Beach Glass Christmas Tree
Use up that collection of sea glass to make gorgeous trees which you won't be able to wait to display every holiday season.
Ingredients
- Seaglass in assorted sizes and colors
- Paper Mache Cardboard Cones 7” high, set of 2
- Starfish embellishments 1 for each tree
- Toothpicks 1 for each tree
- Hot glue gun with clear glue sticks
- Americana Acrylics in snow white
- ¾" flat paintbrush
- Awl or other sharp pointed tool
Instructions
- Preparing the Cones, Wrap a piece of scotch tape approximately ¾” from the base.
- Using a utility knife or a good pair of scissors, cut along the taped edge to reduce the height of the cone.
- Next, paint the cones and toothpicks using an acrylic paint in white. Leave the paint to dry fully before moving on to the next step.
- Poke a hole through the top of the cone using a sharp pointed tool such as an awl or a wooden skewer. The toothpick is likely not strong enough to break through the paper mache.
- Preparing the Star, apply a dab of glue to the back side of the starfish and place one of the painted toothpicks down on top so one end hangs past the starfish. Hold the toothpick in place until the glue sets. Put aside for the time being.
- Applying the Seaglass, preheat the hot glue gun and remember to work quickly as the glue from the glue gun sets quickly but work carefully to avoid injury from the hot glue.
- Starting at the base of the cone, apply a dab of glue as shown and press one piece of seaglass over the glue. Don’t extend the seaglass past the base of the cone.
- Continue around the rim of the cone glueing one seaglass at a time.
- For the second row of seaglass, overlap the bottom edge of the pieces with the top each of the seaglas from the previous row.
- Work your way up to the top of the cone, using different seaglass sizes and colors.
- Finishing the Seaglass Christmas Tree: once the glue has fully set, clean off any loose glue strands.
- Lastly, place the star on the top of each tree by inserting the end of the toothpick into the hole at the top of the cone
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