20 Beach Sand Display Ideas in Bottles, Jars & Vases | Beach Sand Collections

Do you collect sand from different beaches? Then these beach sand display ideas are for you!

Beach Sand Collection in Small Glass Bottles

Showcase your beach sand collection beautifully with these display ideas using glass bottles, jars, and vases.

Beach sand display ideas include layering sand for a striking effect, each layer telling a story of your beach adventures and displaying beach sand in mini glass jars or mini glass bottles that you can then put on display on a shelf as a collection. You will also find a neat idea where beach sand from different locations is arranged and displayed in layers with a gradient effect. So take your inspiration from these beach sand display ideas to organize and showcase your own beach sand!

Ways to Display Beach Sand Collections Effectively
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To quote legendary interior designer Dorothy Draper, "Don't sprinkle your collection in a meaningless jumble. Notice how groups of small objects, when they are well arranged, become important and effective. Remember that repetition is a form of emphasis." 


Beach Sand Display Ideas Memory Keeping


Beach Sand Collection Display Ideas in Spice Jars
Sadie Seasongoods transformed a vintage spice rack from the thrift store into a sand collection display which makes for a gorgeous beach cottage style decoration. 

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Sand bottles lined up on a wall shelf. Via Bellini Pics.

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The Nautical Chart of this inbuilt shelf makes the perfect backdrop for a sand collection in bottles. Source no longer available.



Ways to Display Beach Sand Collection in Glass Vase Layered
A simple beach sand collection display in a glass vase, seen HERE. The Sand is equally layered in the vase.

Layering sand in a glass vase makes for a striking beach decoration! Seen at It's Just Life. There are different ways you can label your beach sand too.

Here are some ideas how you can label the beach sand that you layered in the vase. You can write the name of the beach and date directly onto the glass, or use stick on labels. Sources unknown. Top image is a nifty tall beach sand jar ideas.  

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Beach sand bottles, small or tall, are a great way to Memorize a Beach Trip, or simply to capture your favorite beach. 

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Beach sand collections in special bottles for special memories. Via Facebook.

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A beach sand collection in bottles from around the world; from pebbles in parts of Europe, to broken coral and shells from some islands. Original source no longer available.



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Sand Collection in spice jars.


Dozens of canning jars filled with sand from beaches from around the world by Bakerella via Flickr.

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Some have a scientific system down and sort their beach sand by how white the sand is. You can see and learn more about this collection on Flickr.

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This Sand Collection was started 15 years ago and consists of close to hundred bottles. It also includes sand from other places like the Death Valley, for example. Vintage tags were used to label the sand bottles.

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Some people build custom shelves for their sand jars. See here.

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A sand collections in shapely glass jars on a shelf. Source is no longer available.

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More cute mini bottles. Seen on Flickr. Check out these Sand Crafts too!