Today I bring you the form of how to make a sea shell mobile. I'm going to tell you the truth, I had them at home for a long time. They are one of those things that I keep, and then people ask me, "What do you want that for?"
Now that you know what we are going to do, and how I had them almost forgotten, let's get to work!
Materials
- Two brushes (one dry for cleaning, and one for painting and varnishing)
- Wood paint
- Varnish
- Sea shells
- Branch or stick
- Thread, twine or fishing line (as in my case)
- Scissors
Process
- First we are going to paint the whole stick ensuring that it is well covered. I have left a couple of twigs and the bad cut that the branch had to make it more rustic.
- Remove sand from shells dry. I have used a brush, but you can do it however you want. I particularly do not like to pour water on it and to have grains of sand that later stick together.
- Take a first shell and tie it, as you see it.
- From there, the following shells, double pass the thread. It is not necessary to tie a knot, the weight itself makes tension and holds them. Try it, you'll see.
- You can take advantage and make some original shape with each strip of shells. I opted to make 7 tiered size strips. I did not count the number of shells, to make it irregular. I just tried to vary between small and large, yes.
- Once we have the dry paint on the branch, all that remains is to varnish and wait. Remember that varnish takes much longer than paint to dry normally.
And this is how it looks! He had wanted to have her for a long time, and between one thing and another in the end he had left it. It will give you a huge touch of freshness, and the truth is that it looks good almost anywhere.
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