Holiday Planning & Ideas Halloween Halloween Projects & Crafts Halloween Skull Bookends Give your shelves a bit of skeletal flair with these simple, yet spooky, BOO!-kends. By Martha Stewart Editors Martha Stewart Editors Facebook Instagram Twitter Website An article attributed to "Martha Stewart Editors" indicates when several writers and editors have contributed to an article over the years. These collaborations allow us to provide you with the most accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive information available.The Martha Stewart team aims to teach and inspire readers daily with tested-until-perfected recipes, creative DIY projects, and elevated home and entertaining ideas. They are experts in their fields who research, create, and test the best ways to help readers design the life they want. The joy is in the doing. Editorial Guidelines Published on September 18, 2017 Share Tweet Pin Email What You'll Need Materials 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 Instructions Use the hand saw to cut the plaster skull in half as shown. Glue each half of the skull on to the metal bookends using a hot-glue gun. Paint each skull half and metal bookends with 2 coats of Metallic Gold paint; let dry completely.