I’ve always loved a good DIY! This year I made some of my own gifts for the ones that I love. I decided to make some of my shells and beach treasures into crafts! P.S I know the struggle of trying to recreate a perfect pinterest DIY pin…these DIY crafts are all relatively easy so don’t stress yet!
Supplies
Ornaments!
Years ago I made ornaments out of shells from my grandparents beach. I loved how they turned out! You will need:
- shells
- drill
- twine
- gold or silver spray paint
- clear spray – to make the paint hold!
First you drill a small hole in each shell. After this spray paint all of your shells outside. I recommend letting the shells dry overnight! Once they are dry you can take your twine and loop it through the shells. I wrote the date on the inside of my shells. And there! All done! Super fast and easy!
Another ornament idea!
My grandmother always makes us a new handmade ornament for Christmas each year so this next idea was hers! She gave us a clear ornament filled with sand from her beach. On the outside she wrote the name of the beach and the date. *tears* Loving this idea so much I decided to give it my own twist. I took all of the shells that Joe and I collected in Italy and put them into an ornament!! (Joe please don’t be reading this!!!)
You will need:
- glass or plastic ornament – I bought mine from Amazon here
- sand/sea glass/ shells/anything you want to fill your ornament with!
- ribbon
Sea glass art!
I saw this idea on Pinterest and was hooked! Click here to see where I got my inspiration from! I could spend hours searching for sea glass. This is a great craft for you if you have a collection too!
What you will need:
- sea glass or shells
- hot glue gun & glue sticks
- a small white frame
- tweezers
- thin sharpie
After finding some inspiration online I set my sea glass up into different shapes with tweezers. Once doing this I glued all of the pieces down and with a thin sharpie added in any extra lines to bring my picture to life (waves, a smile, dot for an eye, etc). After this I put the masterpiece into a frame and it was ready to wrap! I’m probably going to switch my frames out for some shadow boxes so they stay more protected. Here is the final product! I made a Christmas tree, a boat, a whale, & two little love birds on a branch!
More DIY ideas:
- Snow globe → Click for some ideas here!!
- Handmade lotion or body scrub → Click for the recipe → here
- DIY bath bomb → Different recipes and ideas here!
- BAKE! – some fun Christmas recipes coming tomorrow!
Let me know if you try any of these! These are all fun crafts that anyone can do and add their own spin to!
Always,
Madison
