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It's Time to get Stoned

© Eileen O'dea

No you haven't stumbled onto a hippie's home page. I'm talking about those stones that seem to grow up, every spring, in your annual and veggie gardens. Every year you pick them out, only to find the next spring, more have "grown" in their place.

Now you could start building a stone wall around your house. But I have a few ideas, that are a lot less time consuming, and a lot more fun.

Instead of picking the stones out and throwing them in a pile, look at them. I mean really look at them. Study their shapes, the way they feel in your hand. Look at the different textures. Bring out the child's eye in you. If you were ten, again, what would you do with those stones. This can be very therapeutic, but it can also plug in your creativity.

Collect a fair amount of stones on a bucket or empty flower pot. Take them to the hose and wash them. Yes, I am really suggesting you wash stones. Set them out in the sun to dry. When they are dry spread then out in front of you. What do you see? I know clean stones. What dose your creative eye see.

Are there flat stones? Do they look like the stones you used for hopscotch, as a kid? If so, that is what they are. You can paint your kid's initials on both sides. Now they have personalized hopscotch stones. Soon all of their friends will want their own.

Do any of the other stones resemble any animals? Such as a turtle, a bird or a fish? Well paint them as the animal they resemble. They make great paper weights, or conversational pieces on the coffee table.

Are some of the stones a pretty color, or sparkly? Simply cover them with a good out door varnish. Spread them around in your flower gardens. When the sun hits them, they show off all their glory.

Of course you will want to save a few special stones to add to the stepping stones, I'm going to tell you how to make. When is that? You may ask. How about right now? Here are the pics.

Home Made Stepping Stones

You will need:
A bag of mortar mix
A large plastic flower pot tray
A large measuring cup (for water)
A wooden spoon (not to be used for food again)

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