HAVE YOUR KIDS DRIVEN YOU
CRAZY YET THIS SUMMER?
IF THE ANSWER IS YES, REBECCA
COLE HAS A WAY TOP CHANNEL THAT
CRAZINESS INTO CREATIVITY.
PLUS, IT'S A WAY TO MAKE A MARK
IN THE GARDEN.
STEPPING STONES, THIS ONE
WAS MADE BY MY SON TAYLOR WHEN
HE WAS EIGHT.
HE'S NOW 30.
THIS WAS MADE BY MADISON 21
YEARS AGO.
THIS IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER.
ARE YOU READY TO DO A STEPPING
STONE TO ADD TO THE FAMILY
TREE?
YES.
FOR THIS PROJECT YOU'LL NEED
MOLDS, CAKE CANS OR OLD OIL
PANS, QUICK CRETE SAND TOPPING
WORKS BEST, A DEEP BUCKET OR
TROWEL.
ITEMS TO PERSONALIZE IT FROM
NO, I'M LARGE, CERAMIC TILES,
KIDS DO DADS, MASKS AND GLOVES.
FIRST, WE'LL PRESENT MOLDS BY
VAGUE THEM WITH A NONSTICK
SPRAI.
I GOT THIS RIGHT OUT OF MY
KITCHEN PANTRY.
NOW WE WILL MIX THE CONCRETE.
WHAT I FOUND IS YOU NEED ABOUT
FOUR POUNDS OF QUICK CREEK FOR
EVERY.
THE DUST FROM THE CONCRETE IS
DANGEROUS TO BREATHE IN.
SO WE WILL MASK UP AND PUT THE
GLOVES ON.
SO I'M GOING TO FILL THIS UP.
I'M GOING TO USE A LITTLE MORE
THAN 127 CUPS.
NOW WE'LL ADD WATER AND YOU
NEED TO MIX VIGOROUSLY AS
YOU'RE ADDING THE WATER.
YOU WANT THE CONSISTEN IT SIGH
TO BE THAT OF A WET BROWNIE
DOUGH.
YOU DON'T WANT ANY DRY CONCRETE
LEFT.
THIS LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
OKAY.
WE'LL POUR IT RIGHT INTO THE
MOLDS HERE, FILLING IT ALMOST
TO THE TOP.
NOW WE NEED TO TAP THIS TO
LEVEL IT OUT, GOT ALL THE AIR
BUBBLES OUT.
NOW FOR THE BIG KIDS TIME LARGE
REALLY DOES A GREAT IMPRINT
INTO THE CONCRETE.
I WILL USE A FERN.
NOTICE, I WILL PUT THE STEM
SIDE DOWN BECAUSE THAT WILL
LEAVE THE BIGGEST IMPRINT.
SO I WILL REMOVE THE LOWER
FERNS SO I CAN GET A LITTLE BIT
OF THE STEM.
JUST PLACE IT IN THE CONCRETE
AND GENTLY PRESS IT IN.
AFTER A FEW HOURS, YOU CAN PEEL
IT OFF AND VOILA, YOU'VE GOT A
FERN.
NOW YOU CAN PRESS ANYTHING YOU
WANT IF THIS BUT WE WILL NOT
PRESS IT TOO DEEP.
YOU CAN DECORATE AROUND THE
EDGES. SO HERE'S WHAT WE'VE
DONE.
ALREADY THE CONCRETE IS SETTING
UP.
A COUPLE HOURS IF YOU USE
COOKIE CUTTERS AND WANT TO
LEAVE THE IMPRINT, MAKE SURE
YOU REMOVE THEM.
NOW WHEN YOU PLACE THEM IN THE
GARDEN, BE SURE TO PLANT THEM
SO THEY'RE JUST AT THE SOIL
LEVEL OR BELOW.
THERE WE GO.