Make DiY wishing stones as a gift for special friends! Start with melted crayon rocks then add your message with Sharpie.
Updated April 2025
We made wishing stones a while back for a young friend who was sick in the hospital. We wanted to make something helpful. Something that would help this little girl heal and get back home to her family. Something tangible that she could look at and hold in her hand.
We decided on melted crayon rocks because the combination of the weight of the small rocks with the smooth waxy coating of the melted crayon coating make them both enticing and soothing to hold. And I thought we could add our wishes for our friends to the rocks with words and intention, much as we had with the thankful stones we make at Thanksgiving.
Here’s how to make wishing stones for your friends!
DiY Wishing Stones
MATERIALS
- Small, smooth stones that will fit in your hand
- Crayons
- Black Sharpie marker
INSTRUCTIONS
- Prep your stones
Select your stones, wash them, and spread them out on a baking sheet. Place the sheet of stones in a 350 F oven to heat up for 10 or so minutes (this also dries the rocks).
Note: The kids enjoyed searching around the yard and garden for the best rocks. However, if you don’t have a yard with rocks, you can buy rounded river stones or pebbles from a craft store or hardware store.
- Draw on rocks
Remove the one stone at a time from the oven with tongs and place on a protected work surface. We used a washcloth over a placemat.
Draw on the hot rocks slowly with the crayons, letting the crayon melt as you work.
Holding the crayon in place to create dots as the crayon melts is especially fun. You can do this directly on the hot rock or over another color of crayon. We’ve also created spirals, stripes, rainbows, hearts, solid colors, and words with the melting crayon.
- Add wishes
Let the rocks cool, then write your wish on it with a Sharpie marker or other permanent marker.
We wrote some of our wishes on the fronts, some on the backs, and some we left without words. Our wishes for our friend were for healing and health, for her to be able to go home from the hospital, and for her to have fun and regain her spunk.
We don’t know that the wishing stones helped but it made us feel better to make them. And it gave us a meaningful gift to present.
Have you made melted crayon rocks yet? How about adding words to the finished rocks and turning them into wish stones for someone who needs them?
More Melted Crayon Rock Ideas
- 9 Ways to Decorate Rocks for Handmade Gifts
- How to Make Melted Crayon Rocks
- How to Make Heart Rocks
- Make Kindness Rocks with this Rock Painting Kit
- 16 Garden and Nature Crafts for Kids
- Three Easy Ways to Make Keepsake Stones
