How to Make Paver Forms

Adding pavers to your property creates interest while keeping your feet dry as you walk from the car to your front door or take a stroll through your garden. For a personal touch, you can create your own pavers which are simple to make with quick-setting concrete and wood forms to shape them. With inexpensive wood and a few supplies you can quickly make your own forms and have the option to make pavers in varying shapes and sizes.

2-by-4-inch boards
1 1/2-inch screws
Power saw
Corner clamp
Power drill
Drill bit
Phillips screwdriver bit
Rolled welded mesh
Wire cutter

Instructions

- 1
  Decide on the length and width for your pavers and note of the measurements.
- 2
  Measure and cut two inside frame pieces from a 2-by-4-inch board, equal to the width from Step 1, using the measuring tape and power saw.
- 3
  Add the total thickness of two 2-by-4-inch boards to the length from Step 1 and cut two outside boards to the final length, using the measuring tape and power saw.
- 4
  Lay out the two inside and outside boards to form the shape of your paver on a flat and level surface. Form butt joints at each corner, ensuring that all edges are flush.
- 5
  Position a corner clamp at one of the corner joints of the frame and tighten the screws firmly in place to form a precise 90 degree angle.
  
  Drill two pilot holes into the face of the outside board where it overlaps the edges of the inside board, using the power drill and drill bit.
  
  Insert a 1 1/2-inch screw into each hole and tighten it firmly, using the power drill and Phillips screwdriver bit.
  
  Repeat this process for each corner of the form.
- 6
  Cut a piece of welded mesh, 2 inches smaller than the space inside the form on all sides, to reinforce the poured concrete paver.

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