Rock Painting Stall

The rock painting stall was a success! I ran the stall during Multicultural day. The purpose of the stall was to get as many rocks painted for the school decorative rock pathway. There was a huge turnout from the school community. We had students, teachers, staff and parents/carers joining in. 

 To prepare for the day, I...

 1. Asked for donations from Flower Power and Bunnings. They donated rocks and a can of natural sealer (to protect the paint from rain, hail and shine!)
2. Sought funding to purchase permanent markers, posca markers and paint.
3. Asked Year 7-10 students in my classes to wash, dry and paint a based layer using exterior house paint.
4. Sorted out the rocks by colour.
5. Made teacher samples and asked every student in my class to make a few designs.
6. Advertised about the rock painting stall on the school Facebook, school newsletter, on assembly, Year 7 meeting and through word of mouth.
7. Asked Year 7 students to help make promotional posters and instruction sheets.
8. Organised teacher and student helpers to run the stall. My retired Visual Arts High School teacher also came for the day to help out. Love her to the moon and back.
9. Used a voice amplifier to draw in the attention of students, parents and carers.
Photos from the day:



















For more information, read my previous post:

 Rock project progress

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