DIY shell crafts: ideas, photos, tips

Shells are not just beautiful, but also useful. For example, very beautiful crafts are obtained.

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On trips to the sea, many often collect shells. If you also collect them or just don’t know why they can be used, then read our article. In it we will tell you what interesting crafts with your own hands can be made of shells and other materials.

How to prepare shells for crafts?

Before you do something, you must first prepare the shells. If they are not too dirty and there is nothing left of mollusks, then just rinse them.

If mollusks remained on the shells, then it is worth boiling them for several minutes and remove all the remains with tongs. If you do not, then gradually the craft will smell bad.

If you need to whiten and disinfect the material, then make a solution of water and bleach. They need to be added in an equal amount. Soak in it shells for half an hour and you can even rub with a brush.

You can walk around the edges with sandpaper so that they are not so sharp, and if you want the surface to glisten, you can apply a transparent varnish on it.

How to make a hole in the shells?

Often for crafts in shells, you have to make different holes. The drill with the smallest drill is ideal for this. Before drill the shell, it is recommended to glue it with tape to the flat board and make a hole directly along it.

You can also make a hole with a hammer with nails. That is, we also fix the shell and break through the hole. With the help of an awl or a thick needle, you can make a hole. Just rotate it and a hole will gradually appear. It will take it all about 10 minutes.

How to make a frame of shells with your own hands: Instructions

Beautiful frames for the photo always attract attention. Our instruction is also suitable for mirrors, and for any other paintings. To create you will need glue, adhesive tape, a piece of newspaper, as well as a shell and additional design elements if desired.

If you make a new frame on a mirror or picture, then first close them with a newspaper and swing to the tape. For a simple framework, this is not necessary to do this
Sort shells in size and first stick the largest
Make the remaining in some style. It can be one style, randomness or chess order

Make small shells in spaces
As a decoration, use additional elements

That's all! The frame is ready, and the tape with the newspaper can be removed

How to make a heart from shells with your own hands: Instructions

To create such a beautiful heart, you need cardboard, glue, rope, burlap, Cesal, and if desired, you can take additional elements. Since we make a heart from shells, do not forget about them.

Heart from shells:

Make a pattern on cardboard and cut the template
At the tops, make small holes. They are required to suspend the finished product
We glue Cesal on the front side, where we will then fix the shells
Make a more heart for 1 cm from a burlap and place it on the back
Next, we spread the ropes in the holes
We glue the heart with shells, and in the center you can place a sea star
On the edges of the heart, place the twine

How to make a picture of shells with your own hands: Instructions

To create a picture, we take shells, glue, canvas for a picture, a template, a little tape and additional decor at will.

Place the prepared template on the canvas and move the drawing
Bleet shells first along the contours, and then make everything inside
Try to do everything so that there is no free space. If there are gaps, then additional jewelry will come to the rescue

Thus, any drawings can be deprived.

How to make a ship from shells with your own hands: Instructions

Take 2 shells of rapan more and smaller, pebbles, round large shells in the form of a spiral, glue, several toothpicks, skewers, varnish and dense thread.

First glue the stone and shell of Rapan together reliably
Place the skewer smaller inside the shell to get the nose of the ship
We connect the two parts received. So, we got the basis and nose
Place three more skewers so that they are located perpendicular
Now you need to cut the extreme ones so that they are slightly lower than the one that remains in the middle
From large shells, make the sails in front, and place the toothpicks for the racks from behind. For each mast we use three shells
The ropes are made of dense threads - we tie the initial end from behind and pull them through the top to the nose
We stretch the thread on top and fix it on the ray. If you need the threads, fix the glue
The top of the mast is made of spiral shells

How to make a frog from shells with your own hands: Instructions

So, to obtain such beauty, you will need a pair of shells of 5, 3 and 1 cm long, 4 shells of 2 cm, glue, as well as a couple of black beads.

Of the largest frogs, make the mouth a frog. It should turn out as if open
Take 3 cm shells and make the body
Then combine both parts together
2 cm shells are designed to create paws
Fix the smallest shells at the top, and place the eyes of the frogs

How to make earrings from shells with your own hands: Instructions

Take two identical shells, a pair of beads of pearls, shweets, a ring, a pencil, an awl and glue.

To get started, make small holes in the center of each shell. Shilo is perfect for this
After receiving the hole, stick an awl into it again, but already in front
In the center of each shell, place beads
Now secure the resulting shells on rings and shweets

Now your earrings will be ready!