 We are participating in a Handmade Holiday Gift Series with fellow bloggers. As usual, when faced with a challenge, we each had our own ideas of what to do. We barely considered Vicki's idea because Steph's idea was perfect! Our gift idea is a take off of all those Pinterest worthy "mix in a mason jar" ideas. We decided instead of a food mix we'd make up a DIY concrete kit in a bag! We have enjoyed learning how to use concrete this year, but realized there is not an easy, simple way to experience using concrete without having to buy a huge bag of concrete. Putting together a concrete kit, with everything your gift recipient will need to make three candleholders, allows you to give the gift of creativity to all your DIY friends.  Materials:
 Tools you need to put together kit:
 Before starting, put on your SAFETY gear--mask and gloves. Work in a open garage or outside. Be careful of the cement dust--it is DANGEROUS to breath in. Pour cement into the bowl for easy measuring. Do this outside as this kicks up a lot of dust.  Each kit will contain three plastic bags of pre-measured concrete. Fill the 2/3 cup measuring cup with concrete, tamp it into the cup with the paint stick, then level it off (like you'd do with flour). Repeat until you have three bags of concrete.  Lay the filled bags away from you and gentle push out the air and seal the bag. Try to keep the cement away from the "zipper" area as it will impede sealing correctly.  We placed our three bags of concrete into a decorative bag. It's not necessary, but it's a nice touch and it keeps all the cement bags secure.  This can also be an optional step, but again, by doing this, your recipient has one less thing he/she has to do. You will be marking the water level for the amount of water needed to be added to one bag of concrete. Measure 2 1/2 tablespoons of water into one of the plastic cups. We used a 1/2 tablespoon measuring spoon.  Using the marking pen, draw a line even with the top of the water level. Be sure to dry out the cups before assembling your kit.
Now put it all together- each kit gets:
Put the tea lights into the stacked plastic cups and seal the top cup. All of the above is placed into a decorative bag you either purchase (Target has one that is fun) or you make. Ours are made of buffalo check fleece with jute ties. Don't forget to include the instuctions. We have created a printable here for you to download for your kit. It's designed to be folded in four. If you want to make a decorative bag, here's how Vicki did it:
 This is a great, creative gift to give your friends and family this holiday season! Hopefully making this first concrete project will inspire them to come up with even more ideas on how to create concrete. This would also be a great idea for a craft night with some friends! #givehandmade Love this idea but don't have time to make a kit? We have you covered! We have made a limited number of kits for purchase here!  Check out some more great handmade holiday gifts from our fellow bloggers:
Please note: We are not sponsored by any of the companies/products that we used. These products were picked and bought by us. FYI: We are not professionals, and we don’t claim to be. This is what we found worked for our project. Yours may need a little different approach. Safety first! FYI: Affiliate links are being used on this page. Purchasing via these links help support MDP! Related Projects
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