The present invention provides a lawn mold and method for creating lawn markings using enclosed portions of uncut grass. The lawn mold includes one or more enclosures having an upper surface, a peripheral edge around the upper surface, one or more sidewalls, and an open lower end. The sidewalls extend substantially perpendicularly and downwardly from the upper surface along the peripheral edge thereof. The upper surface of each enclosure form a character shape and form an open interior volume therein. The sidewalls include a pair of aligned apertures, wherein an elongated plank is configured to be received by the aligned apertures for aligning one or more enclosures in an aligned arrangement to form a desired message. The open lower end engages the lawn and protects a patch of grass therein. A user mows therearound to substantially form characters on the lawn.
