Weird Question: Fixing one of those do-it-yourself garden stepping stones

[Homerboy]

All of mom mom's 13 grandkids have made those "do-it-yourself" garden stepping stones for her with their names and hand prints etc.

These things: https://www.amazon.com/Midwest-Prod...392&sr=8-1&keywords=garden+stepping+stone+kit

Sadly, my son's stone got run over by some contractors at her house and broken into a dozen pieces or so - the salvaged pieces are not by any means a perfect due to chips and missing fractures etc. I'm trying to figure out the best way to repair this thing. Do I put it in resin of some nature? Buy a new kit and just use the cement mixture to try to bond thing pieces back together? Any other thoughts? I wish I could find the exactly mold to put it in...

 

[PowerEngineer]

Maybe this?

https://www.sakrete.com/products/concrete-glue

 

[lxskllr]

Either epoxy, or make a form, fill with grout, and set the pieces in the form.

 

[Micrornd]

Either epoxy, or make a form, fill with grout, and set the pieces in the form.

Second that.

edit - removed accidental quote.

 

[zinfamous]

Second that.

Fun with multi-quote!

 

[Micrornd]

Damn, sorry 'bout that, fixed

 

[mindless1]

Thinking laterally, the grandchild can just make her a new one. It won't be the same small child's handprint but it will still be the real deal that's unbroken. If you need the small handprint, epoxy the original together enough to make a silicone mold of that portion to set into the new one.

 

[paperfist]

Any pictures of the damage?

Thin concrete doesn't bond well.

Either epoxy, or make a form, fill with grout, and set the pieces in the form.

I like that, but would use epoxy to bond it all together. I also think is the original part has some rough edges you could use bondo with hair to bond it back together.

 

[Humpy]

You could treat the pieces like tile and stick them to some backer board with tile adhesive.