These adorable Easter Bunny painted clam shells are perfect to add to the little one’s Easter baskets this year. They’re also fun additions to add to your inside or outside Easter decor. You can paint several of them in one weekend and you don’t have to have any artistic skills to make them! Don’t have access to seashells? The designs can be painted onto smooth river rocks too!
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For this project I used 3″ wide clam shells collected from the beach. Washed in warm, soapy water…rinse with clean water and air dry for 1-2 days. They need to be clean and dry before painting on them.
Base coat each seashell in the desired color. I used a medium blue color. Let dry until the paint is no longer tacky. I used a pencil to lightly sketch the design onto the shell. I didn’t use a template, just free-handed a simple design. Using BETEM Acrylic Paint Markers I colored in the design using the medium tip of the paint marker. I used the fine tip of the paint marker to add the facial features, wordage and to do all of the outlining. Let dry for 1 hour.
Note: Paint Markers are DIFFERENT than Sharpies, kid’s markers, etc. They’re markers that contain acrylic paint! I use the BETEM brand because there’s no priming, no foul odors, wash off your surfaces with soap & water, no drips, leaks, clogs, etc. They’re fantastic and I highly recommend the BETEM Acrylic Paint Markers that I purchased from Amazon for these type’s of projects.
Once the design work is done you need to seal the paint. You can seal it with 1-2 coats of brush-on Clear Mod Podge Sealer or with a spray-on Acrylic Clear Sealer. I used a foam brush and Mod Podge. Let dry overnight. I’ll be placing these two in my grandchildren’s Easter baskets this year.
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