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How To Make Mosaic Birdbath Using Sea Glass & Planter Pots

In: GARDENING, Gardening Project Ideas

Do you collect sea glass? My Mom and I have been for years. I have a couple of big dishes full of the pretty glass. I wanted to add more birdbaths to my garden this year and loved the look of the mosaic ones I have seen, but they were so expensive! That’s when I got the idea to make a mosaic sea glass birdbath!

How To Make A Mosaic Birdbath

The first thing I needed to figure out is what I could use for the top and base of a birdbath that would fit in with the look of my flower garden. What could be more perfect than flower pots right??

For this birdbath, I grabbed 2 8″ terra cotta pots and a 12-inch terra-cotta saucer dish ( the one that normally would sit under the planter).

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supplies:

  • 2 Terra Cotta Pots
  • 12″ Terra Cotta Saucer Dish
  • Sea Glass
  • Spray Paint/ Paint
  • Tile Adhesive
  • Pre-Mixed Grout
  • Krylon Triple Thick Crystal Clear Glaze
terra cotta pots

Step 1. Paint the Terra Cotta Pots

First, I sprayed the 2 pots and terra cotta dish that I am going to use as the base and top of my mosaic birdbath with a coat of light gray spray paint.

painting flower pots to make a bird bath

Step 2. Make the sea glass mosaic dish

After the spray paint was completely dry it was time to add the sea glass to the birdbath dish.

Working in small sections on the terra cotta dish, I spread tile adhesive on the bottom first then pressed in pieces of the sea glass,

making a bird bath

There needs to be enough tile adhesive on the bottom of the dish, that when you push the glass down it comes up the sides of the glass.

making a sea glass bird bath
using sea glass to make a mosaic

It was fun making the sea glass mosaic. I kinda just played around with the pieces and it all worked out.

I saved my small pieces of the sea glass to fill in between the larger pieces.

After the sea glass was all in place the tile adhesive needed to set; it took more than a day for it to be completely dry (but it was quite humid here).

Step 3. Putting the base together for the birdbath

I ran a bead of strong glue around the rim of one of the pots and then flipped the other pot over to attach it to the top.

I decided to add a little color to the base of the birdbath and did a quick sweep around the pots with a couple of blue shades of paint that I had on hand (I also did this to the dish).

painted pots for bird bath

Step 4. Grouting the mosaic birdbath dish

When the tile adhesive was dry and hardened it was time to grout the birdbath dish.
I bought a small container of pre-mixed grout in a gray shade for this part of the project,

It was kind of like icing a cake. I used a plastic trowel and spread it over the sea glass and then wiped off the excess with a damp sponge…it’s a little bit messy!!

grouting a birdbath
making a sea glass birdbath

Step 5. Seal the birdbath

The last step was to seal the birdbath using Krylon Triple Thick Crystal Clear Glaze.

Not only does it seal the birdbath it gives it that glazed pottery sheen.

birdbath

finished birdbath

I couldn’t wait to put it out in my garden and fill it up with water! Not only does it add a pretty detail to my garden it’s important to have water available for the birds and pollinators to enjoy.

sea glass mosaic birdbath

This year I did a couple of other garden projects. I refinished a dumpster find and made a potting bench and I also made a flower pot wreath for my garden gate.

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By: Jennifer Howard · In: GARDENING, Gardening Project Ideas · Tagged: gardening

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  1. Kim Waldorf says

    August 8, 2021 at 8:53 pm

    So creative! We get beach glass but I am sure it isn’t like what you get in the ocean!

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