Making Stepping Stones With Portland Cement

Measure 1 gallon of portland cement 2 gallons of clean dry sand and 3 gallons of clean coarse gravel into a wheelbarrow and use a shovel or hoe to blend the dry ingredients thoroughly.

Making stepping stones with portland cement.

If you want your kids to help than i recommend doing all the above steps alone. Create your own stepping stones it s easy fast and fun to create your own stepping stones from a couple of containers and a bag of quick mix concrete. Then just peel off the paper i use portland cement for my stepping stones mixed just as you would for any concrete pour. Let the concrete set for a while then use a float to spread the color onto the stepping stone.

Make sure it is well mixed and then pour it into your mold using the cup or ladle. You can use liquid concrete color or mix in latex paint. To make stepping stones choose a mold like a cake pan or a plastic tub then coat the mold with petroleum jelly or cooking oil to make removing the stone easier. If you are making stepping stones using a mosaic pattern of tiles glass or porcelain pieces consider using premixed cement or concrete with a high sand content instead of typical premixed concrete.

Really make the pavers something special by casting leaves stones shells and more into the surface. Aug 23 2016 explore jackie chesson s board hypertufa cement creations and stepping stones followed by 565 people on pinterest. It is the effort you put in not the cost of the concrete that will make your stepping stones special. Prepare concrete according to the instructions on the package then pour around 2 inches into the mold.

Instead of coloring your entire cement mixture you can color only the visible part on the top of the stepping stones. Also purchase some decorations such as seashells river stones beads sea glass marbles and other little things to decorate your stepping stones with. I use contact paper underneath to hold the glass in place while the cement is being poured. See more ideas about garden projects hypertufa garden art.

Go to local store and purchase concrete mix. Cement and high sand concrete has a finer texture that is more like grout or mortar so it will provide a better surface for embedding tiles or glass pieces in mosaic stepping stones. And yes i set them on a very flat surface a table or something of that sort. I do spray with pam or coat with vaseline.