Beautiful shell trees for year round & the Christmas holiday season.
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Shell trees are a wonderful way to add the beach to your home. Whether you choose to create cone shell trees or purchase handmade cone shell trees, they make for gorgeous decorative trees to have on display year round, and during Christmas and the holiday season. So here is a selection of seashell trees, including links to tutorials and shopping sources.
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DIY shell Christmas tree by Carolyns Blooming Creations, made with large shells and a Paper Mache Cone (Amazon), topped with a Faux Starfish.
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A topiary oyster shell Christmas tree, placed in an urn. A great solution if you only have a few shells. Just space them out. Original source unknown.
These cone shell trees sit on a base and the cones are covered with sand. Very festive looking shell trees. Source no longer available.
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Made from shells, seaglass, rope, beach sand & more.
Made with shells from FL beaches.
How to Make Cone Shell Trees
Types of Craft Cones
You can either use Foam Cones (Amazon) or Paper Mache Cones (Amazon) as the base for your shell tree. Foam cones are the most popular choice. You should also be able to find these craft cones at local craft stores.
How to Glue Shells on Cone
Shells are hot glued onto the cone from the bottom up, starting with the larger shells on the bottom. To ensure durability, reinforce the hot glue with dabs of Clear Gorilla Glue.
Optional Tree Stand
To elevate your tree you can set it on a stand. You can, for example, glue cone shell trees onto circular wood or metal stands that are slightly smaller, so your shells can overlap the cone a bit. Or use decorative stands for your shell trees.
Mantel Image with Shell Trees from Southern Living on Instagram
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Gold paint and pearls transformed these Oyster shell trees into festive Christmas Table Decorations. A styrofoam tree and an inexpensive glass candle holder is used for this project. And the oyster shells were harvested from a restaurant!
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Seashells to make these gorgeous shell cone trees were all collected from beaches on the Gulf of Mexico. Available in two sizes.
Seashells for these DIY cone shell trees were hot glued onto Floral Foam Cones (Amazon), forming interesting patterns.
