This awesome DIY gives you the instructions to make a cement bowl but it opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Depending on what you use for a mold, you could make just about any type of container. Here’s how:
To make your own, gather these supplies:
– Water
– Flexible rubbery bucket (Walmart – $5)
– Plastic bowl (for shaping inside of bowl) (Walmart – $2)
– Canola oil and paper towel
– Gloves (I used rubbery garden gloves, which cleaned off very easily)
– Container for mixing (I used an old wheel barrow)
– Stir stick
– Scoop
– 60 lb bag cement mix (Lowes – $3)
Then follow these 8 steps:
1. Prepare a gallon of water – you’ll use it in a bit.
2. Canola oil time! Using the paper towel, coat inside of rubbery bucket with canola oil. Coat inside and outside of plastic bowl with canola oil. This step ensures easy removal from the molds at the end!!
3. Put on your gloves.
4. Dump bag of cement powder into wheel barrow.
5. Following the directions on your bag of cement, slowly add water. (Be careful that you don’t dump too much water)
6. Begin mixing. Add more water as needed.
7. Once you have a workable consistency, scoop mixture into your flexible bucket until you have several inches of concrete.
8. Then place the plastic bowl in the center of the bucket and fill with more of the mixture. Work the plastic bowl into the concrete already in the bucket. The weight of the concrete in the bowl will help create the indentation.
All that’s left is allowing your bowl to dry completely! Make sure it’s drying on a level surface!
Enjoy your new concrete bowl. It will make a gorgeous centerpiece for inside or outside!
For the full instructional follow *THIS* link and be sure to read the helpful tips in the comments!
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