Making Wooden Bookends

Total Time: 2 hrs.

Yield: 2

Supplies:

• 2 5x6 pieces of wood
• 2 7x6 pieces of wood
• screws or nails
• saw
• drill
• spray paint
• 2 wood cut outs (optional)
• card stock paper (optional)

 

 

Steps:

1. These book ends were cut from left over 6x1 wood. Cut 2 - 5 inch pieces and 2 - 7 inch pieces.

 

 

 
2. Place together using the smaller piece on the bottom, screwing or nailing together. Drill pilot holes and then assemble using screws. Optional: A countersink drill bit can be helpful in this project.

 

 

 
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3. Lightly sand the edges.
4. Spray paint. (The house shapes were added prior to painting.)
5. Added embellishments (optional). I used these house shapes covered with cardstock paper and paper flowers. The cardstock and the paper flowers were added after the bookends, including the house shapes, were spray painted.

 

 

 
6. Ready to gift or use yourself.

 

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May 21, 20210 found this helpful

Ana,
Nice project. The addition of something non-skid on the bottoms will be very useful for keeping them from sliding and books tipping over. I've used: those small silicone stick-on dots, a piece of inner tube glued on, and pieces of the anti-slip matting you can buy in rolls for under throw rugs, that have a mesh with rubber "blobs" all over the mesh.