Make a DIY concrete butterfly puddling station! Attract butterflies to your garden with a watering station for butterflies. Did you know that butterflies have an impact on our entire ecosystem? They are pollinators like bees and hummingbirds and pollinators are important because ⅓ of plants need pollination to reproduce. And many species of butterflies have become endangered, or are at…
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Which concrete mix is best for your concrete crafts & DIY project? There are some key things to consider that will help you know what’s the best concrete mix to use for each concrete crafts project. I’ll provide some insight to make figuring this out a whole lot easier! I’m asked this question all the time —”What mix should I…
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Making a textured cement balloon bowl planter is easy! This is very similar to the cement balloon planter, but this is bow-shaped and has a line pattern running through it for visual interest. Some of you may be familiar with my all-time favorite project, the Cement Balloon Planter. It was the project that really had me bitten by the concrete…
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Make natural looking DIY concrete stepping stones or pavers. Color the concrete and mold it into the shape of real fieldstones or flagstones. Finally, the DIY concrete stepping stones are finished! It’s a project I wanted to do last year because when we moved into this rental home, we quickly decided that we wouldn’t use the front door to go…
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A cinder block planter sculpture! Paint and stack cinder blocks, then add plants to make a fantastic vertical planter wall. I really needed a way to spruce up this bare spot in front of a fence in my yard. This home is a rental, so painting the fence wasn’t an option and still leaves me with a bare space. I…
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Gnomes are such fun garden ornaments and did you know you can easily make your own? You can make a concrete gnome garden ornament using a nylon stocking or sock. Which will be filled with cement and then you’ll manipulate the cement within the stocking to create the gnome’s feet and nose. Using cement makes your gnome already suitable as…
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Make a latex concrete mold and cast it to make a concrete cowboy boot planter. Making a concrete mold out of liquid latex rubber is one of the best ways for creating a finely detailed concrete planter. This cowboy boot planter has complicated lines, gaps and undercuts. However, casting this and being able to demold with relative ease, can be…
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Make a stained DIY concrete planter, by simply using a stain that’s made for wood. I’m asked often, about what type of color can be used on concrete after it’s cured. And paint, either latex or acrylic is an obvious choice, but what about wood stains? Will they work. As you can see, the answer is yes! You can color…
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Some cement colorants can be pricey, but here’s a great way to color cement for cheap- using fabric dye! If you’ve been wondering about how to make a dyed cement planter, then you’re in luck, because there’s a good choice for a concrete dye out there and it’s cheap. Nope, it’s not food coloring. Food color dye for the application…
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