Mosaic broken dishes birdbath with stone column and shell covered flowerpot

Mosaics are less difficult than you might think. The flower pot is a memento of a family vacation at Cannon Beach in Oregon. The birdbath is a great addition to my patio. 

Make a mosaic birdbath or flowerpot

16-inch diameter clay pot saucer

Shells or broken dishes 

Cardboard pizza box

Hammer

White glue

Tile grout

Craft stick

Sea sponge

Place shells or dishes in the pizza box and close the lid. Hammer the shells or dishes to break them into medium sized pieces.

Attach the hand painted tile pieces to inside of the clay saucer or the outside of the flowerpot with white glue in a random pattern. Let the glue dry for 24 hours.

Mix the ceramic grout according to the manufacturer’s directions and cover the dish or shell pieces and the space between them on the inside of the saucer or the outside of the flowerpot.

Remove all excess grout with the damp sea sponge. Let the grout dry for 24 hours.

Make a stone column for the birdbath

Concrete blocks

Quick set cement

Rubber bucket

Rubber gloves

Pea pebbles

Arrange the concrete blocks into a formation in the site desired for the stone column.

Mix the cement with water in the rubber bucket until the cement is the consistency of oatmeal.

Put on the rubber gloves and add mud-pie sized globs of cement to the sides of the column. Push the flat sides of the pea pebbles into the wet cement in a decorative pattern. Repeat on all sides of the decorative column.