I was bursting at the seams to share this project and today is the day! I love lacquered anything, but this cute little animals in a lovely deep blue are such a welcome addition to my office. They were so so simple to make and the options of animal, object, and color are endless. I think I might even make a few for gifts!
I simply used Gorilla Super Glue to adhere a plastic toy to a brick, painted with a high gloss paint and finished it off with a high gloss lacquer top coat. Easy, huh?
I had so much fun playing around with styling them and thought the monkey’s faces were humorous. I really wanted to find horses or a lion, but truth be told, finding the toy to use was the hardest part of this project. I ended up using dog toys, but I think a trip to a large toy store probably would have yielded good results as well.
So what do you think? Silly? Fun? Can I say chic?
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I love this! So easy and looks great! I would never have thought to do this
This is genius, Erin! I want to make a gold pair
That would be so pretty! I wanted to do gold, but I feel like I’m on gold overboard right now!
Ah I thought of using a brick as a bookend but you make it to a next level. A great idea!!
how fun is this!
our house is filled with funny little animal this-&-that, and I think that picking out the animals for this project sounds SO fun.
This is such a great idea!! I can’t wait to do a pair of these for my bookshelves, too!!! Thanks for sharing!
You’ll have to come back and show me what you make!!
These came out absolutely adorable…I definitely want to try this out!
Would love to find a set of three See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil monkey figures and stagger them on bookcase shelves!
I love these! Never thought of using a brick as the base- brilliant!
Those are so fun and inventive, and the monkeys are fantastic. Thanks for sharing the idea!
This is the most creative idea! I love how simple it is but how gorgeous the result comes out in the end. Thanks so much for sharing!
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I recently picked up dinosaurs from the Target dollar bin and can’t wait to do a similar project!
And did you read Casual Vacancy, yet? How was it, if so? I haven’t yet, but have been meaning to!
Samantha,
I always finish books, but this one is still just half read. Nit as emthralling as I’d hoped, but good writing nonetheless!
Good to know. I’ll find it at the library.