How We Made Stepping Stone Walkway From Ice Cream Buckets.
5 Materials
We had already purchased molds from Lowe`s that made this pattern. We are using this pattern that will come off the back porch and out to our sitting area with burn pit and adding two hammock chairs.
We did not want everything to be matched, so we had to figure what kind of pattern we wanted.
My hubby is building A bigger shop, that is why everything is in the yard. In the process of cleaning out the old shed we had A lot of empty ice cream buckets and knew someday we would use them for something.
We did not want everything to be matched, so we had to figure what kind of pattern we wanted.
My hubby is building A bigger shop, that is why everything is in the yard. In the process of cleaning out the old shed we had A lot of empty ice cream buckets and knew someday we would use them for something.
First step,,tear out old walkway.
Second step, cut of bottoms of ice cream buckets at about same distance for all and cover inside of mold with a film of oil so the concrete does not stick and mold will slide much easier.
Then lay them out in the pattern you want, fill with cement and let it cure enough so it will stay together when you take them out of mold, we just used the handles and pulled them off and it worked pretty good.
The next day we added sand between the blocks. They are pretty level, but we are going to let them sit for about two or three weeks and go back and level them out again.
Comments
Join the conversation
2 of 380 comments
-
Nice
-
Great Idea! Thanks for turorial.
Frequently asked questions
Have a question about this project?
Let me get this straight—you want us to spend $25 each on Amazon for square buckets??? And then cut the bottoms off so they can't be used for anything else?? No thanks!!
I couldn't possibly eat that much icecream in a lifetime! I like the purchased molds better!
Did you use pure cement or cement mixed with sand to fill the molds?