Our molds were the base of a planter (from Home Depot) and some cheap cake pans. Pour a little concrete into a stepping stone sized mold, but don’t fill it up yet. (Tip two: Spray a bit of Pam cooking type spray in your mold first, and the stones will be easier to get out)
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Concrete is no joke on your lungs and skin.
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WEAR GLOVES AND A MASK WHILE YOU DO ANY OF THIS. We did mostly a 6-1 concrete-water mix, but adjusted as needed until the consistency was like thick brownie batter. After that, mix the concrete as directed. Tip one, learned the hard way: sift some of the larger rocks out of your Quikrete. What you need: Quikrete, gloves/mask, chicken wire, molds, random round things from around your house (cups, bowls, etc), something straight (we used paint stick), a pencil… So in the end we went back to Quikrete, worked out a different method, and we’re sticking with that. Nice and smooth, crisp clean lines… but kind of looked like a kids project. It worked, but the stones seemed rocky and the pattern got a little lost.
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We moved onto Quikrete, which is cheap at Home Depot/Lowes. We initially started with a stepping stone kit. Because we made some! We tried A LOT of different techniques for this – different kinds of concrete, different ways to make patterns, and in the end we’re going with what is A) easiest, B) cheapest, and C) seems to look best. Basically this sums up our trip:Īnyway, let’s talk about Gallifreyan step stones. You can see pics on our Instagram, if you’re curious.
Step stones game of thrones trial#
We first teased these DIY Doctor Who stepping stones two months ago ( here), but they took a lot more trial and error than we expected! They’re finally done, and we think we’ve figured out the easiest way for you to make them yourselves…īefore we get into this quick tutorial: we missed you guys! We went on vacation to Roatan (Caribbean island awesomeness off the coast of Honduras), where we didn’t really have much internet access.