In The Garden by Peggy Collins was more than just a cute kids book...it actually inspired me to decorate my garden!!! There was a few pages that had the wee gardener walking in his garden on tiles of some sort...I instantly thought "What a great idea!".
I rolled the idea around in my brain for a few weeks, trying to figure out the cheapest way to pull this off...without spending a fortune at the Home Hardware store or Michael's Crafts. So far the whole mess cost me a big $25. THATS IT!!!
I bought a big bag of sand mix concrete for $20 and a $5 bag of jewels from a yard sale. Everything else, we already owned...and was just taking up space anyway.
Below is a step by step illustration of how I created garden walkway stones, personalized for our family.
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| The concrete....enough for 50 stones!!! |
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| the yard sale jewels |
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| The largest springform from a set we never actually used for cooking |
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| The spring form lined with a plastic bag and some plastic wrap to help the whole mess pop out easier |
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| Mixing bucket, water in a watering can and a fork for mixing out the lumps |
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| took me a few tries to get the right mix of water to concrete, you're going for mud pie consistancy |
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| Owen making sure nothing touches the wet concrete (sort of) |
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| finished product - still drying |
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| popped out of the form...looks pretty rock-like! |
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| some hands fit better than others...tee hee |
Have fun with this! Make a statement. Or just be decorative. I really liked that my son Owen wants our neighbour's son Andrew to have a rock in our garden. In the end, this was kind of like a bonding experience too.
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| my very first rock attempt...a little busy on the beads |
Thank you Lisa!
ReplyDeleteI love that I have a use now for my broken dishes : ) This is exactly how we made ours, some others i made in a pottery class - thos have all smashed, but my cement ones are awesome. Can;t wait to get out there again this year!
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