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Halloween Skull Bookends

Halloween Skull Bookends

Give your shelves a bit of skeletal flair with these simple, yet spooky, BOO!-kends.

September 18, 2017

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Martha Stewart Crafts Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylic Paint in Metallic Gold
Martha Stewart Crafts Large Brush Set
Hand saw
Plaster skull
Hot-glue gun and glue sticks
Standard metal bookends

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Part 1

skull bookend sawing

Step 1

Use the hand saw to cut the plaster skull in half as shown.

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bookend skull halves

Step 2

Glue each half of the skull on to the metal bookends using a hot-glue gun.

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Step 3

Paint each skull half and metal bookends with 2 coats of Metallic Gold paint; let dry completely.

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