![]() ![]() Sand your wood blocks carefully to make them smooth, including all sharp corners and edges. If you plan to use your bookends to hold flowers, drill a hole of sufficient size on the top face of each block, at least one-third of the height.ģ. Following the diagram shown, ark each face of your wood block and cut along those guidelines using your sew to form your geometric shapes, removing a triangular piece from each corner of your block.Ģ. Materials: two solid wood blocks (approximately 6" x 6" x 4"), fine grit sandpaper, a paintbrush, a file, wood stain (optional), acrylic paint in various colors, a coin or circle template, polyurethane spray, a hand sew or electric sew, a drill.ġ. These adorable bookends were created by Allie at Four Eyed Wonder. Add a few more pebbles/whatever finishing touches you may have and let the bookends dry a few more hours before use. If desired, once this layer is dry, add the water ripple special effect (the last layer in the kit).Ĩ. Once the water undercoat is dry, apply the realistic water effect that comes with the Scene-A-Rama kit. Tweezers may come in handy during this step for holding the figures in place while the glue dries.ħ. While the undercoat dries, start gluing down your animal figurines, pebbles, and trees in your desired location. You can also add small pebbles on top of the undercoat to look like stones submerged in the water.Ħ. If you don't have the kit, you can use thick acrylic blue paint instead. Paint on the water undercoat that comes with the Scene-A-Rama kit in the area where you scraped off the grass. Add a thin layer of glue to the outside border of your stream on both sides to create a seal when you add the water.ĥ. If you wish to add a stream to your bookends, scrape off the grass using a blunt object (we used the end of a foam brush) until you reach your desired stream shape. Press down lightly with your finger to adhere. While the glue is still wet, sprinkle on the faux grass. Using a paintbrush, paint the glue mixture on the top of the block that has not yet been stained.ģ. Once your blocks are dry, create a mixture of tacky glue and water in a bowl. No need for a second coat - one should do it. You can stain the bottom of the blocks if you choose but don’t stain the top. Using either a clean cloth or a paintbrush, begin to stain your wood blocks by gently applying the stain in the direction of the wood on all 4 vertical sides of the blocks. Spread out newsprint on your work surface. Materials: two wooden blocks approximately 8 inches tall and 4 inches in diameter (you can have them cut specially at the hardware store), newspaper, chestnut-colored wood stain, tacky glue, a paintbrush, faux grass (available at craft stores), assorted pebbles and stones, assorted faux conifer tree figures, small plastic woodland figurines, and a Scene-A-Rama water kit (optional).ġ. Erick and Emily from Hello Home Shoppe show us how. Gold Giraffes – This Damask Love tutorial uses die-cut giraffes layered with Mod Podge to make bookends that would look super sweet in a kid’s room.Make these Anthropologie bookends, which cost $168, with just $40 worth of materials easily available at a hardware store or Hobby Lobby. She uses a matched pair, but I think mis-matched frames painted the same color would look cool, too.ġ0. Picture Frames – Grab a pair of old picture frames and use Landeelu’s instructions for making them into bookends. ![]() Fa-brick – Button Hook proves that a fabric-wrapped brick makes a surprisingly sweet bookend.ĩ. License Plates – Not sure what to do with your old plates? Fun in the Making shows you how to turn them into bookends in one step!Ĩ. Animal Book Ends – Do you have any cute animal figurines lying around? Love Grows Wild shows you how to turn them into cute bookends.ħ. Glam Bookends – Add a little bling to your bookshelf with this tute from Refinery 29.Ħ. Terrariums – Insideways uses a basic terrarium tute and turns them into bookends by…using them as bookends. Recycled Knick Knack Bookends – I love this idea from Design Sponge, because you can really hit the thrift for any set of quirky items and turn them into cute bookends.Ĥ. What can I say? These ladies know bookends!ģ. Phones – This is another clever bookend idea from A Beautiful Mess. Quotation Marks – A Beautiful Mess made these from cardboard, but I bet that you could make a slightly smaller version from old cereal and frozen pizza boxes.Ģ. These are some simple DIY bookends that you can make!ġ. Don’t you love the look of a nice set of bookends? Of course, they keep your books from falling over, but they can also turn a boring shelf into a sweet vignette. ![]()
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