Seashell Frames

I wanted to show you a fun, easy craft the boys and I did after our vaca to the beach. The idea was given to us from joybeadworks years ago and we've made them after each beach trip, ( I'm thinking you could use the stones/rocks from Lake Erie's beach and do the same thing). I'm sorry I forgot to snap photos of the process, I'm determined to get better @ that, but it's super simple. We bought 3 wooden frames from the craft store, $1 each. We rinsed our shells and brought out the sand we took home from the beach. Paint some glue(Elmers is good) on the frame and sprinkle with your sand. Let dry. Next hot glue your shells on, my boys each did theirs differently, one did a pattern and the other was random. It's fun to hear them talk about each shell, they know who found which one and the story behind it! This year we decide to spray them with a little varnish, the boys like it because their shells looked wet and pretty! We placed them in the living room, which I've decided to paint Sand #4 and yesterday I hung new curtains in a pretty blue!