Seashell Seahorse, a DIY craft!
Ever since I was a little girl living in California I wanted seahorses. I remember going into the aquarium store and standing transfixed for hours at the tank of seahorses that slowly glided through the water, wrapping their cute little tails around the seaweed. Never mind that they cost a fortune to set up and maintain, I WANTED them! I asked every Christmas and birthday, but alas, they never showed up to the party. When I became an adult I looked into getting them but I never did because I realized that my parents were indeed right, too much time to maintain! So I content myself with visiting them at aquariums and making seahorse crafts. But now my son is asking for some....
Materials: Burlap Canvas. printed silhouette of a seahorse (got mine from Google images), assorted sea glass, assorted small shells, sand, Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue (this is the BEST glue for this project-Elmer's regular glue is to thin and weak).
Print our a silhouette and cut it out. Trace the silhouette onto the canvas with a marker (I used brown as it doesn't show under the glue).
Print our a silhouette and cut it out. Trace the silhouette onto the canvas with a marker (I used brown as it doesn't show under the glue).
Spread the tacky glue thickly throughout the top half of the sea horse. I only do one half at a time as sometimes the glue starts to dry before you've figured out what you want to do. Next place the sea glass and the largest shells in a pleasing arrangement.
Add bits of broken shells, pebble and finally sand to the project. I moved things around quite a bit as I was working on this.
Start the bottom half next. Let the whole thing dry then pick it up and brush off any loose bits.
Do the final touch up and Viola! You have a contemporary shell art picture!
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You absolutely need this tacky glue for this project. It is extra thick and gives holding power to the shells and glass.
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