How to Make a Painted Snail or Sea Shell Crafts Ideas for Kids

Nature is beautiful so why not take advantage of that natural beauty to create a fun craft. Find either a sea shell or a snail’s shell on the beach (or wherever). Then get the paints out and get creative! Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade  will show you, step by step, how to make this fun project for summer.

How to Make a Painted Snail or Sea Shell Crafts Ideas for Kids



How to Make a Painted Snail or Sea Shell Crafts Ideas for Kids



CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

– snail shell or sea shell
– paints
– paintbrush
– toothpick



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Step 1. 

We start with a base color. I choose white.



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Cover the shell entirely (using the paintbrush, of course)




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Add as many layers as necessary, until it looks as you wish. Let it dry.



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Step 2.

Now is time to decorate it. For decoration we will use the toothpick or a very thin paintbrush.



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I made a flower with red paint…



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.. two lines around it…



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and some triangles on the shell lines.



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Then I use golden paint to highlight the design.



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Like this.



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You now have a beautiful painted shell that you can keep on your knick knack shelf forever. Or even better, give the painted shell to someone you love or care about. I hope that you had a lot of fun!

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How to Make Lava Lamps with a Mini Empty Jar or Bottle Craft Idea for Kids

This is a fun and easy project for Summer-time and it is very inexpensive to make. This craft is to make a beautiful, homemade lava lamp. You most likely have all the crafts materials already in your house and kitchen. Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade  will show you, step by step, how to make a mini – lava lamp. You can even make it bigger so that the cool effects will be easier to see.

How to Make Lava Lamps with a Mini Empty Jar or Bottle Craft Idea for Kids



How to Make Lava Lamps with a Mini Empty Jar or Bottle Craft Idea for Kids



CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

– mini – bottle
– food coloring
– vegetable oil
– Alka Seltzer
– water



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Step 1.

Fill the bottle a little more than half with oil.



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like this.




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Add water until almost full…



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… like this.



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Step 2.

Add some drops of food coloring.



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Step 3.

Take a quarter of  an Alka Seltzer, make it small pieces and add one at a time to the bottle. (If you want to make a bigger lamp, and use a 1 liter bottle, you should add a full pill of Alka Seltzer)



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Wait until the first piece stops bubbling before you drop in the next.  If you add too much Alka Seltzer, the solution gets all cloudy.



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Let it calm down.



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… then watch the bubbles start going up, again and again.



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I think if you would add a bit of very fine glitter the effect would be even nicer.



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How to make a Chalk Pastel Jars for Valentines Day or for Summer Fun

Today we will show you how to make a really cool item that you have never made before. This project is to make a jar filled with beautiful pastel chalk…it looks like sand art, but instead with chalk. Look below to find out how to make these awesome jars…great for a Valentines Day gift or for a Cool Summer Project. Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade   will show you today how to make a cute gift for your Valentine.

How to make a Chalk Pastel Jars for Valentines Day or for Summer Fun



Chalk Pastel Jars



CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

– chalk: blue, pink, green
– sugar
– small jar
– paper



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Step 1.

Put some sugar on a piece of paper.



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Spread it.




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Rub the blue chalk over the sugar…



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… and the sugar will become blue.



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Use the paper as a funnel to put the blue sugar into the jar.



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like this.



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Step 2.

Repeat step 1 using pink chalk. Put pink sugar over the blue one.



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 Step 3.

Add a layer of white sugar on the jar, then make some green sugar (repeating step 1, with green chalk).



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Add the green layer over the white one, like this.



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Seal the jar and the gift is ready.



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How to Make Fairy Lights with Bubbles and Paint

This is a cool and fun project for summer. What can be more pleasant than playing with water on a hot Summer day? How about painting with colorful bubbles, just the way a fairy would. Laura from  Dacian Moon Handmade will show you, step by step, how to make this.

How to Make Fairy Lights by Blowing Bubbles



How to Make Fairy Lights with Bubbles and Paint



CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

– plastic bottle
– 1 sock
– paints
– tape
– scissors
– liquid soap / shower gel… mixed with water



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Step 1.

Cut off the lower part of the bottle.



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Like this.



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Step 2.

Put the sock on the cut.




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Like this. You can use tape to fix it in place.



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Step 3.

Add some paint on the sock.



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Dip the sock in the soap / water mixture …



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Then gently blow through the mouth of the bottle. Take care not to suck in air through the bottle, because of the soap and paint.



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It is a fun project and you can make very beautiful fairy lights 😉


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