Lego Bookends

Our boys are obsessed with Legos!  They seriously have tons of them and create these huge cities and buildings and just about anything else that they can think up. So, for Christmas my husband and I bought them some Lego idea books which I now frequently find thrown around their room.  They don’t have shelving in their room and I kept thinking that they need some bookends for their dresser but cute bookends are usually expensive.  Thanks to an idea that I found on Pinterest, originally pinned by Apartment Therapy, I came up with a solution.

Materials:

2 bricks (Home Depot, 40 cents each)

2 pieces of red 12x12 scrapbook paper

2 pieces of blue 12x12 scrapbook paper

1 piece of red paper

1 piece of blue paper

Tape

Tacky Glue (I love the Scotch brand)

Mod Podge

Foam brush

I wrapped the bricks in one of the sheets of paper and then taped it down and wrapped it again beginning with the opposite side so that the entire brick would be covered. The 2^nd time I wrapped it I didn’t use tape (because it would show). Instead I used the quick-drying tacky glue and then turned the brick so that the side with the glue was against the counter.  This allowed the glue to set.

While the bricks were busy adhering to the paper, I picked out 2 pieces of scrapbook paper that we only slightly darker that the colors used on the bricks and drew 8 circles on each.  I used a shot glass as a pattern to make my circles.  I cut them out and then glued them onto the bricks with the corresponding colors.

After all of the pieces were glued onto the bricks I put on a couple of coats of Mod Podge using the foam brush to spread it evenly over each brick.

I let the bricks dry overnight and then they were ready to use!  The Mod Podge even gave them a shiny coat which made them look even better.

I really liked the way these turned out and the boys LOVED them!  I’m hoping that the bookends help the boys keep their books organized but I’m also kinda hoping that they don’t decide to throw the bookends at each other because I’m thinking that might hurt or break something. LOL!

Now Go! Be Crafty!