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Looking for a fun arts and crafts Valentine’s Day project to do with the kids? These Valentine’s Day hand painted kindness rocks are easy-to-make! They can be given as little Valentine’s Day greeting cards to their friends, used as little home decor accents or just …
I enjoy painting but I’m no professional artist. I like to use paint in various arts and crafts projects that I make. It’s just a hobby of mine and not a business. Over the years I’ve learned a few things about how to clean my …
I love to decorate painted seashells and rocks as part of the Kindness Rocks and Painted Shells projects. Over the years I’ve decorated and/or painted over 1,000 of them and left them for other people to find. It’s a fun way to pay kindness forward and to bring a smile to other people’s faces. You can find 100+ painted seashells projects right HERE on the TCC blog.
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Last month I purchased a pack of the Fairy and Floral Rub-On Transfers Decals for Crafts from Amazon. This pack contains 12 sheets of beautifully designed fairies, floral items and butterflies. I think they’re the perfect designs to add to the shells that I’m decorating for the upcoming Spring season. They’re colorful and absolutely beautiful.
Each sheet measures 5.9″ in size. There are several designs on each sheet. These rub-on transfers are very easy to use! You simply cut-out the design that you want to use. Peel off the backing. Place the transfer down onto your item. Use a wooden popsicle stick to rub the transfer from the sheet and onto your project. Then pull off the covering. Viola, you’re done!!!
You can apply these beautiful rub-on decals onto various different surfaces: wood, glass, mirrors, clean and smooth seashells and rocks, paper (greeting cards and scrapbooking), metal, smooth ceramic & tile surfaces, etc. If you want to protect the decal from water or weather elements I do suggest that you coat over it with an Acrylic Spray Sealer or brush-on 1-2 light coats of Clear Mod Podge Sealer.
I’ve been using my new decals on large 4″ to 5″ wide clam shells that I collected from the beach. I also used 4 of them to decorate a plastic storage box that my granddaughter uses to hold her little hair accessories in. You can really get creative with them!
Head on over to Amazon if you’re interest in purchasing the Fairy and Floral Rub-On Transfers Decals for a really accordable price. You get 12 total sheets!
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Looking to make a few stocking stuffers for the upcoming Christmas holiday? If so, consider making a few of these adorable painted seashell keychains and purse charms. You’ll need to collect a few 2″ wide small clam shells from the beach. The ones that we …
Decorate your home for the holidays in a Gingerbread House theme? Just love the cuteness of gingerbread? If so, check out these easy-to-make Gingerbread House painted clam shells! You can use these painted seashells as Christmas decor accents, as table settings, Christmas tree ornaments and …
Looking for a few last-minute homemade gifts to make this holiday season? If so, these hand-painted Christmas themed clam shells take only 1 day to make. You don’t need any artistic skills to make them! A great project for older children, adults and seniors to make. They can be used as home decor accents, paper weights on a desk, or place them outside on a front porch as part of your holiday decorating.
Snow Man Clam Shell
Base coat the entire shell with 2 coats of bright navy blue acrylic craft paint allowing for 45 minutes of drying time between coats. Use acrylic paint markers (we like the BETEM Acrylic Paint Markers with Dual Tips) to add all of the design work. You’ll want to make a snowman, the snow on the ground, etc. You can decorate it however you like.
Christmas Candy Canes Shell
Base coat the clam shell with 2 coats of lime green acrylic craft paint allowing for 45 minutes of drying time between coats. Once dry, use a pencil to outline 2 candy can shapes in the middle of the seashells. Use Acrylic Paint Markers to color them in and then outline in black. Underneath the candy canes we wrote “Sweet but Twisted!”
Holiday Lights Shell
Base coat the clam shell with 2 coats of lime green acrylic craft paint allowing for 45 minutes of drying time between coats. Once dry, use a pencil to lightly draw on 3 bulb shaped holiday lights. Use Acrylic Paint Markers to color them in (we used green, yellow, and red). Use a silver metallic paint marker for the hanging cord and then outline everything with black. Underneath this one we wrote Ready, Set, Glow.
Once all of the paint has dried you need to seal the seashells with 1-2 light coats of Glossy Clear Mod Podge Sealer. I like to brush it on with a foam brush. Allow 20-30 minutes of drying time between coats. This will help to protect the painted surface and give the shells a nice glossy shine.
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Every year when the Christmas holiday rolls around we try to get out to visit with Santa Claus. Yes, we’re adults but we still enjoy getting our photograph taken with Santa! Along with our photograph we like to get one with each of our grandchildren …
These hand-painted santa and snowmen seashell Christmas tree ornaments are easy to make! You’ll need smaller sized clam shells and oyster shells to make them along with basic painting supplies. You can make a dozen of them in just one weekend! They’re perfect to hang …