Family's painted rocks spread happiness in town

A mother and her two young daughters are using painted rocks and stones to try to spread happiness and positivity across a Fenland town.

Five-year-old twins Phoebe and Gracie, together with mum Nicole, have been hiding the treasures around Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.

Nicole initially came up with the idea of drawing fruit on stones so her daughters could pretend it was food for their outdoor mud kitchen.

"Then I thought, we could make this bigger," she said.

Nicole set up a Facebook group encouraging people to find the rocks, take pictures of them, hide them somewhere else, and spread the love further afield.

There are a number of similar groups across the UK with a thriving membership.

"We want to try to spread as much positivity around Wisbech and around other areas and we just want to try making it big."

She said they had plans to expand to other Fenland towns such as March and Chatteris.

"I thought I could make a bit of a difference with other people," said Nicole.

"There's a lot of stuff going on in the world and I just thought it needs to be positive. We're all living here and we need to be supportive of each other."

She said the girls get "so excited" hiding the rocks, which they sometimes do on the walk to school.

Nicole said there was a little bit of disappointment if the rocks were still there on the walk home but the children were "absolutely buzzing" when they found one had been taken to be hidden somewhere new.

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