Sea Glass Crafts
I was actually busy doing something else, when I stumbled across some sea glass photos and sea glass CRAFTS on Pinterest. Before I knew it, I was browsing away, looking at this oh so pretty beach side find. Oh how I love SEA GLASS!! So beautiful. Such a fab find. Now let’s take a look of what creative projects you can make with this colorful glass!
Needless to say, Sea Glass isn’t always that easy to find. You have to be lucky to land on a beach that has some.. and then it takes some patience and dedication… But luckily you can actually buy Sea Glass now – be it rainbow sea glass to buy or whimsical frosted sea glass to buy. If you are buying in the UK – head to ebay!
Luckily for us, my daughter and I can spend HOURS looking for sea glass in the sand when visiting the beach. Happy days!
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Let’s begin with a couple of our projects here on Red Ted Art, which I feel are especially suitable to kids of all ages!
Making Salt Dough Turtles with sea glass turtle shells is super easy and oh so fun! Possibly one of my favourite sea glass ideas to date!
Turn summer memories into Keepsake Ornaments – these Sea Glass Ornaments are SUPER easy to make! And a gorgeous memento of your holidays!
We also had great fun with our Sea Glass Art Project! This was a lovely wall art project that my daughter still cherishes. A little PVA glue (white glue) was great for adding the sea glass and also acted as a varnish!
A while back we included wrapped sea glass and seashells in our mermaid themed decorations, a lovely way to display these beach find treasures.
More Sea Glass Ideas & Inspiration from around the web!
Now it is time to look at some of the sea glass tutorials from around the web for some more wonderful inspiration!
Lovely (Round) Seaside Mobile – this looks like an easy make – and the sea glass doesn’t need to be drilled. Bigger, uneven pieces are better to be able to secure and tie the string around it! I love the use of an embroidery hoop as the mobile!
Gorgeous (Flat) Sea Glass Windchimes with Driftwood (no instructions) – similarly this is a lovely way to combine a piece of driftwood with this colorful glass! And looks easy enough to make!
Sea Glass Christmas Tree Art another way to combine this beautiful colorful glass with pieces of driftwood. You could even add some sea shells too!
Sea Glass Meditation Box (Etsy Shop, but love this concept)
Simple Votive – jars and a candle are also popular “sea glass makes”. I love the simplicity of this sea glass votive DIY! Such lovely sea glass candles indeed!
How to Drill Seaglass (and make simple earrings, pendants or bracelets) – now this is for the experts for sure. If you feel brave, have a go at drilling your sea glass pieces, opening up so many new DIY tutorial ideas! Especially for sea glass jewellery making.
Sail Boat Art (for purchase, but great inspiration) – this is a great way to use your small pieces of sea glass and great some small art projects. Suitable for kids too! Why not add some little seashells to your art work?
Clock – a lovely simple craft that combines driftwood with sea glass. Would make great gifts too!
Wonderful Image Transfer onto glass!
Time for some Sea Glass Jewellery
Wearing your sea glass is of course also a wonderful way to cherish your summer finds. And necklaces of all kinds are a wonderful way to display your treasure!
Our Sea Glass Turtles, can also be made small enough to turn them into pendants! Making them a great little Sea Glass Jewellery proejct for kids!
Sea Glass Pendant (Easy) – another simpler mechanism for turning seaglass into a pendant to wear. This could be done with pebbles too.
Sea Glass Sail Boat (no instructions, but WOW!) – a gorgeous way to keep that ocean theme going and creating stunning sea glass jewellery to treasure! These would make beautiful sea-glass necklace gifts too!
So! Have I tempted you yet to comb the beaches this Summer? What Sea Glass crafts do YOU fancy making?
