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Craft Tutorials | Holiday Crafts | Christmas Crafts | Seashell Angel Ornament

Seashell Angel Ornament

Author by Amanda Davis on December 18, 2014 Updated on December 6, 2020

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Every year I make a couple new ornaments for Christmas. This seashell angel ornament was one of those and she looks lovely hanging on the tree. This would be a fun project for older children, and younger kids with help from an adult.

Seashell Angel Ornament by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

 

If you wanted to, you could make this ornament two-sided by using two shells back to back, then adding a face on both sides of the bead. That might be fun if you were making several and hanging them from the ceiling so that as they spin.

Seashell Angel Ornament by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

Angel Ornament from a Seashell

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As always, a full printable supply list and instructions are at the end of this post.
For this project you will need the following supplies:

  • Seashell
  • Lace ribbon
  • Round wooden bead
  • Gold ribbon
  • Gold glitter
  • Pink paint
  • White beads
  • Tools: white craft glue, scruffy paintbrush, hot glue gun, Scissors, paintbrush, extra fine point marker

Seashell Angel Ornament by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

Cut a 12-inch piece of lace ribbon and tie it into a bow. Set aside.

Seashell Angel Ornament by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

Loop the gold ribbon through the wooden bead. Add a little glue to secure the bead in place.

Seashell Angel Ornament by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

Use a paintbrush to cover the shell with white craft glue, sprinkle with gold glitter. Tap off the excess. You can use the paintbrush to brush off more glitter so that the shell shows through.

Seashell Angel Ornament by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

Hot glue the wooden bead to the pointed end of the shell, gluing the excess ribbon from the bead inside the shell. Glue the shell and bead to the lace bow you tied in step 1.

Seashell Angel Ornament by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

Dip scruffy paintbrush in pink paint and remove all excess paint by brushing it onto a paper towel. Bristles should be almost dry. Apply light pressure to the wooden bead to add the pink cheeks.

Seashell Angel Ornament by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

Use an extra fine point marker or pen to add the eyes and mouth.

Seashell Angel Ornament by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

Glue white beads around the “neck” of the angel (I used a small section of a thrift store necklace).

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Seashell Angel Ornament by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

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5 from 2 votes

Seashell Angel Ornament

Supplies

  • Seashell
  • Lace ribbon
  • Round wooden bead
  • Gold ribbon
  • Gold glitter
  • Pink paint
  • White beads
  • Tools: white craft glue scruffy paintbrush, hot glue gun, Scissors, paintbrush, extra fine point marker

Instructions

  • Cut a 12-inch piece of lace ribbon and tie it into a bow. Set aside.
  • Loop the gold ribbon through the wooden bead. Add a little glue to secure the bead in place.
  • Use a paintbrush to cover the shell with white craft glue, sprinkle with gold glitter. Tap off the excess. You can use the paintbrush to brush off more glitter so that the shell shows through.
  • Hot glue the wooden bead to the pointed end of the shell, gluing the excess ribbon from the bead inside the shell. Glue the shell and bead to the lace bow you tied in step 1.
  • Dip scruffy paintbrush in pink paint and remove all excess paint by brushing it onto a paper towel. Bristles should be almost dry. Apply light pressure to the wooden bead to add the pink cheeks.
  • Use an extra fine point marker or pen to add the eyes and mouth.
  • Glue white beads around the “neck” of the angel (I used a small section of a thrift store necklace).
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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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Filed Under: Christmas Crafts, DIY Gift ideas Tagged With: adult, angel, angel craft, angle ornament, holidays, Ornament Crafts, recycled, seashell

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  1. Dee says

    October 20, 2022 at 8:38 am

    I really want templates to make the felt angels thank you.

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  2. Margaret O'Brien says

    December 17, 2020 at 1:06 pm

    I’m really up set over this. Wanted to get printed instructions for the Seashell Angel…………I got the original photo, and the next 18 pages were blank except for some written instructions!! Tried it a second time, and still the same !!
    I looked at the tutorial photos and things were grand….but I like written directions for future use. Right now is too late to make Christmas trims.

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      December 21, 2020 at 9:20 am

      Hi Margaret. Next time just hit “jump to project” at the top of the post. Then click on the print button in the printable card.

      Reply
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