Skull Book Ends

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!}