Stone cairns

Cairns are the official name for those cool piles of balanced rocks. Do you know why there are cairns along trails in the Rocky Mountains?

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Create beautiful compliments to a rock garden or potted plant with these Feng Shui Rock Towers! You might call them Balancing towers.....

Rock Cairn

Have you ever stumbled upon a delicate tower of balanced stones during a hike or beach walk? These carefully stacked rocks, often called cairns, are more

The history of stone cairns is murky; no one knows the exact significance of a pile of stones placed individually. They have been found in Ireland, Scotland and all over the northern part of the United States. Whether they have spiritual significance or were simply a method of marking a place of meaning, they can give an otherwise basic scene a...

stacked stone cairn

Get your kiddo thinking and creating.

Makes me want to go pile some rocks on top of each other. They're called cairns.

Girl power!

For the last few years I have been eyeing this old bike the previous owners left behind as garden art. It was a cute bike but she had glued massive fake flowers…

Of the many things invented by prehistoric humans –– shoes, clothes, the wheel –– hardly any of those things have avoided some technological progress. Bark sandals became premium leather uppers stitched into Vibram soles, animal skins became Gore-Tex, and wooden wheels became magnesium alloy rims with high-performance rubber tires. But cairns –– simple stacks of found rocks to mark trails or points of interest –– have remained virtually unchanged, both in function and construction, since…

All about the Balmoral Cairn Hike in Scotland. "We spotted 11 smaller stone cairns along the way which commemorate members of the British Royal family." - @ontheroadagaintravels

Hi Everyone! This is Susan Moncrieff from my blog called Momcrieff. I blog about DIY’s, super simple recipes, gardening and whatever else I’m up to. I’m thrilled to share a fun project with Say Not Sweet Anne readers!! The Inuksuk is my latest landscaping obsession! They are unique, vary in size and are an individualRead more

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Invite children to balance & stack rocks on top of each other in different shapes and sizes to create beautiful land art sculptures. it's a moving meditation for all ages. Can you defy gravity?

Have you ever built a stone cairns? Combining natural materials, loose parts, construction play and just a little added dash of wow-factor!