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Boo! We’re back this week with another fun kid’s craft project that’s really easy to do! These fun painted Halloween river rocks can be displayed indoors or outdoors. You can use small river rocks or paint the designs on larger rocks to decorate your front …
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Are you ready for some easy and fun Halloween craft projects? If so, we’ve got an easy one for you today! We painted these large clam seashells with a group of children and adults ages 9 years up to 67 years of age! If you don’t have access to large clam shells, you could certainly use smooth river rocks. Once they’re done you can use them to decorate your front yard, front porch, displayed on a table inside your home, etc. Fun!!!
Halloween Crafts: Painted Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin Seashells
Large Clam Seashells
Craft Paint: Orange, Black, Dark Green and White
Paint Brush, Water Dish, Paper Towels
Plastic Tablecloth or Old Newspaper
Mod Podge Clear Spray Sealer
Lay the plastic tablecloth or old newspaper down onto your work surface. Prepare your painting supplies, water dish, paper towels, etc.
Base coat your large clam seashells with 2 coats of orange acrylic craft paint and let dry for 30-50 minutes, or until no longer tacky. Just like carving real Jack-o-Lanterns you want each one to look different. You can use your black paint to make triangular-shaped eyes, upside down noses, weird-shaped mouth’s, etc. Be creative and come up with your own designs. Let the black paint dry for 30-50 minutes.
Some of our painters added a green leafy top to their pumpkins and other’s left the top plain. I’ve shown them done both ways in the above photograph. It’s entirely up to you and what you like best. Once the black paint has dried you’ll want to add the white colored inner eyes which helps the eyes “pop” and stand-out against the orange & black background. Let dry until no longer tacky.
Take your painted seashells outside and spray them with 1-2 coats of Mod Podge Spray Sealer with a glossy finish. You can use the matte finish, but I personally think the glossy looks better. Just my 2 cents on that! Let them dry for 3-4 hours and that’s it…you’re done! They can now be displayed inside and outside of your home as part of your Halloween decor!
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For the past year we’ve shared over a dozen hand-painted seashells, clam shells and river rock projects with all of you. The majority of these projects can be made with older children and some “light” adult supervision. With Halloween just around the corner, we wanted to feature one more hand-painted seashell design with all of you. If you don’t have access to large clam shells, you can do this design on smooth river rocks too! In addition, you can use regular acrylic craft paints or mix-in some glow-in-the-dark colors too!
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Looking for more fun Halloween Seashell Designs? You can find about a dozen of them right here on the Two Classy Chics blog along with our non-holiday seashell designs too!
Hand-Painted Black Spider Seashells for Halloween
Large Clam Seashell
Craft Paint: White, Black, Green, Yellow, Purple, Orange
Paint Brush, Water Dish, Paper Towels
Mod Podge Spray Sealer, Glossy Finish
Old Newspaper
If you’re doing this project with kids, you’ll want to cover your work surface with old newspaper.
You’ll want to base coat each of your seashells with 2 coats of white acrylic craft paint. Depending on the brand of paint that you use, you may need to use 3 coats to get good coverage. Let dry for 1 hour.
To make the spider you’ll want to make a circle in the center of your seashell using black acrylic craft paint. You’ll want to be generous with the amount of paint that you’re using, so that you get good coverage. Using your paint brush make 6-8 legs on your spider. They should be slightly bent legs. Then make a fine line with the black paint to make it look like your spider is hanging by a thread. Let dry for 1 hour or until no longer tacky.
Dip the end of your paint brush into green paint and dot on two eyes. While your eyes are drying, dip the end of your paint brush into dark purple and orange acrylic craft paints and make dots around the perimeter of your seashell. Dip the end of your paint brush into yellow paint and dot on the spider’s inner eyes. Let dry for 1 hour.
Take your painted seashells outside and lay them on newspaper. Spray them with 1-2 coats of clear acrylic spray sealer and let dry. The sealer will protect your painted surface from chipping, cracking and fading. You can display your new Halloween Black Spider Seashells inside or outside your home.
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Over the past 2 years we’ve been painting on seashells and making different designs for the holidays throughout the year. We like to display our painted seashells out on the front porch, the back deck, in our flower beds, lining the sidewalk and/or steps, etc. …