Doing something with your own hands is quite nice, and doing it with your child is twice as pleasant. This can be done not only from the materials that you purchased in the needlework store or in the market. In such a case, the items that Mother Nature gave us are also suitable.
Real masters use literally everything that their keen eye noticed in pursuit of a new masterpiece of art: leaves, pine cones, straw, sand.
Today we will discuss how to make a variety of crafts from shells with your own hands.
These seafood are very beautiful and attractive in themselves, but if they become the base of some homemade little thing, then success is guaranteed to her.
From such materials you can make a lot of trinkets: bracelets, necklaces, earrings, souvenirs, vases, photo frames, dolls and whole pictures.
The list is quite large, so we focused only on some of its aspects. If you are interested in how we will make all these crafts from seashells, stay with us!
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How to make such a craft?
This process does not mean anything complicated, you just need to take the shells of the right size (these can be river raps, small sea shells, one large and beautiful shell) and decor elements: beads, wire, threads, glue, paints and more.
Below you will find instructions for beginners on how to make crafts from shells.
Marine motif panel
After reading our article on shell and stone crafts, you will learn how to make a modular panel of 3 parts. It attracts its attention with warm notes and natural beauty.
In order to make such beauty, you just need to collect the necessary tools: sand, eggs, several plywood sheets measuring 15 by 15 centimeters, glue, varnish, shells.
Now you only need to adhere to a certain algorithm of actions:
- We layered the plywood with an adhesive substance.
- Sprinkle with fine sand so that it remains in the picture. To do this, press it firmly on top with something solid. After a few hours, you can continue to work.
- Check if the glue on your base has dried so you can continue your work. Now the base needs to be varnished.
- When the first coat of varnish dries, glue the corners of the future panel with an egg shell and apply a second coat of varnish.
- On top we attach shells of different sizes in an indefinite sequence.
- To connect three plywood sheets together to create our marine triptych, we fasten them together with wire.
Seashell flower
One of the options for how to engage a child and create a masterpiece of needlework with him is a handmade flower.
To create it, you will need quite a bit of time and materials: shells, frame, wire, beads and beads, velvet fabric in a rich red, blue or black shade, glue and clothespins.
Now you need to follow this instruction:
- In order to make a flower, in our case it is an orchid, with the help of transparent glue we connect three small shells among themselves. If you want the flowers to look as natural as possible, take shells of different sizes for different flowers.
- Prepare the finished flowers, and decorate the middle of each orchid with beads or large beads.
- Glue velvet fabric to the frame that is the foundation of your work.
- Attach the wire to this fabric, making it look like a stem or leaves. You can create different fancy patterns.
- Attach orchid buds along this wire in a scattered order.
- Wait until everything is dry, cover the frame with glass and place it on the wall.
Applications for children
To please your child and accustom to work, make a collage or application with shells with him.
Such a master class will be very useful to him, as he will teach the kid to perseverance and patience.
To work you need a very small list of tools: shells, glue and cardboard.
Then it all depends entirely on your imagination. You draw a specific figure on cardboard, and then lay it out with shells.
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To make the application more interesting, use beads and beads, or just take shells of different colors.
You can see photos of crafts from shells below. We hope that among them you will find something interesting for yourself.
Photo crafts from shells
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