14 Seashell Crafts for a Coastal Christmas | Ornaments, Trees, Wreaths & More

Create festive decor with a beachy twist!

Seashell Christmas Crafts

Transform your holiday season into a breezy, beach-inspired celebration with these beautiful seashell crafts for Christmas. From elegant ornaments to mini trees, painted shells, wreaths, garlands, and centerpiece ideas, these ideas are all about bringing natural seaside elements into your seasonal styling. Seashells add texture, dimension, and sentimental value to handmade Christmas decor, and many of these ideas can be repurposed for summer decorating too.

Diy shell ornaments
Make Awesome Shell Ornaments

Seashell ornaments are one of the easiest and most popular coastal Christmas crafts, and there are so many wonderful ideas for DIY shell ornaments -from simply hanging a shell on a ribbon to Painted and decorated seashell ideas, including shell angels and shell mosaic clay ornaments.



Filled Shell Beach Clear Ball Ornament

Make Natural Filled Clear Ball Ornaments with Mini Shells



Christmas Shell Art

Create Thoughtful Christmas Shell Art

Use self-standing wood blocks or small canvases to create Christmas shell art such as angles, or a nativity scene as seen below and on a shell ornament featured HERE


Miniature Christmas Nativity Scene in Shell
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Create a Miniature Christmas Nativity Scene


Create a Lovely Christmas Shell


DIY Joy Christmas Sign with Shello
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Make a Great Shell Christmas Sign


DIY Seashell Christmas Tree

Make Elegant Cone Shell Trees

Small tabletop trees made from shells create a stunning focal point on dining tables, console tables, mantles, shelves, or entry tables.



Sea Shell Christmas Tree Wall Art Idea

Create Festive Seashell Tree Wall Art



Christmas Wreath with Painted Shells

Make an Evergreen Shell Christmas Wreath

Add Christmas decorations to a shell wreath or use a plain evergreen wreath and add seashells -paint the shells or leave natural.

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Oyster Shell Christmas Garland Santa Shells

Make a Creative Shell Christmas Garland

Use a bead or Rope Garland and simply add shells -Painted as Santas or plain in festive colors such as gold, silver or Christmas red. 

Recycled Oysters with Holes for Crafts


Christmas Centerpiece with Shell Candles

Create a Christmas Centerpiece with Shell Candles

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DIY Shell Bottle Tags for Christmas Hostess Gift

Add Shell Ornament Tags to Bottles for Gifts



Easy DIY Shell Place Cards for the Holiday Dinner

Make Shell Place Cards for your Holiday Dinner

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