How to Make Stone Animals

Creating your own yard ornaments from stone is a fantastic way to add a sense of individuality to your yard's landscape design. Making your own statues from animal molds is also a cost effective way to outfit your landscape as raw concrete costs less than finished statues. Using molds and stone is less time consuming and requires fewer tools than trying to shape an animal statue from a solid piece of rock. It also requires less artistic talent to complete.

Animal mold
Cooking spray
Structural concrete
Wheelbarrow
Shovel
Scooper

Instructions

- 1
  Spray the inside of your animal mold with with a thin layer of cooking spray.
- 2
  Empty the bag of structural concrete in a wheelbarrow and add 4 pints of water per every 50 lb. bag of cement you are using. Mix up the contents with a shovel. Add additional water as needed until it is a thick, plastic-like consistency.
- 3
  Scoop concrete out of the wheelbarrow with a scooper and place it in the mold. Put more concrete in the mold until it rests level with the mold's surface. Let it dry for 24 to 72 hours.
- 4
  Place the mold on a solid surface with the concrete side facing down. Grip the mold and lift it up, removing the animal mold.

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