For years, I’ve been seeing Pinterest-y craft projects that involved spray-painting animal/dinosaur figurines, and I always thought they looked super cool. I also figured that in real life, they would not come out as actually cool. But, over last weekend, I went on a bit of a DIY-spree at our new condo and on that list was making bookends. So, I decided it was time to try out the whole animal-spray-paint thing. And I loved how it turned out! This is a super, super simple project and takes about 10 minutes in total time to get it done, so if you’re looking for a fast-and-easy bookend solution, this is an excellent one. (I’m going to use similar tactics for a couple of other projects along these lines, so stay tuned for those as well.)
I’ve always been a huge fan of making what I can — though not to a ridiculous excess — and now that we actually own a place that we’re living in (though admittedly barely occupying for the coming months), it’s been super satisfying to tackle any home project, from big to small.
You’ll Need:
- Brick
- Spray Paint
- Glue/Caulk (I used caulk because it’s a bit less runny, dries quickly and neatly, works well with cement, and it’s always good to have on hand!)
- Tiny animals/action figures (I got mine at Dollarama)
- Newspaper
Total cost: ~ $10 (4 bricks were around 50 cents each, spray paint is $2, caulk was $4, animals were $2—but obviously it depends on what kind of paint and plastic figurines you end up with)
The directions are pretty straight-forward:
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- Rinse and dry bricks (they’re pretty dusty)
- Glue your animals to the top of the bricks
- Spraypaint
- Re-apply because you probably missed a nook or cranny on the brick and the animal
- Let it dry for longer than you think
- Arrange books to look super fancy
Let me know in the comments if this kind of thing is interesting for you guys. More—and more complicated DIYs—are coming soon!
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