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My granddaughter is a Girl Scout and every year they host a little Valentine’s Day party. The parents get together to provide the finger foods and drinks, provide a few fun games to play along with music for the girls to enjoy. Some of the girls invite their dads to the party and do a father & daughter dance which is really nice too.
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The girls can’t give one another store bought Valentine’s Day greeting cards. They exchange cards but they have to be homemade. This challenges them to get creative! This year my granddaughter and I made this cute Valentine’s Day Painted Seashells to use as her greeting cards for her friends. We used smaller sized clam shells and oyster shells as the base.
Alternative: If you don’t have access to seashells you can use smooth river rocks instead. Scallop Seashells and Smooth River Rocks can be purchased at various craft stores and from Amazon.
You’ll need the following supplies:
Seashells
Acrylic Craft Paint with a Paint Brush
Cardboard Puzzle Pieces
BETEM Acrylic Paint Markers with a fine tip
Mod Podge Clear Sealer with a Foam Brush
Gorilla Glue with a Fine Tip Nozzle
Base coat all of the seashells in the desired color. We went with white except for one shell which was a special request for one of her Girl Scout Leaders who loves the colors Orange, Navy and Yellow. Each shell got 2 coats of paint with 30 minutes of drying time between each coat.
While the shells are drying you want to paint the back side of each cardboard puzzle piece with acrylic craft paint. The unfinished side of the puzzle piece. You may need 2 coats of paint to get the desired coverage. Let dry. Once they’re dry you want to use a foam brush and Mod Podge to seal the paint on each puzzle piece. Let dry again.
Use a BETEM Fine Tip Paint Marker to write the wordage on each shell. You can trim out the shell along the edge with color too which adds a nice finished look. Let dry. Use a tiny dab of Gorilla Glue to adhere the cardboard puzzle pieces onto each shell. Let dry for 2-3 hours.
To finish them up you need to coat them with Mod Podge using a foam brush. If you want to do a To and From you can do that on the back side of each shell using a Betem Paint Marker and then seal them with the Mod Podge. Let dry for several hours or overnight.
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Tumbling Tower Blocks are all of the rage when it comes to crafting these days. The little wooden blocks are like Jenga game blocks but the ones that I use are smaller. You can purchase a box full of Tumbling Tower Blocks in the game …
I enjoy painting and decorating seashells, especially clam shells that I pick up from the beach. I use them as decorating accents in our home, in our flower gardens, around the swimming pool, as Christmas tree ornaments, paper weights on a desk and I give …
During the holiday and winter season I like to decorate my home with snowmen. I think they’re cute and sweet! They can be put out in early December and left out on display until late February. At least that’s how I do it up here in the northeast.
The designs were painted on large 4″ and 5″ wide clam shells seashells but you can certainly do these same designs on smooth river rocks. I know that rock painting is a big craze too! If you don’t live near a beach paint on smooth rocks or order your seashells from Amazon. The Dollar Tree often sells bagged shells too!
Each shell got 2 coats of a dark blue acrylic craft paint to serve as the base coat. Let it fully dry. Using white acrylic craft paint you’ll make the snowy ground and the 3 round snowballs to form the snowman. I used Acrylic Paint Pen Markers to make the stick arms, eyes, mouth and buttons down his chest. On the one seashell I wrote Let It Snow.
While the paint is drying you need to make the carrot shaped noses. I purchased a pack of orange air dry modeling clay. I started with a tiny ball of orange clay and rolled it into the shape of a carrot. Use the end of a toothpick to put indented lines on it to give it texture and to make it look realistic. They will need to dry overnight. You can speed up the drying by baking them in the oven by following the package directions.
Brush a generous coat of Clear Mod Podge Sealer over each seashell. Sprinkle irridescent glitter on the areas that you prefer. I did it on the snowy areas as shown in the photo. You need to sprinkle the glitter on while the Mod Podge is still wet! Let it dry.
To finish up you need to use Gorilla Glue (not hot glue) to add the carrot nose. On the one seashell I added irridescent snowflakes that I found in the party supplies aisle. I believe it’s confetti! Let everything dry overnight.
You can use the painted Snowman seashells to decorate the inside of your home, to decorate your front porch, back deck, in a tablescape or give them as holiday gifts!
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