How to Paint Concrete Garden Statues – A Painted Quilt

Here’s another tutorial on how to paint concrete garden statues. I finally finished my concrete deer! I painted a quilt on this one:

I had these old concrete deer in the yard from the previous owners and instead of hiding them behind bushes I decided it would be fun to make them into art pieces and display them front and center. I painted the first deer using outdoor paint to look like a dala horse:

Painted Concrete Deer – Upcycling Concrete Garden Decor

For the paint I used Deco Art’s Outdoor Living Exterior / Interior Paint plus a few shades of chalk paint and other acrylic craft paints. As long as you use a thick polyurethane varnish as your final coat you can seal everything onto the concrete:

Outdoor paint:

I didn’t plan the quilt out ahead of time I just made it up as I went along:

I tried to make the colors as different as possible not worrying if they clashed or not:

There are so many quilt patterns out there that can be used as inspiration:

A close-up of the neck of the deer:

I call it a “quilt onesie”:

The other side:

 The back of the neck:

I’ve seen so many different kinds of concrete yard art: chickens, ducks geese, gnomes…all that can be repainted into something fun and new. 

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Looking for even more inspiration? Make sure you visit Michaels’ blog, The Glue String, to see the rest of the Michaels Makers’ DIY projects!

And for more projects I’ve made for Michaels click here!