My boys are starting to get quite the collection of Minecraft books and I love it (whatever to get them to love reading, right?). When I built the Minecraft crafting table, I wanted to make some shelves to go above to help keep it more organized. Instead of just putting the books into a basket, I thought it would be fun to make some creeper book ends. They were so EASY to make and I LOVE how they turned out. They may be my favorite thing about the whole homework station.
This is how I made them.
I look a 2×4 and cut it. I cut one piece 8” and then cut another piece 1 5/8”. I then cut that piece in half, making a 1 5/8×1 5/8 piece (you could also use a 2×2 but I didn’t have any at the time, so I improvised). Each creeper needs a body and two feet (technically creepers have 4 feet, so you could do it with 4 feet, I just wanted the books to lay flat against the back of the book end).
Using a nail gun (we attempted screwed and it didn’t go so well) we nailed the feet onto the body.
Then I painted it green.
I cut out some black vinyl with my Silhouette CAMEO and then put it onto the wood.
And that’s it!!! They are so easy to make, only took about 10 minutes to make (minus drying time).
They make perfect book ends too.
Don’t they look so fun up on the shelf??
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Nice job, what color green paint did you use?
I don't remember what color it was but I think I might have just mixed a couple acrylic paints together