Lucas has a lot of books.  He has them here, he has them there, he has them a little bit of everywhere.

A small collection of board books, his favorite ones now live on top of his toy shelf.  I really wanted to find some fun bookends, but I didn’t want to spend a fortune on such a novelty piece.

These are so cool.  I felt they were maybe a bit mature and at nearly $50, I was not in love.

If you love them you can find them here.

I also found these cute mice on Amazon.  They are super adorable, I almost ordered them.  But again, at almost $50 I was not sold. 

Here is my solution since I am being so budget minded, you know since we are remodeling our kitchen and all.

I rummaged through the boys bins of toy dinosaurs and found two with similar scale and detail.

Then I went to Home Depot and bought two pieces of wood with bevelled edges in the crown molding section.  I am not sure what these pieces are originally intended for but they were perfect for this project. 

I spray painted the bases and then the dinos.  Then simply hot glued the toys to the wood to create instant bookends.  The price?  Approx $2 for each of the wood pieces and a can of spray paint, which I happened to already have on hand. 

I pretty much LOVE them.   They hold up the books, they are cute, they make you want to say RAWR, what is not to love?

xoxo