Enjoy a little bit of the summer any time of the year by making a beautiful coastal seashell wreath.
Beautiful DIY Seashell Wreath
We love to collect treasures along the beach near our family cottage each summer, which is perfect for making this gorgeous seashell wreath with. You can add other beach treasures if you’d like! There are no hard-set rules here, and there are so many different variations of colored shells you could use.
See our Coastal Twig Wreath for more inspiration!
Nature-made supplies are perfect for all sorts of crafting! For example, we collect beach pebbles for art, driftwood to make mirrors, and sea glass to make Christmas trees to name just a few.
Materials Needed to Make a Seashell Wreath
How to Make a Seashell Wreath
- Gather all your materials. Decide what color you would like your wreath to be. Although the seashells I had included various shades of colors, I decided to use the shells which were mostly white for my wreath.
- Start by practicing the arrangement of the seashells to get a sense for which sizes and placements you’ll need. On my wreath form, it took about 3 shells to make each row across.
- Once you’re happy with the arrangement, start gluing the seashells in place.
- Work row by row and make your way around the entire wreath. Make sure you use enough glue to keep the seashell firmly in the wreath.
- You’ll likely need to use the smallest of the seashells around the inner and outer surfaces of the wreath. Use the bigger shells for the front of the wreath.
- Make sure the sea shells slightly overlap each other as you go around to create a lovely scalloped effect.
- Once you are done with the seashells, it’s time to add on the phrase if you choose to do so.
- Glue a section of twine to the back of the wreath and then glue the phrase to the twine.
- For the final step, loop your cotton rope around the top of the wreath and then tie a knot for hanging.
What to do With Extra Shells
Do you have lovely seashells on the beach near where you live? Save any extra shells to make a beach themed centerpiece with!
Have any leftover sea shells? See how you can make these adorable seashell creatures with the kids, or for the adults, you’ll love these DIY seashell wine charms or this beach themed centerpiece!
More Coastal Crafts
DIY Seashell Wreath
This beautiful seashell wreath can be made with store-bought or beach found treasures!
Makes: 1 large wreath
Supplies
- 1 round foam wreath form 12″ D
- 100 medium sized seashells
- 1 hot glue gun with clear glue sticks
- 1 wooden cut out with a beachy phrase
- 1 piece twine 12″ long
- 1 piece cotton rope in white
Instructions
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Gather materials.
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Start by practicing the arrangement by placing a few rows of seashells on the foam wreath.
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Working one seashell at a time, add glue to the back side of each seashell and hold in place until glue sets.
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Continue working one row of seashells at a time.
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Overlap each row of seashells slightly to firm a scalloped affect.
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Position a piece of twine through the center of the wreath, gluing the ends in place on the reverse side.
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Glue the wooden cut out to the center of the twine.
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Tie a piece of cotton rope to the top of the wreath for hanging.
This post originally appeared here on Dec 18, 2019.
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