How to Make Your Own Yard Pavers

You can create your own yard pavers with some basic supplies found around your home and at home improvement stores. Shoe boxes make great yard paver mold forms and your local shoe store may supply you with a free assortment of the sturdy cardboard boxes. Your handmade cement yard pavers can be used to create a patio area or pathway and could surround purchased pavers for a one-of-a-kind look. Children over the age of 5 can help with this yard paver project.

25-pound bag quick-set cement
25-pound bag pea pebbles
Wheelbarrow
Cup
Trowel
25 cardboard shoe boxes of the same size
Plastic wrap
Spray acrylic sealer

Instructions

- 1
  Dump the cement in the wheelbarrow. Add water, one cup at a time and mix with the trowel until the wet cement is the consistency of oatmeal.
- 2
  Trowel the wet cement into the shoe boxes and fill them to a depth of at least 3 inches. Shake the shoe boxes gently to remove any air bubbles.
- 3
  Press the pea pebbles into the surface of the concrete. Cover the tops of the boxes with plastic wrap to make sure no insects or debris fall into the wet concrete. Let the concrete dry for 24 hours.
- 4
  Rip the boxes to remove the completed yard pavers. Spray the completed pavers with the acrylic sealer and let it dry for 24 hours.

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