Seashell Crafts Ideas

I had the chance to visit Panama City Beach in Florida many years ago. That was my first visit to a beach, and I was absolutely fascinated by it. Every day I spent hours on the shore taking walks and collecting shells. One day I spent eight hours collecting shells.

When I came back I had a bag full of shells, and I did not quiet know what to do with them. As always, my granny came to help and suggested that I use them to design miscellaneous crafts.

This article has ideas about making different crafts to utilize the shells that one may have collected at the shore.

Seashell craft idea # 1: Making hair accessories

One can make a plethora of hair accessories with different sized shells. If you believe that, ‘less is more’ then you can simply stick a tiny shell to a bobby pin that matches your hair color. Alternatively, you can stick one or many shells on a head band.

Seashell craft idea # 2: Making refrigerator embellishments

You can stick a single shell or shells in patterns over a magnet to make a pretty refrigerator embellishment. The magnets come in different sizes and shapes. So, you can have a variety of beach themed adornments on your refrigerator.

Seashell craft idea # 3: Making Souvenir jars

I have seen souvenir jars in the homes of people who travel a lot. The basic idea is that you display different glass jars carrying souvenirs of each notable place that you have visited. For example, I went to Panama City Beach. I brought with myself some sand from shore, some cheap key chains with engraved pictures of the city and a lot of shells. (This was all I could afford at that time). So, my glass souvenir jar artfully displays the engraved pictures of the city; the base of the jar is covered with the sand and the glass lid has tiny shells stuck to it from inside.

Seashell craft idea # 4: Making Storage boxes

You can dedicate a separate storage box to the collected shells. This is very simple to do. Take an empty shoe box and cover it with gift wrap or any other paper of your choice. Then paste shells on it in any desired pattern. My shell storage box is covered with black glazed paper and I have made an abstract design with the shells. The design in off white and light brown shells really stands out on the black glazed paper.

Seashell craft idea # 5: Adorning picture frames

The shells can be used to adorn the picture frames. To get the idea in detail you might want to read another article of mine titled, Home Décor Crafts: 5 Unique Ideas to Frame the Black And White or Sepia Pictures.

Seashell craft idea # 6: Embellishing the bathroom mirror

People absolutely love the beach themed bathrooms. An easy and cheap way to bring the feel of beach to the bathroom is to embellish the bathroom mirror with the sea shells.

Reference:

• www.associatedcontent.com/article/2728961/home_decor_crafts_5_unique_ideas_to.html?ca
• www.associatedcontent.com/article/2452944/frugal_home_decor_four_ways_to_adorn.html?c
• www.associatedcontent.com/article/2448484/home_decor_houses_that_must_have_an.html?ca