- Plastic cone-shaped wine glass with a stem or cardboard cone,
- natural material (shells of different sizes, starfish, colored pebbles, sea pebbles),
- decorative material (colored glass, beads, chains, etc.),
- glue gun and glue sticks,
- nail polish with glitter or hairspray with glitter.
On the eve of the New Year, I want to please my loved ones with something pleasant. I suggest making a Christmas tree with your own hands from shells. You can’t do without such a tree if you’re throwing a New Year’s party in a nautical style. This tree will become the queen of the holiday. So, let's begin.
1.Prepare the necessary material: wash shells and pebbles if necessary and dry.
2.If you don’t find a plastic wine glass that fits the shape, you can make a cone out of cardboard by rolling it into a ball and gluing the edges. Then trim off the excess ponytail. We sort the shells by size. Starting from the bottom, using a glue gun, we begin to glue shells onto the cone. I used river bivalve shells; there are similar sea shells.
For the lowest row we use larger shells, then the size decreases. We glue the rows of shells tightly to each other.There is no need to skimp on glue, since the shells are quite heavy, you need to glue them on all contacting surfaces. Gradually, row by row, a pyramid is built. Glue a piece of triangular-shaped shell to the upper tip. You can use several fragments by gluing them together. Glue a starfish to the very top (if there is no star, you can glue a beautiful shell). Then decorate the gluing area with smaller shells. And now the most enjoyable stage - decorating. To do this, we use everything that is in the bins. These are various beads, colored pebbles, glass, etc. Add decorations to your liking. You can maintain a single color scheme, or you can make a multi-colored Christmas tree. Here and there you can add shine to the shells with glitter nail polish, or spray the entire tree with glitter hairspray.
The next stage is making the legs for the Christmas tree. To do this, you can use some kind of high lid or something in the shape of a cylinder, pasting it with small shells or pebbles. I used three large shells of the same size. After washing and drying, we glue these shells together with a large amount of glue, because they will have to withstand a rather heavy tree. We use very strong glue or from a glue gun. Let the glue dry thoroughly.
For a more durable connection, we glue a cardboard circle to the bottom of the tree, slightly larger in size than the base of the spruce cone, but you can do without it. We apply a large amount of glue to the upper part of the leg, and also apply glue to the base of the tree (on cardboard or on shells). We connect the two parts together. Leave in this position until completely dry. Afterwards we admire our work and place it in the most prominent place in the house.Can you present a Christmas tree to present, if you don't mind, of course.
