Here is a nice social distancing but still connecting activity: rock painting. The idea is that you paint a rock and leave it for others to find, in hopes that it brightens their day. The finder can keep the rock or hide it for someone else to find. There are groups all over participating, but if you don’t have one in your area, The Kindess Rocks Project has tips and instructions.

We paint in flurries. I’ll wash a bunch of rocks (I usually buy a bag of decorative rock at the hardware store), let them dry, and my eldest and I will paint one or two, and my youngest will paint 10. I’ll then go back and on the rocks that she painted a near solid color, I’ll add some inspirational (hopefully) words. Doing our part to reach out, but not touch anyone!

I like painting eyes on rocks, especially using the color of the rock as the skin tone. I’m not sure why I seem to only paint left eyes. Default setting maybe. Hmm. Maybe as the social distancing continues I will use my time to paint more right eyes.