![]() I’d use craft glue on wood and E-6000 on glass. But if you’re talking about gluing seashells to a frame (for example), I recommend Aleene’s craft glue or E-6000. There are certain things you can do with Mod Podge and seashells add glitter, for instance. You might be wondering what the best glue is to use with seashells. These aren’t really kids’ crafts, but honestly most of the projects are so easy that even a kid could complete them! If you like nautical and seaside themed decor, these are perfect. We painted them, glittered them, added them to frames. We definitely did crafts with our seashells growing up. With summer right around the corner, I’m please to share with you this collection of seashell crafts! Finding a sand dollar all in one piece was a huge win. Secondly it was so fun to collect them as a kid! Digging through the sand just to see what you could find, and would it be in tact? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. First of all, it doesn’t matter what coast you live on – you can dig them up. While I’m more of a cold weather baby myself, there is something magical about seashells. When I was in Georgia, nautical was much more of a “thing.” With Florida and several other beach states so close by, and even part of Georgia being on the ocean. I live in the northwest now, having moved from Georgia to Washington state about four years ago (I was born in WA). ![]() And I’m happy to say, these seashell crafts are going to be right up your alley! You want me to share more themed craft ideas. ![]() If bits look patchy, make up another mix of plaster and do a second dip.Are you a sun lover? Is summer your favorite season? If so, I’ve heard you loud and clear. We dried some of ours flat on newspaper and it stuck and had to to be peeled off when dry, so greaseproof paper is the way to go if lie them down to dry. You can also peg the flowers out to dry upside down on a line, (we tried this way too for the really full blooms and it keeps their shape tight). Cut off the stem to the length you want with wire cutters and place it face up to dry on the greaseproof paper, or in an empty foil pie dish is also good. If you want just the flowerhead cut off the stem, but you can leave a length of stem and also dip that in plaster. When it is fully covered (including the insides of the petals) let drips fall off by gentle shaking it in the container.It might not be totally covered in plaster, but you do another dip in more plaster later when it is dry if this is the case. Twizzle it about, and pull out to inspect. Take a flower, turn it upside down and submerge in the mixture.Prepare the plaster of paris by mixing it in the plastic container and adding water gradually whilst mixing until it reaches the consistency of thick cream.Pull off leaves from stem, leaving the flower head and stem only. ![]() Prepare the flowers: Cut off any internal plastic stamens.In the meantime here is the process: Ingredients: Plaster of Paris Water Fabric Flowers (tighter full blooms like roses and peonies are best) Wire cutters Scissors Plastic container for the plaster of paris which is wide enough for dunking flower heads Greaseproof paper Mixing stick. As the Plaster of Paris dries quite fast you only have a small window of time to make the flowers, so work in small batches and make new plaster as and when you need it. They can also be made into tealight holders if you dry them flat and push out a space in the center for the tealight whilst they are still wet, or framed, or just left au naturel. Claire has taken them off for framing in 3D Box frames, and the picture of the framed end result is at the bottom of the page. The process is really simple and they look like the most delicate bisque porcelain pieces when finished. Yesterday, my friend Claire and I spent a few hours dabbling in plaster with fabric flowers.
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