Custom Search      Home Spring & Easter Crafts Summer Crafts  Autumn Crafts Christmas & Winter Crafts  Paper Crafts  Wood Crafts  General Crafts  Kids Crafts  Fabric & Sewing Crafts  Greeting & Birthday Cards  Craft Patterns  Craft Tutorials 1   Craft Tutorials 2  Jewelry Crafts  Craft Recipes  Felt Crafts  Paper Craft Tips  Tags  ATC  Kids Rainy Day Crafts  Recycling Crafts Newsletter  Picture Gallery   Contact  Sitemap  Links   Crafts for Summer and All Seasons - Maritime Crafts - Seashell Wreath When spending holiday at the beach, you cannot resist collecting a couple of seashells as souvenirs. Often more gets collected than you know what to do with. This is an easy and decorative way to display some of those excess shells. Add a couple of other self made embellishments if you like to your wreath to finish off the summer look.   Copyright: All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication. For this project you will need: - Styrofoam wreath your choice of size - long piece of white netting material - rope - collected seashells - plaster of Paris castings with summer motifs - acrylic paint in tan and white - paint brushes - hot glue gun   Instructions: 1. Wrap the wreath with the netting until the entire wreath is covered. You may want to secure the beginning with a bit of glue if it does not want to hold. 2. With the last wrap around, let the netting come from the behind top and hang then in the front of the wreath a length of about 30 cm or 12 inches. Knot the end and cut the rest away. 3. Paint the plaster of Paris pieces a tan color and let them dry. 4. Drybrush white paint on the pieces to give them a weathered look. 5. Knot a longer piece of rope in several places to give it the look of a seaman’s rope. Secure one of the rope on the top backside of the wreath and bring it over the netting in the front. Wrap it once around the right side of the wreath and come out in the front again and let the other end hang. See picture. 6. Use the hot glue gun and glue the collected pieces and plaster of Paris pieces in a decorative way on your wreath and onto the rope. Be careful not to burn your self with the hot glue especially when gluing the pieces onto the netting. How to make Plaster of Paris Castings tutorial More Summer Craft Themes Summer Crafts for Kids Summer Fabric Crafts Summer Wood Crafts Summer General Crafts All Occasion Greeting Cards and Birthday Cards Summer Paper Crafts Maritime Crafts 4th of July Crafts Next Craft >>> Seashell Candle Holder General Crafts Antique Flower Pots Blue Beaded Bracelet Crocheted Beaded Bracelet Daisy Acrylic Painting Decoupaged Paper Mache Picture and Frame Decoupage Pencil Holder Embossed Metal Fish Fish Acrylic Painting Fun Foam Apple Magnets Heart Acrylic Painting Lighthouse Decoration Mediterannean Flowers Acrylic Painting Paper Napkin Decoupage Tea Light Holder Recycled Cookie Tin Rose Summer Wreath Seashell Candle Glass Seashell Picture Frame Seashell Trinket Box Seashell Wreath Summer Door Wreath Sunflower Bookmarker Votive Candle Glass     Custom Search

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