While the process of decorating your home is exciting, it also comes with its fair share of challenges. Your goal should be to share your aesthetic preferences in a tasteful way.
This objective is important if you want a pleasant home to live in and enjoy. It is even better if your house is filled with unique and customized decorations. It makes the place your home.
If you want a chic monogram decor for your home, this DIY project might appeal. It could be your initials painted with your favorite color, but it would also be nice plain, and simple.
Some letters might be challenging to mold like the letters J, O, and P. But we trust that you are up for it! :)
This small concrete letter is a joy to make. Since they don’t require mold-making, they aren’t difficult DIY projects, and leaving messages around the house is pretty cool.
You can check out below for our full step-by-step instructions. And upon finishing this project, you’ll be searching everywhere in your house for other things that you can pour concrete into because it is really fun.
What are the materials needed to make the concrete letters?
You’ll be needing the following tools and materials.
- Concrete or cement
- Sand
- Rubber gloves
- Cutter
- Pencil and ruler
- Hot glue
- Bucket or pot (for mixing the concrete)
- Cardboard (for making the mold)
- Duct Tape
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How to make concrete letters
1. Make the letter molding
For the mold, make the lettering of your choice. The strokes of your letters should be at least 1 inch thick for them to be strong. Cut strips, also at least 1 inch thick, to glue around the letter.
Cutting separate strips for each side of the letter is recommended (instead of cutting a long strip and just folding it around) for cleaner corners. You can cut longer strips on some sides so you could easily hot glue the end of the adjacent strip to it.
You can use a cutter blade or knife to cut off the top layer of cardboard. When you get it formed it’s easy to just remove it back as a whole piece.
2. Strengthen the mold
Strengthen your mold by covering the outside with duct tape. Any color of duct tape will do. Apply duct tape all over the outside of the mold.
3. Mix the concrete
Before you mix the concrete, wear your rubber gloves! The mixture is 2 parts cement, and 3 parts sand.
Follow the instructions on the bag when mixing the concrete. It is important to use a mixing stick that is strong enough. The first thing I used was a paint stirring stick, which was horrible and definitely not strong enough.
Fill the cardboard letter molds with concrete by scooping and pouring. If there are any air bubbles in the molds, try vibrating them. In addition, if you are using the top side as the front for your letters, make sure it is smoothed out and you are satisfied with the result.
There is no mistaking what you see for what you get. If you had no experience in mixing concrete before, don’t worry, it is not that difficult. Even a first-timer, will be able to mix concrete by following the instructions.
If there are no instructions available, you may simply add a small amount of water and mix them very well. If it’s too thick, just add some more water but make sure you don’t pour too much!
4. Pour the cement into the molded letters
Place your mold on a flat surface where you can leave it to harden overnight. Gently pour the cement mixture, making sure you don’t ruin your mold.
5. Paint your concrete letters
You can paint these concrete letters if you want. And that’s it!
These concrete letters would be nice for any part of the house, don’t you think?
