DIY: How To Make Whimsical Bookends

I am having so much fun increasing my knowledge and skill level when it comes to working with wood.  I have always had an interest in creating things with wood but never had the time to put that interest into action.  Since the success I had with building an IPad holder for my husband’s cooking classes, I have been rolling ideas through my mind on things that I can now create using wood.

You can click on the video to see how to make these whimsical bookends.  Please don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE, THUMBS UP & SHARE!


Whimsical Bookends

bookend full view

The design of the bookends was taken from the design of the IPad holder.  It is easy to create both items, the only thing that differs in the materials needed is the addition of the animal statutes.

bookends materials

 1. (2) plastic toy animals of your choice.  I purchased these from Walmart and they were $1.00 each.

2.  (4) L-brackets sized 1 1/2 inch

3.  E-6000 glue

4.  You can either spray paint or stain your bookends.

5.  (4) 7 inch plinth casing.  I purchased from Home Depot

6.  (16) screws

7.  Drill

 

Step One:

bookends step one

Spray paint the animals, and the L-brackets.  You can also spray or stain the wood. If you are staining the wood, make sure that the L-brackets are spray painted in a color that will blend in with the color of the wood

Step Two:

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After you have stained or spray painted the wood casing, then you want to make sure that the grooves of the casing are on the opposite ends of each other before assembling.

bookends unstained assembled

bookends stained

This is what it should look like once it has been stained or spray painted and assembled…

bookends with L brackets

This is what it looks like with the addition of the L-brackets.  If you noticed, I spray painted the screws and the L-brackets black so that it will blend in with the color of the stain on the wood.

 

Step Three:

bookends step 3

Next you want to take your spray painted toy animal and your E-6000 glue…

bookends add the glue

then apply glue to the feet of the toy animal, then place it into position ontop of the bottom wood casing.

Here is the finished product!

bookends final product

I absolutely love my new bookends and they look fabulous in my bookcase!  They will also make great Christmas gifts too!

 

XoXo

Tamela