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Personalised 'letter' bookends

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Candle addicts will love this one. You just need a couple of glass jars, glass or ceramic paint, tape, brushes, and a few of those battery-operated tea lights – to avoid catching your books on fire. Kids can opt for the initials of their name or the traditional style A-Z with these DIY letter bookends. Bookends like these are great for DIY presents too as you can personalise them. These bookends were birthed from the Michaels Makers challenge “Alphabet Soup” products from Make Market. The collection is pretty and fun – letters in every style and finish you can imagine – and made from any material you can find.

If you are an avid reader, book collector, or even video gamer you probably could use at least one good set of bookends to organize your books or games. If you’re into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC comics, or generally just love a good superhero, you’ll want to make these Superhero bookends. They’re inexpensive and pretty easy to make. You need a little drawing skill or at least the ability to Google printable designs for your superhero cutouts.

Simple DIY Bookends

If you are reading this, you are definitely like me and don’t want to spend tons of money on something that holds up your books, whether it’s decor or not. Instead, you’d like to make it yourself. If you want a unique bookend set that will stand out from the rest, while still being inexpensive and easy, then you just might love this faux gold pipe bookends set. It was originally inspired by a penholder, so even more useful, if you happen to keep those books in the office. Using a sharp craft knife carefully slice your dinosaur in half. Now reposition each half on to the bookends and glue in place.

These bookends are not only adorable, but they’re uber functional, too. If you drill in some holes, you’ve got bookend flower vases or pencil holders, to boot. Anyone looking for straight, clean lines and a project that requires a little more oomph than some of the other bookends will love the challenge of making these simple cement bookends. This is the perfect way to ease into the cement crafting medium. They’re super easy, very effective for keeping your books in place and add a unique charm that few other bookends could. Plus, they’re inexpensive to make.

Lovely Letter Bookends

Group provides these instructions on how to make them, and specifically how to make them without burning yourself handling the hot vinyl. And they’re so easy that non-crafters can make them. With a DIY bookend, you can cater to your child's individual taste and get them involved in the process too. Simple wooden bookends just require two short lengths of wood which can be glued together and then decorated by little hands. Whatever you choose to make your DIY bookends out of they'll need to be heavy enough to hold up your books. You can add extra weight by using sand inside objects if needed. If these crafts are too advanced for pre-schoolers try these easy crafts instead. This easy DIY project makes use of the books you already have at home, to turn them into bookends that are invisible to the eye! DIY bookends like these are great if you're short on space as they're slim and will blend in. These painted animal bookends combine elements of multiple other bookends on this list for a unique twist you’ll love. They’re simple to make, add some fun texture to a room, and supplies are pretty inexpensive and easy to locate.

Glue the figure to the base – make sure it's positioned so that the toy is holding up the books when it's used. Leave the bookends to dry. Right On Target Bookends Using a jigsaw cut out the basic arched rainbow shape so that it will fit between the base and the side. Sketch out the shape before making your cut. These bookends are great for both attractive complements around the home or for actual, functional bookends. You need some faux pineapples that you can add some filler to or that come solid – i.e. hardwood or hollow plastic you can fill – so that they can keep your books upright. Follow the easy, illustrated directions to create these fun bookends, and take cues from the images to add in some special touches of your own – like adding in old baseball photo images. Or, if you can get your hand on some, grab some old baseball cards and use them as additional décor.

All you need is two vinyl records, a flat bottomed heat-resistant pan, a flat wood surface, some oven mitts, and boiling water. For the dinosaur-obsessed book lovers, these adorable bookends will complete the office or bedroom shelf. Seriously, they’re so cute and super easy to make. What’s better than a DIY project that’s beautiful and useful? Pretty much nothing. These gorgeous letter bookends are perfect for any home decorating style. You can choose whatever pattern you like – floral, Fleur-de-lis, stripes, polka dots, plaid, whatever you find – to craft your own perfect bookends.

Cheer up a child's bedroom with these cheery DIY bookends. Adults will need to handle the cutting of the wood but children will be able to decorate the bookends themselves. These fun little bookends are a unique twist on some of the current decorating trends. And they won’t cost you a fortune like buying something like this from a retailer might. Instead, they’re simple and fun to make and don’t cost a load.Or, you could follow a simple tutorial and create theses invisible bookends from old discarded books instead. You just need a few things, including pretty books you won’t be reading (thrift stores are great for this). Kidadl is independent and to make our service free to you the reader we are supported by advertising. Follow the visual tutorial for the step-by-step actions, and in one afternoon you’ll have these adorable stuffies keeping your books in hand. They’ll be great for the kids’ room, classroom, office, or anywhere else. You’ll just need to snatch up some dinosaurs from Michaels or Target, grab some scrap wood, some wood stain – if you want – wood glue, Gorilla glue, and paint whatever color you want those dinos sporting on your shelf. Folks with basic skill levels – or none at all – can make them. Spray your plaque and the figure with your paint in a well-ventilated room. Two coats should be enough then leave to dry.

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