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St. Patrick’s Day Craft: Sea Shell Shamrock

Posted on: 03-13-2008 by chloehalston --
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Time Needed: only 15 minutes!

 

This adorable shamrock made of seashells can be hung on a wall. A great craft for children or adults to decorate for St. Patrick's Day. Plus, you can have fun collecting the seashells from the beach (or just pick them up from the craft store).

Tools You’ll Need:

• paintbrush
• hot glue gun (a miniature one is fine)

 

Supplies You’ll Need:

• 3 sea shells
• leaf green colored acrylic paint
• Thin dark green shiny ribbon

 

Step By Step Instructions:

1. Arrange the seashells together with the tips pointing inward so that they look like the three leaves of a shamrock.

2. Hot glue the three shamrocks together where the tips touch with your glue gun. Try to glue them so that they appear to be attached without any glue showing, but don’t worry: you can always paint it if the glue does show a little. Let the glue harden completely.

3. When the hot glue has dried completely, you can paint the seashells. Let the paint dry completely before continuing.

4. Cut a piece of ribbon to about 5 ½ inches long. Fold the ribbon down so that the ends touch. Turn the 3 shells attached together to make the shamrock over on your work surface. Squeeze a drop of hot glue inside and at the top of the highest shell of the shamrock. Press the ends of the ribbon into the hot glue with the tip of the hot glue gun. (Please do NOT use your fingers! You will burn yourself.) Hold it in place briefly until secure. Let the hot glue dry completely before hanging.

5. Cut another piece of ribbon to create the stem of the shamrock. Estimate by the size of your shells how long you’d like it. Line this piece of ribbon up with the center of the three shells attached together to form the shamrock. Lift up the ribbon and squeeze hot glue underneath where the ribbon touches the shells. Press the pipe cleaner back down into the glue (with the tip of the hot glue gun) and hold it in place until secure. Let the glue dry completely before hanging.

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