My little nephew turned 3 years old last month and I was asked to whip up some party favors for his big birthday party! Almost all of the kids in attendance would be preschool-aged. After giving it some thought…I decided to paint large clam shells seashells and attach rubber animal bath toys to the top. You know…rubber duckies ducky that kids like to play with in the bathtub? Yup, that’s what I used!
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I purchased the Preschool Floating Bath Toys variety pack from Amazon. You get 15 sea animals in the pack. If you want rubber ducks, pink flamingos, etc. they offer those packs too. For my needs…I needed a variety pack of sea animals, so that’s what I bought. Each one measures approximately 2″ in size. I need 8 of them for my craft project. Here’s what I made.
You’ll need 4″ to 5″ wide clam shells to make this project. You’ll paint them in your desired colors. It can be a solid blue to represent water or do a beach with sand theme. That’s entirely up to you. Once the paint is dry you need to seal the paint by brushing 1-2 coats of Clear Modge Podge Sealer over the top. Let dry until it’s no longer tacky.
Next…use Gorilla Glue (not hot glue or school/craft glue) to adhere the rubber sea animal onto the top of the clam shell. Let dry for 2-3 hours. Once it’s dry…flip the seashell over. Use a black Sharpie Marker to write the child’s name, date or whatever message that you would like. That’s it…done!
All of the parents and kids loved these unique birthday party favors. I’ve been told that all of the little boys and girls have them displayed in this bedrooms. Always nice to come up with something unqiue for a kid’s birthday party.
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