Materials: 1 pair of child's old cowboy boots
Four 7" x 9" decorative wood plaques
Compound miter saw
Wood glue
White glue
Finish nails (1/2")
2 bottles midnight or dark blue acrylic paint
1 bottle medium blue or blue stoneware acrylic paint
Plate
1-1/2" painters brush
Two 10" pieces of twine
E6000 adhesive
Water based satin polyurethane
2" foam brush
Hammer
Finishing nails
Sanding block or paper
River stones
Paper towels - Miter cut edges of wooden plaques at 45 degrees (figure A).
- Attach the cut plaques at the edges using wood glue (figure B), and allow to dry.
- Hammer in finishing nails to reinforce wood glue.
- Sand rough edges.
- Using 1.5" painters brush, apply 2 coats of midnight blue acrylic paint to wood. Allow to totally dry (45 minutes).
- Pour small amount of "Blue Stoneware" acrylic paint onto plate. Load up 1.5" brush with "Blue Stoneware" paint. Dip the brush into the paint and then dab it off on a paper towel. Using vertical strokes, lightly brush paint onto bookends (figure C). Once vertical strokes have dried, repeat dry brush process with horizontal strokes creating a criss-cross pattern, and allow to dry. This will give the wood a worn denim look.
- Using 2" foam brush, apply coat of water based satin polyurethane. Allow to dry.
- Position and attach cowboy boot to bookend using E6000 adhesive (figure D).
- To add weight to bookends, put river rocks into the boots from the toe area all the way up.
- Knot raw ends of twine. Using white glue, attach twine to bookend in a lasso pattern around boots (figure E). You could spell out your name with the twine or add silver brads or stars, etc.
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Author: Susie Lacome and Myra Coles
(December, 1996)
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