https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/diy-concrete-letter • Posted by Muhaiminah Faiz
This tutorial will show you how to make concrete letter with easily available materials. Use it as a center piece or gift a friend, it's really easy to make :)
This tutorial will show you how to make concrete letter with easily available materials. Use it as a center piece or gift a friend, it's really easy to make :)
Sketch a letter of your choice on a cardboard and cut it out with an x-acto knife. Mine was 'M'. The width of the letter should be at least 1 inch, you can increase the width if you want to. Now cut out 2-3 inches wide cardboard strips, long enough to cover the sides of the cut-out letter. Glue the cardboard strip around the letter using hot glue,
When a strip ends, add another cardboard strip from that end and wrap a brown tape on the joint part to make sure that there's no gap between the strips. The mould is ready!
The cardboard will absorb water and ruin the mould, so I wrapped the outside of the cardboard letter with duct tape.
Wear rubber gloves before mixing the cement. Measure 2 parts cement and 3 parts sand. Mix them very well, Pour enough water into the sand and cement mixture to make a medium thick concrete mixture. Keep in mind not to make the mixture too thin or too thick.
Place the mould in a hard, flat surface, Carefully pour the concrete mix into the mould (cardboard letter), Try to fill the whole cardboard letter box equally. Allow the cement to dry for at least 24 hours)
When the cement will dry carefully remove the sides of the mould and then the rest. If you want the letter to have smooth surface you can use sand paper to get a smooth finishing but I liked the rustic look.
Use fabric paint to color simple designs on the concrete letter. There! it was a fun craft right? ^_^