Perfect for when you're missing the beach. Take a little glass bowl and put some sand in it. Then decorate with seashells, a little chair, an umbrella; whatever reminds you of the beach. It would also be cute to give to a hostess at a beach themed summer party.
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Pack a picnic basket and invite your friends to a long, relaxed afternoon on the beach. Make an invitation, using a flip-flop with pearl-decorated straps. Add some paper flowers and sea shells, and get ready for an afternoon of fun in the sun.
I lived in Tucson for three years. Once a summer, I got to drive back to Salem for a month. One year, I went to the beach down at Coos Bay.
I keep my fresh flowers longer by putting them in stones I've collected at the beach. The jar is decorated with rub on decals. When the flowers die, I clean off the rocks, add shells and leave it.
This page contains driftwood craft ideas. Many interesting and useful pieces of driftwood can be found at the beach.
Make a painted or decorated jar to remind your of your trip to the beach. You can even store shells inside. This is a page about beach vacation reminder jars.
My daughter has a beach themed bathroom and she wanted something decorative to put her mouthwash in, so I decorated this jar with some leftover bath salts I had used for a different craft and was about to throw away. Instead, I used them up for this project.
I use these in my beach themed bathroom. You can use any bottles as long as the opening is big enough for the shell to go through. Craft stores have sand in different shades, shells in different shapes/sizes and pebbles.
Fill glass or plastic ornaments with beach sand and small shells. They can be used as Christmas ornaments or displays. Alternatively you can use embellishments that make them fun to display year round.
This is a page about making a small sandy beach display. Bring the beach home with a display of your sand and shells.
