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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Cement Garden Mushrooms

I made a cement mushroom for my garden.
It was easy and fun!

First, I found a nice big bowl, sprayed it with Pam and then covered the bowl with plastic wrap.
Then I mixed up some cement and poured a little into the bottom of the bowl.

I put a few pieces of wire mesh (window screen) in the cement for added strength.


Then I topped up the bowl with cement and then added a bottle to each bowl.
The one on the right turned out to be too small (it looked silly), so I poured cement into a bigger bowl and added the too small mushroom.




I let the cement sit for about 10 minutes, until it was firm, then I popped the mushrooms out.
I put the mushrooms in a plastic bag with some water to cure.



Finally, I painted it with outdoor paint and gave it several layers of varnish.