Do you enjoy celebrating and decorating for the patriotic holidays? Just want to put your love for the United States of America on display year-round? If you answered YES to either of those questions we've got a really easy patriotic seashell craft project to share with you today. * This post … [Read more...] about Patriotic American Flag Painted Seashells
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Hand Painted Tropical Fish Seashells Garden Art
I have a really large bird bath in the center of my one flower garden and I wanted to decorate it for the season. Since I decorate in a coastal and beach theme, I decided to make a school of tropical fish out of seashells. You can easily make this project using large clam shells and scallop shells, … [Read more...] about Hand Painted Tropical Fish Seashells Garden Art
Large Floral Painted Seashells for Spring and Summer
Last month I was going through my large seashell collection and decided to make something to decorate for spring and summer. I pulled out a large 5 1/2" wide clam shell, 5 small slipper shells and a small round pebble. Other than paint and glue, that's all you will need to make this project. * … [Read more...] about Large Floral Painted Seashells for Spring and Summer
Kid’s Crafts: Seashell Paper Weight Teacher’s Gift
Early next month the Princess will be finishing up the 4th grade and wanted to make an End of Year Teacher's Gift for her favorite teacher. She was telling me that her teacher has a lot of pretty things sitting on her desk that the children made for her over the course of the school year. The … [Read more...] about Kid’s Crafts: Seashell Paper Weight Teacher’s Gift
Beautiful Hand-Painted Horseshoe Crab Shells
For the past 5 years my family has participated in programs that help to promote horseshoe crab conservation. Thousands of them die every year when they're washed up onto a beach, caught in fishing nets, stuck on rocky jetty's, etc. These crabs play an important part in our marine ecosystem and … [Read more...] about Beautiful Hand-Painted Horseshoe Crab Shells
Seashell Craft Project: Broken Conch Shell Trinket Dish
When walking the beach people will often stop to pick up seashells that they find along the way. Personally, I've been shelling and collecting seashells for over 30+ years. I've amassed quite the collection! Some of my seashells I put on display throughout my home, other's are placed in special … [Read more...] about Seashell Craft Project: Broken Conch Shell Trinket Dish
Craft Project: Painted Dolphin and Starfish Seashells
Every time we go down to the beach I spend hours, upon hours walking the beach and collecting seashells, driftwood, sea glass and other found treasures that wash up onto the shore. I have boxes upon boxes of treasures that I've collected over the years and many of them I use to decorate my home, use … [Read more...] about Craft Project: Painted Dolphin and Starfish Seashells
DIY Seashell Plant Picks and Garden Markers
A few months ago when we were down at the beach house I collected some bay scallop seashells off of the beach. The bay scallops along the Jersey Shore are typically black to dark gray in color. They are great shells to use in a variety of your craft projects. You can leave them natural or paint them … [Read more...] about DIY Seashell Plant Picks and Garden Markers