. Third , it flows and handles well. Fourth comes in a large tube (59ml) which is going to last me a very long time. Although, given how much I like it, maybe not as long as I anticipated! My only criticism’, more like a request, is as an amateur I would have liked the option of purchasing a smaller tube.

Stunning colors

As someone who has dug clays and used them as paints, I was stunned by how beautiful these Earth Paints are. They are a joy to just look at. And the variety of colors amazed me. I can’t wait to get all of them made up and start blending. Much better than anything I did. Also, the package arrived quickly and was exactly as ordered and beautifully packaged.

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