How To Make a Seashell Candle Holder From Your Collection
Remember that fun trip you had to the beach?
And all the shells and driftwood you collected?
Here’s how to make a Seashell Candle Holder
from your bucket of shore finds.
Transform your collection into room décor!
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We found this cool candle holder at this store,
and light bulbs began flashing and strobing and demanding attention.
The light bulbs insisted this could be a really neat summer vacation project
and make use of “someone’s” bucket of seashells,
collected on a fun beach trip
and now gathering dust in a drawer somewhere.
And so, we just had to try it for you
so that you could try it yourself from our experiment.
Here’s what we did:
Seashell Tealight Candle Holder
Supplies:
- Collection of seashells.
(If you don’t have a collection of clam shells use the link to purchase some.) - Hot glue gun (with adult supervision) and silicone finger protectors
- Flickering LED tealight
- 3″ metal canning jar flat lid
Directions:
- Clean the shells. I don’t think mom would have allowed dirty clam shells to be stored in anyone’s bedroom, but maybe you just came home from the beach and your collection is brand new. Wash the shells and place on a beach towel to dry. You’ll need about 20 shells that are close to the same size and color.
Remember collecting those clam shells? Ahhh… - Ask the adult in your house who guards the glue gun to plug it in to pre-heat (or ask permission to do it yourself). Put on the silicone finger protectors, because this project is challenging to glue and hot glue on fingers is no fun. Glue shells in a circle around the base, with the sides of the shells touching or overlapping. Leave a big enough circle on the center of the jar lid for the tealight to fit. Let the circle of shells dry to stabilize.
- Do one or two more rows of shells, or as many rows as you want. This is your project! You can even add a starfish or other shells here and there. Be creative. We added some tiny snail shells in the spaces between the bottom row of shells where we could see the lid.
- Clean up the glue strands that look like spiders got into your candle holder.
- You’re done. Make one or ten and light up your room! Or deck or patio.
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