One of the useful things about the DIY glass jar bookends is that because these bookends are meant to inspire wonder, you can fill them with more than marbles. Since bookends are supposed to be structurally solid, you can add whatever heavy items inside them that you wish. For bookworms, this is a good time to bring out all those miniature book charms and fill one of your jars with them. If you don’t have any, you can put them together in a flash using white polymer baking clay and Elmer’s glue from Amazon, and then regular household tools like scissors, a blade, a paintbrush, and your baking tray.
Gather your kids for the arts and crafts project and print out mini versions of all your favorite book covers. Cut the prints out, fold them twice at the spine to shape them, and pile them up. Now, bring out a ball of polymer clay and flatten it into the thickness you want for the mini-book. Use a print-out book cover to measure the width and height and cut off the excess clay. Use it as a template to cut out more clay books. Place them on a baking tray and bake them according to the instructions on the label of the clay container. Once hardened, let them cool before gluing on the cover prints. Brush more glue onto the miniature books to laminate them and place them in the jars.