It turns out I bought about a dozen of these dollar store skulls last year. I found them all in my Halloween boxes now that I’m finally getting around to digging through them. {Apparently I thought they were going to run out and I stocked up!}
I just threw those book covers together so don’t judge. But the titles are pretty funny I think!
OK, back on task!
I am replacing all the tchotchkes in the Library {Whatever room} with spooky fare so I decided that some bookends would be in order.
I’m using some scrap MDF and a skull {x2 because that’s how many I’m making}.
1. First, decide how big to cut your MDF. I cut mine 6″ tall and 5″ wide.
2. Sand all the corners so they’re not sharp.
3. Glued and nailed the MDF pieces together, like so.
4. Lightly sprayed the skulls with black paint.
5. Primed the MDF with Problock, oil based primer from Sherwin Williams. Let it dry and then sanded the edges smooth. {Refer to this tip for more on that.}
7. I used a silver Sharpie to draw a big spiderweb on my bookend.
8. Hot glued the skulls in place. {I didn’t even burn myself again and my previous blisters are almost completely healed!}
Those bookends are great! You are just so creative!
Now you're making me wish I'd bought even more at the Dollar Store! My husband might not think that's possible but I doubt I have the supplies on hand to make something this great. They definitely don't look like cheap $1 skulls by the time you finished with them.
Those are fun! Yeah, why do we do that? Buy up so many of one item…just in case. Your house, your party, it will all come together.
*Furiously scribbles instructions* Those would look great in my foyer display flanking some classic horror. I may have to get on this pronto!
I wanna be like you when I grow up. ;-)Sure wish I'd taken Wood Shop in High School. Maybe I can try a little when my kids are older.Mmmm wooood…
Those are Great!!!I need more tools so I can play with wood too!! 🙂 I know what I'm asking Santa for, for Christmas… 🙂
These are so cool my friend! You made those cheap plastic skeletons look really expensive. Amazing.
The Spider webs are my favorite part!! What a cute accessory it could even be without the skulls for a little boy's Spiderman room! Or a play set…I could totally see making one to use as a backdrop for some Spiderman action figure imaginative play. 🙂
So creative!! Love it!
These are so cool. I'm need to go to the dollar store more often. Have a lovely week.
Another great project!
LOVE these book ends! I'm adding this to my Halloween 2011 project list! lol. Thanks for linking up to Sew Woodsy!
I love those bookends! If I didn't know you made them, I would've asked you where you bought them haha
How creative!
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uh-oh! Looks like I need to go to the Dollar store again! These turned out great! Thanks for linking up to Theme Party Thursday. 🙂
Thanks for the great idea! These will look great on our mantel.
Really eerie book ends. That would look good on a Halloween house. But the do-it-yourself part shouts some frugality, which i like. Maybe I'd try this but with a different design.