Spiral Seashell Icicle Christmas Tree Ornaments Craft Project

Every year I put up a 6 foot tall Christmas tree that is decorated from top to bottom with coastal beach style holiday ornaments. The majority of them were store bought, but others were handmade by me over the years. I wanted to add icicles to my tree but wanted them to work with my coastal theme. Well, here’s what I came up with!

These spiral seashell icicile Christmas tree ornaments took me a weekend to make a set of 12. They’re easy to make! You can find a bag of spiral shells at your local craft supply store or check out Dollar General. I found a bag of mixed seashells at DG for $3.00 and used all of the spirals that were in it.

You’ll base coat the shells with white acrylic craft paint. Each one took 2-3 coats of paint with 35-45 minutes of drying time between coats. I did paint a few of them in a metallic turquoise color since that is the color I like to use on my tree too. Let them dry until paint is no longer tacky.

I used a clear acrylic paint that contained micro-fine silver glitter on top of the white paint…again using 2 coats with 35-45 minutes of drying time between coats. Let dry until no longer tacky. The glitter added the sparkly pizzazz that they needed.

Take them outside and spray them with 1-2 coats of clear acrylic spray sealer in a glossy finish. It will take them 2-3 hours to dry depending on your weather. To finish them up…cut a 6″ long piece of clear fishing line. Knot the 2 ends together to form a hanging loop. Use a hot glue gun to glue the loop inside the open swirl of the seashell. Let the glue set until firm. That’s it, they’re ready for hanging!

For photo-taking purposes I hung them on my light-up beaded tree until I get my Christmas tree down from the attic and set-up. I think they turned out beautifully!

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