After our week of sun and sand and surf, we spent some time in Nashville with my husband's side of the family. Ryan was showing off his sea-shell collection one morning and his grandfather was teaching him about the animals that used to live in the shells and about the mollusks he had brought home with him. This led to his grandmother having an idea for a very fun craft....sea-shell shadow boxes. Ryan enjoyed this project so much he made two shadow boxes. We used sea-shells he had brought home with him as well as shells in Grandma and Grandpa's collection.
Materials for this craft:
Wooden Shadowbox from Hobby Lobby.
Felt
Hot Glue
Seashells (can also be purchased at Michaels or Hobby Lobby)
Sand
Ryan made a shadowbox with sand collected from the beach. We glued the felt in the bottom first. Then we painted the sides. After that, we played with different ways to arrange the shells in the box. When we were happy with an arrangement, we hot glued the shells onto the felt. Ryan put sand in this one. We added the sand after glueing the shells down. Then we put the frame top on and hot glued the edges so the sand would not slip through the cracks in the back.
In their collection of sand and shells, Ryan's grandparents had a bag of bleached and colored coral. That was especially fun to work with and added to the composition of the pictures! I believe they had purchased the coral from the craft store.
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