These adorable hand-painted Santa Claus seashells are super easy to make! You don’t need any artistic talent to make them. In one weekend I was able to make 10 of them to give out as holiday gifts this year. You only need a few basic art supplies to make them. Let’s get started.

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Clam Shells Seashells
White, Metallic Green, Flesh-Tone and Metallic Red Acrylic Craft Paint
Paint Brush, Paper Towels, Water Dish
Acrylic Paint Pen Markers (Black, Blue, White, Green)
Pearl Metallic Paint
Mod Podge Clear Sealer in Glossy Finish
Foam Brush

Base coat all clam shells with 2 coats of white acrylic craft paint. Allow for 30 minutes of drying time between coats.

Using flesh-tone colored paint make the face using a paint brush. Refer to the photo, it’s a simple shape and doesn’t have to be exact. Next….add the hat. I used green and red metallic craft paint (2 coats of paint for each color). Let dry.

Dip your paint brush into the Pearl metallic paint. Pounce the color along the edge of the hat to form a “fluffy” brim…to kind of make it look fluffy and furry. At the “painted” pom-pom at the top of the hat with the same pearl metallic paint. This type of paint takes a little longer to dry.

The rest of the design work was done using BETEM Acrylic Paint Pen Markers. They’re fabulous! They’re dual tip meaning a medium tip on one end with a fine tip on the other end. No priming, no dripping, no leaking and no foul paint odors! Use the Paint Pen Markers to do all of the facial features as shown in the photograph. Let dry for 1-2 hours.

Use a foam brush dipped into Clear Mod Podge Sealer to seal the seashell. I like to brush on 2 coats of Mod Podge with 30 minutes of drying time between each coat. Once dry, flip it over and seal the unpainted side. Let dry for several hours to let everything “cure”.

Note: If you want to add wordage or a message you can do that on the unpainted side of the clam shell.

Have you all seen the cute Christmas and Holiday wall decorations and decor at Dollar Tree? Oh my gosh, some of them are absolutely adorable! I love picking up holiday decor from Dollar Tree and bringing it home to use in various craft projects or just adding my own finishing touches to them to spruce them up. You know, make them look more expensive and fabulous!

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I purchased 3 of the Welcome Gnome Holiday Wall Decorations from Dollar Tree. One for me, my mom and my adult daughter. We love gnomes! I knew when I saw them that I could make them look fabulous with a few items from my scrap box where I keep leftover items from other craft projects. The photograph below shows what it looked like before I made it over.

First…I used Modge Podge and brushed it onto the brims of each hat (the white area) and then sprinkled irridescent glitter on top while it was wet. Once dry, took it to my kitchen sink and shook off the excess. I added faux mauve half pearls (self-adhesive) to the center of each star on the one gnomes hat and in the center of the flower of the other gnomes hat. Peel, press, and stick!

Digging around in my scrap box I came across 2 pom-poms (white with irridescent sparkles) and used glue to attach them to the end of each hat. There are 4 white stars on the back ground and I added self-adhesive clear round rhinestones to the center of each one. Again, Peel, press, and stick!

One thing that I have a ton of is ribbon! All kinds of ribbon and in a gazillion different colors and prints. I simply made a bow for each wall hanging and glued it at the top.

You cna do all sorts of things to these inexpensive holiday wall hangings to make them your own. Add glitter, beads, sequins,  rhinestones, ribbon, faux pearls, stickers, paint, buttons, pom-poms, etc. Whatever you have on hand in your craft stash. I think they now look fabulous!

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