Shell Prints

The kids and I have been doing a few crafts around the house this summer.  I hear, "Can we do a craft?" multiple times a day from my daughter.  Today we pulled out our shell collection.  I warned you that more posts would come involving shells.  This is a very easy project for the kids to do and although it can be a bit messy, they love it.
First lay out your newspaper on the table so the paint doesn't get everywhere and put an old t-shirt over the kids clothes if you don't want them messed up.  I used white cardstock for my daughter to decorate with shell prints.  She painted the shell and then pressed it onto the page.  It's good to have a mixture of sizes so you can get a really nice variation on the paper.

Here is a picture of the finished shell prints.  I think I might use mine as a scrapbook page.

Seashell Galore

Our vacation this summer was fantastic.  We spent each day on the beach and my daughter's favorite part was looking for shells.  Then of course my obsessive behavior took over and I started scouring the beach for shells too.  Well, of course we couldn't leave any shells behind so now I have enormous amount of shells sitting in my garage.  If you start seeing projects involving shells pop up on my blog, you'll know why.  For now I've cleaned some of them up and put them in a couple pretty glass jars.
Just look at all of them.

A nice reminder of our vacation.