You can build a patio for your home without even learning how to build a patio. At any garden or home improvement store, you will find those 'walkway' stones.

Most of the time they come in a large variety of shapes, colors and sizes. To build a patio using these, and without pouring any cement at all, you just figure out how large you would want your patio.

For example, if you want a 100 square foot patio, you would want to pick up a hundred of these 'walkway' squares. They usually come in one foot squares. This is one of the quickest ways to learn how to build a patio. Once you know what you want and you have your materials, you will want to dig up and level your ground.

You can use a rake and a shovel for this. Use the rake to make the dirt nice and even and then set your stepping stones on the ground and line them up next to each other.

Of course, to make one that is perfectly square, you would place ten rows of ten. You want to fit them as closely together as you can. Then stomp them down a bit into the dirt that you have raked up.

Make sure your stepping stones are nice and even. Put any extra dirt that you raked away on top of the squares. Even if there isn't much dirt left go ahead and do this anyway.

After you have spread the dirt over all of it as evenly as possible, go ahead and sweep it off the stones. This will help fill in any gaps or cracks in the squares. Voila! This is probably the fastest way to learn how to build a patio you will ever come across.