Sea Shell Crafts

The other day, I went to my nearest beach and collected up lots of tiny shells with an idea in my head. I found a small, white frame I had bought from IKEA a few months ago and I had never got round to do anything with it. Today, I cleaned my shells and found my tube of UHU. 

I am now going to show you step by step how to make a frame decorated with sea shells, enjoy!

Step 1:
I first cleaned all my shells and dried them with a towel. You don't have to go to the beach to get shells, you can always buy them in a craft shop (then you won't have to wash them!) I then separated them into piles of 'Big Shells' and 'Small Shells'. I also got my frame which is plain white.

Step 2:
I then took the glass out of the frame so it wouldn't get covered in stringy bits of glue and started placing the shells where I wanted them to go. I started by putting my bigger shells on the outer part of the frame.

I slotted the smaller pink shells in between the bigger ones to create some sort of pattern. On the corners I have placed bigger white shells that I had bought from a shop but you can always just carry on your pattern round.

Step 3: I then used my tube of UHU to stick the shells on. You can probably use PVA glue too but I prefer to use UHU because it sticks just a bit better.







Step 4: 
After you have stuck them all on, you have to wait a while to let them dry. Here is my final piece:)

I hope you have enjoyed reading this post. I certainly had fun writing it and making the frame. Thank you so much for reading x