Homemade stones for the garden.

If you do not want to create a full-fledged stone garden on your site, but at the same time there is a desire to diversify the landscape by throwing a couple of interesting stones into the corner, I offer a simple but worthy solution - to make the stones yourself.

1. Determine the size and number of stones you need. Choose a container for the size you choose. You can use a regular plastic bowl.

2. Pour the sand into the container and move it apart so that you get an oval shape. If you want to make an irregular shape, pour some water into the sand so that it does not crumble.

3. Cover the sand with a large piece of polyethylene. Better if it is transparent. This will make it easier to control the formation of the stone.

4. To get the effect of the old, do not artificial stone, put moss on the bottom of the mold. To give a decorative effect, you can add pebbles, glass elements, and in general everything that suits you in your rockery. After the completion of the work, all this will be the top of the created stone.

6. Pour the solution into the mold, bend the edges of the polyethylene and tie it. It remains to wait until your stone hardens and take it to a prepared place.

If you want to get a huge stone, I advise you to make the stone hollow to save cement. Level the solution over the entire form with a thickness of 5-10 cm, depending on the size, pour sand into the middle and wrap it with polyethylene in the same way. After the sand can be removed. It is also useful to make large stones in the place where you will install them and in a cardboard box. When the stone is ready, you only have to break the box, polyethylene and turn the stone over.

And I also remembered that the cement could be overgrown with moss, it can be rubbed with kefir.

Concrete is a material that is quite easy to work with. You can create any shapes and figures. And even if you have never worked with concrete, the ideas presented in our article can be tried by a beginner. We are talking about different cultures of cement. We have prepared several master classes for you: how to make a concrete fountain, an unusual flower pot, cement benches, a bird bath, garden path, and to help - not only photo instructions, but also videos!

Round concrete fountain

If you do not like the monotony of gray concrete, the finished product can be painted in any color. In general, all the ideas presented here can be changed at your discretion, it all depends on what form you choose to create your product.

Unusual flower pot made of concrete with your own hands - photo instruction

At first glance, it does not seem at all that this flower pot is so easy to make. The idea is especially suitable for those who have never dealt with concrete and would like to start with something simple. One has only to remember that when working with cement, it is imperative to wear gloves to avoid cement poisoning.

Necessary materials

You will need:

• cement
• wooden stick or other object for stirring the cement
• two buckets (the size depends on the desired size of the future flower pot)
• old towel
• a sheet of dense polyethylene as a substrate

Step 1 - Stir the Concrete

To create such a flower pot, as in the picture, a 19-liter bucket was used. The bucket is half filled with cement, then water is added in the required amount. To make a pot, the consistency should be more watery than is commonly used in concrete making, but still not too runny. The mixture should, on the one hand, soak the towel well enough, on the other hand, remain on the towel, and not drain down.

Step 2 - prepare the canvas

Now the main stage. Take the second bucket, turn it over. Throw an old towel on top, check if it is long enough for a bucket. Excess fabric can simply be cut off. Preparing the towel is an important step in creating a flower pot, because the beauty of the final product will depend on the location of the fabric. Remove the towel from the bucket, soak it completely with concrete. Place the towel back on the bucket and shape it to your liking.

Step 3 - form a flower pot

If suddenly you notice places uncovered with concrete, while the cement is still damp, you have the opportunity to fix it. Before putting the product to dry, check again the quality of the coating and how aesthetically the resulting shape of the future looks. After that, let the product dry for a day or two. When the cement is dry, take out the bucket, fill the pot with earth, and plant any flowers. Ready!

Do-it-yourself concrete bird bath

Do you like birdsong? Attract little guests to your garden with a refreshing bath! The product is made quite simply and quickly.

Necessary materials

You will need:

• 2 bags of cement
• bowl for stirring
• beaker
• cement trowel
• pouring molds (old bowls and bucket)
• mold lubricant
• piece of linen

Step 1 - prepare the cement

Recommendation: do not mix two bags of cement at once. It is much more convenient to prepare only half a bag at a time. So, pour half a bag of dry cement into a bowl (large enough so that the mixture does not overflow when stirred), mix with water. Use a measuring cup to know how much water was needed for the first batch of concrete: the rest of the batches should have the same consistency. When stirring, try to avoid the appearance of air bubbles.

Step 2 - making the base

To make the base of the bird bath, you will need a bag of cement. A bucket, wider at the top than at the bottom, works well as a mold for the base. Thus, the design will be more stable. Fill the bucket with the prepared cement mixture and allow it to dry.

Step 3 - making a bath

Take two bowls of different sizes. Pour the cement mixture into a larger bowl, form a depression in it with your hands (don't forget about gloves!) Press the smaller bowl into the cavity, removing excess mixture. Weight the small bowl with stones, otherwise the cement may “slide” down during drying and push the bowl out.

Step 4 - decorating and drying the cement

While the cement is still wet, it can be decorated. For example, by adding glass or pebbles around the edges. A few hours after the start of drying, the small bowl can be removed, but the entire bath will need at least a day to dry well. To prevent cracking, cover the tub with a damp linen cloth. When the bath is dry, put it on the base, fill it with water and enjoy the view of the bathing birds.

DIY concrete bench

You can make molds for the manufacture of any concrete products yourself. For example, for such a bench, you can build a box, the dimensions of which you determine yourself. Such a pretty bench will be a place to relax on a hot summer day.

How to make inscriptions and drawings on concrete

When the cement dries a little, it becomes easy to make inscriptions or even whole drawings on it. So, a welcome inscription will delight your guests, and flowers painted on the bench will perfectly complement the vegetation in the garden. Drawings and the whole product, again, can be painted after drying.

DIY flower box

The principle of making such a box is probably already clear: two forms are taken different sizes, the gap is filled with cement. Such a flower box will perfectly complement the garden or separate a certain area in the garden. Plant a variety of flowers and plants in the box to add texture and color to the concrete surface.

Concrete garden path

A garden path can become a work of art, all you need is an appropriate form for making concrete circles. However, the shape of concrete elements can be any. Gravel scattered around them will enliven the landscape.

Do-it-yourself fountain in the country

Such a fountain looks rather complicated, but it is quite possible to make it yourself. Follow the directions in the video. Despite the fact that the explanations in the video are in English, it is not necessary to be a polyglot: everything is clear and without words.

The well-known concrete, it turns out, is not so prosaic as to be a sign of exceptionally dirty construction sites. This is a very artistic material, from which interesting crafts are obtained in skilled hands.

We are ready to confirm what has been said. We look at the photo, dear readers.

Rooms for houses

Such a cute thing can be placed in your garden (found on chezlarsoon).

Drawer handles

To make these things, you will, of course, need the concrete itself, screws and small cardboard boxes, for example, from under the light bulbs. It's very simple (found on projektila and signedbytina).

bottom for a vase

Not every interior is suitable for the depicted design. However, the novelty and remarkableness of the idea is no less than that (found on adailysomething).

Watch

The item is easy to make. Any shape and design. You just need to find a suitable mold, pour the solution into it. After it dries, the mechanism is attached (found on instructables).

Tablet stand

The basis of the product is a regular popcorn bucket.

Crafts in a frame

Concrete is great for small crafts. A mold, a solution, some time to dry, and now the original thing is in the hands. It can be decorated with a frame (found on skonahem).

Heart shaped pens

Hooks

Light bulbs-hooks - such a project is perhaps one of the most interesting. Why? Yes, because the idea of ​​a new life for ordinary old things is always attractive in itself.

And the functional component of the craft is also significant. You can even hang quite heavy things on fixtures - a coat or raincoat (found on instructables).

Fridge magnets

An easy item to make. The main thing here is to push the magnet in before the concrete has completely cured (found on athomeinlove).

Table numbers

The strength of the products is obvious. And after drying, they can be diversified with bright paint (found on loveandlavender).

Cutting board

The finishing touch when creating such a household item should be sanding to make the board perfectly smooth (found on adailysomething).

Candlesticks

An ordinary milk carton went into action (found on chezlarsson).

You can play with the shapes and sizes of products (found on inmyownstyle).

For creating original crafts absolutely any means at hand will come in handy - coins, duct tape, plastic cups, baking dishes (found on sayyestohoboken, signepling and naver).

Used the bottom of a plastic bottle (found on ellasinspiration).

And then the master found a simple application tin can(found on monsterscircus).

With a little imagination, here's an original piece for you (found on nimidesign).

Concrete pots for plants

Items can be of any shape different color(found on ruffledblog).

Several triangles connected and made a pattern. And already on it they made such a piece of furniture (found on abeautifulmess).

And again, the creation of a cute contraption is inspired by the usual plastic bottle. Convenient in that you can vary the height of the product (found on handmadecharlotte).

Flowers in concrete! Yes, even stylish asymmetry in execution. Such a trinket is good as a gift (found on the site).

And here are examples of symmetrical pots of all shapes and sizes. Looks nice, very modern.

concrete lamps

Another bright idea. When the shape for the base of the lamp is selected, then you just need to be patient. You will have to wait a little while the solution hardens (found on pastill).

Concrete is great for decorating lighting fixtures. It is durable and stable. In addition, with the design there is an opportunity to experiment to your heart's content, casting exactly the shape you want (found on the site).

All you need for this lamp is a balloon. Then do not forget to make holes for the wires and smooth the surface with a sponge (found on elinsvra).

A lampshade of this shape will look good in the kitchen. It can be painted in your favorite color (found on esmeraldas).

Concrete and plastic bottle are just made for each other. So many interesting options. The bottle is also beneficial in that it is convenient to bring wires out through the neck (found on brit).

Quite often, even with a successful arrangement of plants in the garden, there is a feeling of understatement and a general impression of incompleteness. Garden sculptures can help with this problem, successfully placing them on the site you can achieve a great effect.

A bit of history

Man is not the first millennium adorns adjoining territory sculptures. But if in the past this was done mainly for practical reasons, such as protection from evil spirits, now aesthetic considerations have come to the fore.

In Russia, the tradition of installing sculptures in gardens and parks owes its origin to Peter I. Then the works of Italian masters were installed in the Summer Garden. The novelty was to the taste of the broad masses, and the nobles gladly followed the example of Peter I.

Of course, those sculptures did not look much like do-it-yourself cement garden crafts. Mainly images of Greek deities and statues of various emperors were used.

On the classification of sculptures

IN general case all sculptures used to decorate gardens and parks can be divided into 4 types:

• classical type - most often these are images of deities, emperors, famous people etc. The main material is bronze and marble. Such sculptures look great on large areas, decorating, for example, the entrance to a luxurious mansion;

• art sculpture - this category includes everything that is incomprehensible that attracts the eye, and in some cases causes bewilderment. Such sculptures can be made literally from any material. In addition to the usual stone, concrete, metal, even hardened mounting foam, etc., can be used;

Note!
Such decorations look somewhat defiant and require special attention when placing them in the garden.
There is a considerable risk that the author's intention will remain misunderstood.

• sculptural additions;
• small plastic - it is the representatives of this group that can most often be found in the design of the garden. Wood, plastic and cement-concrete mixture are most often used as the main working material. Although, instead of self-manufacturing it is quite possible to purchase a small beautiful one, their price is not so high.

Features of decorating the garden with sculptures

In this case, it is necessary to take into account not only the general style of design, but also the nuances of the location of ready-made figures on the site. For example, a majestic sculpture in human height will look ridiculous against the backdrop of a small modest house.

You can select the following styles of design of the garden plot:

• formal style - suitable only for large plots, used when decorating the area around large mansions, etc. In this case, marble and bronze figures would be appropriate, they will look solemn, and expensive appearance will only intensify this feeling;
• design in the English style - in this case, the goal is to bring the environment as close to natural as possible. It is allowed to use small home-made figurines, for example, garden gnomes;

• rock garden (Japanese-style design) - boulders will be useful here, natural stones may not be at hand. Below is an option for creating a boulder from a cement concrete mix with your own hands;
• rustic style - do-it-yourself garden crafts made of cement will be appropriate here.

Several original ideas

Of course, not every sculptor can even make a sculpture in human height, and even from marble or cast from bronze. Moreover, this task is not up to the shoulder. ordinary person. But you can show quite a bit of imagination and independently make whatever your heart desires from an ordinary cement concrete mixture.

Using a minimal set of tools, you can make such decorations for the garden as:

• boulders, outwardly they will not differ from natural stones, they will have a sufficiently high strength and low weight;

• bright, colorful stone flowers;
• unique ;
• drinkers for birds in the form of, for example, a leaf of a tree;
• simple decorative garden figurines made of cement with their own hands- it can be both images of animals and fabulous creatures.

It makes sense to consider several "recipes" for the manufacture of such jewelry.

Homemade boulder for the Japanese rock garden

For the manufacture of a hollow boulder, in addition to the cement concrete mortar itself, a plaster mesh will also be needed - a frame will be formed from it.

The work is performed in the following sequence:

• First, a frame is formed from a lightweight material. Anything that is light in weight will do (trimmings polyurethane foam, crumpled paper or plastic bags);

• the core is wrapped with a plaster mesh;

• after that, with a small spatula, the solution is applied to the frame;

Note!
For maximum resemblance to natural stone, the surface of the mortar does not need to be leveled.

• after that, it remains only to cover the finished product with cellophane and wait until it dries. If you dry a boulder in the open air, then with a high probability it will crack.

In a similar way, you can make a perfectly round ball, such do-it-yourself cement figures for the garden, painted in bright colors, will enliven even the most dull environment.

The role of the formwork in this case will be played by an ordinary children's ball. A small hole is made in its wall and cement mortar is poured through it. After a couple of days, the "peel" can be removed, and the cement ball primed and painted in a bright color.

leaf drinker

To make an original drinker, you will need an ordinary large leaf of burdock or any other, a little sand, a piece of polyethylene, cement concrete mortar and a piece of pipe with a diameter of about 10-15 cm. The main highlight is that all the veins from the burdock leaf will be imprinted on the surface of the cement mortar.

Instructions for making a figurine look like this:

• polyethylene is spread on a flat surface;
• a small sand mound forms on it;

Note!
In order for the sand to keep its shape well, it can be moistened.

• another piece of cellophane is laid on top of the sand, stretched and fixed with stones in the corners;
• a sheet is spread and smoothed over it;

Note!
There will most likely be several small holes on the sheet.
So that the solution does not flow through them, you can simply lay small pieces of the sheet on top of them;

• the sheet is coated with a solution;
• in the central part, a pipe is placed on the cement concrete layer and filled with mortar.

After that, it remains only to wait for the mixture to dry. The remains of the sheet are removed, the concrete is primed and painted, it is possible to age its surface when painting, this will only enhance the aesthetic effect.

Homemade sculptures

If free time allows, then you can make more complex garden sculptures with your own hands from cement.

IN in general terms the same approach is used:

• it is undesirable to make massive parts of the sculpture solid. So the weight of the figure will be too large and the cement concrete will dry for too long. It is best to use old containers for the frame;
• for elongated elements, the frame can be made of reinforcing bars or wire.

For those who wish to diversify the appearance of the garden, we can advise a flower bed-lake, on which figures of medium-sized swans will be located. The swans themselves will be made of cement-concrete mixture.

The work is carried out in the following order:

• the body frame is an inverted old pelvis, and for the neck you will have to weave a wire frame;
• the frame is coated with a layer of cement-concrete mixture, the head is formed;
• the necessary surface texture will be given by small pebbles pressed into cement concrete and coloring.

Flowerbed in the form of a hand

A mini flower bed (or flower stand) can be made using a regular medical glove. To do this, just fill it with a solution and wait for the mixture to harden. Then you just need to remove a thin layer of rubber and the original stone hand is ready for use.

These are far from all sculptures for the garden with their own hands made of cement, in this matter the only limiter is fantasy. With minimal effort and time, you can make cute boletus or bright fly agaric, they will look great in the depths of the garden.

Another option for simple figurines is stone flowers (from the hemispheres), ladybugs and other creatures that do not require attention to detail.

In conclusion

Decorating gardens with sculptures is only gaining popularity. This is a great way to diversify the view of your favorite site that has become boring over the years. It is also important that most of the sculptures can be made independently, that is financial expenses for their manufacture are minimal.

The video in this article shows cute examples of figurines for decorating a garden.

Cement is not suitable at all craft material, this opinion is very common. But people who are selflessly in love with construction have proved the opposite! Looking at these things, I want to buy a bag of cement immediately.

Now not only men, but also women can play the builder - cute little things that will decorate the interior will not leave anyone indifferent.

Having received a functional thing made of cement as a gift, your friend will understand that your friendship is the strongest in the world. Open your mouth in amazement and enjoy these ideas. I dream of concrete phone stand…

Crafts from cement

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