Hosting a St. Patrick’s Day party? Looking to spruce up your garden area for St. Patty’s Day? These hand-painted seashells add a burst of color and are really simple to make! They can be made by any skill level. All you need are clam shells, acrylic craft paints, a black paint pen, clear acrylic spray sealer and a paint brush to make them!
Project recommendations: If you’re making them as party favors I would use smaller seashells around 2 to 3″ in width. If you’re going to place them outside in a garden area I would use 4″ to 5″ wide clam shells. Make sure they’re clean and thoroughly dry before painting on them.
Base coat the entire shell with 2 coats of seafoam green acrylic craft paint. Allow for 30 minutes of drying time between coats. For the Shamrock I found a free template online using Google Image Search. Resized it to the size I needed and printed it out. I then cut it out and used a pencil to trace around it onto my seashell. Whola, a template/stencil that was free!
Use dark green acrylic craft paint to make the Shamrock. I had to use 2 coats of paint to get the coverage that I needed. Let it dry. Use a black acrylic paint pen to outline the Shamrock. Let dry for 2 hours.
Take the painted seashells outside. Spray them with 1-2 coats of clear acrylic spray sealer in a glossy finish. Let dry for 4-6 hours or until no longer tacky. They can now be displayed and used inside or outside of the home.
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You have always given us cute projects to do with sea shells . This is one my grandchildren would also enjoy doing.
Another great sea shell craft. You have the best ideas.
Love these shell ideals great niece likes to try new things all the time
I can hardly believe it is March. Time flies. I like this one too, of course. I enjoy making these cute art projects.