Create an eye-catching garden path with colorful, handmade stepping-stones from Better Homes & Gardens' Garden Shed.

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Getting Started

If Dad is a gardener, follow the directions exactly. Or, use our options to make a stepping stone that's as one-of-a-kind as your father.

What You Need:

• Sturdy but disposable flat container with 1-1/2- to 2-inch sides (Large plastic plant saucers and disposable aluminum baking pans work well; remember that the concrete will leave a residue that's nearly impossible to remove.)
• Alphabet cookie cutters
• Water-based paint, any color
• Paper the size of stepping stone
• Petroleum jelly
• Quick-setting concrete mix (available at hardware stores)
• Container for mixing concrete
• Trowel or short length of 2 x 4 lumber
• Colored aquarium gravel
• Flat decorative marbles
• Paper towels
• Glitter

Before You Begin:

• This is a messy project. Wear old clothes.
• Plan to work outside or in the basement in a location that's close to water for mixing the concrete and cleaning up.
• Cover the work surface with a thick layer of old newspaper.
• Wear rubber or leather gloves when mixing concrete. Wet concrete will wash off hands, but it's abrasive on the skin.
• Supervise children under 12 closely, at least one adult for every two children.