Making Brick Books Archives - Painting: On The Rocks https://paintingontherocks.com/category/brick-books/ My Crazy Journey Painting Rocks Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:46:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://paintingontherocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-paintbrush-emoji-by-twitter-1-32x32.png Making Brick Books Archives - Painting: On The Rocks https://paintingontherocks.com/category/brick-books/ 32 32 199583227 An Open Book https://paintingontherocks.com/an-open-book/ https://paintingontherocks.com/an-open-book/#respond Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:39:03 +0000 https://paintingontherocks.com/?p=899 Not all brick books are closed books. Extra wide pavers can make great open brick books. These brick books were made from 11 inch x 7 inch paver bricks. The brick edges were painted to look like the open pages. We have a wooded area with lots of woodpeckers and trees. Finding species identification books...

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]]> Not all brick books are closed books. Extra wide pavers can make great open brick books. These brick books were made from 11 inch x 7 inch paver bricks. The brick edges were painted to look like the open pages. We have a wooded area with lots of woodpeckers and trees. Finding species identification books that seem to have been left in the woods adds some mystery to a walk in the woods.

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]]> https://paintingontherocks.com/an-open-book/feed/ 0 899 How to Make Book Bricks for your Little Free Library https://paintingontherocks.com/how-to-make-book-bricks-for-your-little-free-library/ https://paintingontherocks.com/how-to-make-book-bricks-for-your-little-free-library/#respond Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:27:35 +0000 https://paintingontherocks.com/?p=874 By Megan Hanson Here is a great tutorial for making brick books on Little Free Library website.

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Here is a great tutorial for making brick books on Little Free Library website.

How to Make Book Bricks for your Little Free Library

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]]> https://paintingontherocks.com/how-to-make-book-bricks-for-your-little-free-library/feed/ 0 874 Brick Books for the Garden https://paintingontherocks.com/brick-books-for-the-garden/ https://paintingontherocks.com/brick-books-for-the-garden/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:06:04 +0000 https://paintingontherocks.com/?p=850 Painted brick books are a hit at the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge in lake Lure, NC. The books celebrate the works of literature that inspire us! Visitors love finding the bricks tucked in the gardens. You can add a brick book with your favorite tile by painting your own, or order one from the Lake...

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]]> Painted brick books are a hit at the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge in lake Lure, NC. The books celebrate the works of literature that inspire us! Visitors love finding the bricks tucked in the gardens. You can add a brick book with your favorite tile by painting your own, or order one from the Lake Lure Flowering Garden.

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]]> https://paintingontherocks.com/brick-books-for-the-garden/feed/ 2 850 How to Paint Bricks That Look Like Books https://paintingontherocks.com/bricks-that-look-like-books/ https://paintingontherocks.com/bricks-that-look-like-books/#respond Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:34:00 +0000 http://paintingontherocks.com//?p=1 A fun and different way to decorate and add interest to your garden is to paint bricks to look like your favorite classic books. It’s easy to paint bricks, they withstand the weather and are quite charming. To paint your own book bricks, find a book, or print a picture of a book. (Google Search...

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]]> A fun and different way to decorate and add interest to your garden is to paint bricks to look like your favorite classic books. It’s easy to paint bricks, they withstand the weather and are quite charming.

To paint your own book bricks, find a book, or print a picture of a book. (Google Search and Pinterest are great resources for inspiration.) You will need acrylic paint from Amazon or the craft store and some brushes. It’s not worth spending a lot of money on the brushes, because the they will not last long when you are painting on the rough brick surfaces. A straight edge ruler or paint stick is helpful to draw pages and cover edges. Use carbon paper to trace the lettering and design. You can paint your design on a brick or paver of your choice.

If you make a mistake, it’s easy to paint over it. Acrylic paint washes away with water when still wet, so cleanup is easy.

A few coats of clear sealer will make your brick book weather proof. Be sure to spray your brick in a well ventilated place. I use Krylon Acrylic Spray Paint – Crystal Clear, available at Lowes and Amazon, but there are lots of other brands. I have not tested them to see which is best. If you have experience with sealers, please share what you have learned in the comments section below. I would love to hear what you have learned.

There are lots of blogs and tutorial videos on how to paint bricks to look like books. Here are just a few:

Paint your brick look like a real book.

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