Portage Rock Painting

06/13/2026

Anyone coming to visit the rock stand today?! We’re open until dark, or until the rain decides otherwise! ☔️

📍2787 Belmont Street
Portage, IN

This is FREE! Come trade a painted rock, leave a rock, or grab a few plain rocks to paint yourself. 🎨

06/12/2026

We’re open again after all the storms! 🪨

📍 2787 Belmont Street

Stop by our rock stand and:

• Take a painted rock, leave a painted rock
• Grab a plain rock from the basket to paint and hide yourself
• Feel free to take a few plain rocks home, there are plenty available!

I also have more rocks currently drying with QR codes attached and they’ll be added soon.

Everything is completely free of charge. Come have some fun, get creative, and help spread a little kindness throughout the community! 💙🪨

06/09/2026

We officially have a new rock stand 🪨✨

The top shelf is our take a painted rock, leave a painted rock space. The basket underneath is filled with plain rocks that already have QR codes on the back, ready to be painted and hidden around the community.

We have retired our original setup and are still working on decorating and improving this one. We want it to feel fun, creative, and welcoming for everyone.

We are especially looking for ideas for signage, so if you have any suggestions or creative touches you would love to see, drop them in the comments. We are always open to ideas 😊

We are open every day weather permitting until dark. Everything is brought back inside at the end of the night. There are security cameras around the property, so please be respectful.

Happy painting, happy hiding, and happy hunting 🪨✨

📍2787 Belmont Street
Portage, IN 46368 📍

06/03/2026

Just stepped out of Aylesworth Elementary School after spending most of the morning here. I promised the fourth graders last week that I would come on the last day of school to help them celebrate the part of Portage history they are now part of as Aylesworth Elementary is soon to be demolished and the new Aylesworth Middle School will be built where it once was. For many of the students, they will be back in the new Aylesworth Middle School when they get older. In the meantime, the fifth and fourth graders are off to the new Fegely Intermediate School next year and the kindergarteners, first graders, second graders, and third graders will be going to other schools like Central, Myers, and Crisman, keeping in touch with old friends and making new ones. Teachers and staff are heading to new schools too, and I ask that we keep all of them in our prayers and cheer them on as they all embark. I told the newspaper reporter at the school today that the Aylesworth Family of students, parents, teachers, and staff is an incredible example of a community of strength, love, and support, and it's reflected in every event they have done and even just in every regular school day. Now they're taking the spirit of Aylesworth with them to other schools all over Portage, paving the culture coming to Aylesworth Middle School one day.

06/02/2026

🎨🪨 ROCK STATION IS OPEN 🪨🎨

Portage, you already know what time it is!

Head over to 2787 Belmont Street and see what’s waiting for you 👀

On top you’ll find painted rocks ready to trade. Pick one, leave one, keep the chaos of creativity going.

Inside the drawers there are blank rocks just sitting there, waiting for someone to turn them into something amazing. Every rock has a QR code on the back so when someone finds it, it brings them right back here.

This is a community thing built on kindness, creativity, and fun. So please be respectful, keep it fair, and help keep the magic alive for everyone.

🇺🇸 Fourth of July rocks are coming in hot, so if you’ve got patriotic masterpieces, message first so we can set them aside for the holiday lineup.

Come trade, come create, come lurk and admire, just come be part of it ❤️🤍💙🪨

Everything gets brought in every night.

Happy painting, happy hiding, happy hunting, and may the rock odds be ever in your favor. 🎨

06/01/2026

🚨CONTEST TIME🚨

Create a painted rock that represents Portage in some way, this could be Founders Square, Portage Beach, schools, sports teams, local spots, or anything that feels like Portage to you. Deadline June 20, 2026.

✨ Once finished, bring your rock back with your Facebook name CLEARLY written on the back so it can be sealed and included in the display.
(Please do not leave contest rocks in the bins or on top. Please contact me directly to drop off.)

✨ All submissions will be photographed and shared on our page, with a limit of 2 entries per person.

✨ The photo entry that gets the most likes will be chosen as the winner.

🎁 The winner will receive a gift card from us as the prize.

Blank rocks for painting and rock trades are available daily until dusk at the Rock Station outside of 2787 Belmont Street (off Mulberry Ave). Items are brought inside each evening and during poor weather. The area is also under camera monitoring.

We cannot wait to see everyone’s creativity and how you choose to represent Portage 🪨🎨❤️

06/01/2026

STATE BOUND! 🎉👏 Join us in wishing Gor-Jus Davis good luck as she competes in Long Jump at the State Finals this Friday at 3:00 PM Eastern. Let’s show her some love and support! ❤️🖤

Congrats Gor-Jus Davis who made it to state in long jump!!!! She will be competing Friday, June 5th, at 3:00 PM EASTERN TIME!!!

06/01/2026

🎨🪨 We’re Open for the Day! 🪨🎨

Stop by and check out the Rock Station at 2787 Belmont Street, Portage!

On top, you’ll find painted rocks available for trading. Just leave a painted rock and take a painted rock. Inside the three drawers, there are plenty of blank rocks ready to go, each with a QR code attached to the back. Once someone finds your rock and scans the code, it will bring them right back to this page!

This is a community project built on kindness and honesty. We do have security cameras around the property, so please be respectful and help us keep this fun for everyone.

🇺🇸 If you have any Fourth of July themed painted rocks you’d like to donate for the 4th of July festivities, please send us a message first so we can keep them separate from the regular rocks.

Whether you’re picking up rocks, trading rocks, or just stopping by to see what it’s all about, we’d love to have you participate. Happy painting and happy hiding! ❤️🤍💙🪨

*All will be brought in each night to prevent theft and vandalism*

06/01/2026

A big thank you to Tina Marie for finding this rock at Founders Square! 🪨💙

What makes this one extra special is that it was painted by a student at Willowcreek Middle School! Seeing rocks created by local students being discovered out in the community is exactly what this project is all about.

Who knows where the next rock will turn up? Keep your eyes open and happy hunting! 👀✨🪨

06/01/2026

Thank you to everyone who stopped by today to pick up plain rocks and trade painted ones. Today was the very first day having it open for the public and it was amazing seeing people come throughout the day and take part in it. ❤️

It truly means a lot to see this idea already bringing the community together in such a simple and creative way.

The rock station will be back out again tomorrow for anyone who missed it or wants to come by again. Looking forward to seeing what everyone creates next.🎨