beach crafts

I told you there would be a lot of beach related posts.

I was crafty! I made crafts!

The first beachy craft we did was this cute little shell clippy for Portia:

I just superglued shells onto a barrette. I know, my skills are incredible.

Next, I made a souvenir jar. Here's my inspiration:

found here.

I took an old candle, and cleaned all the wax out of it. 

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and I gathered all the sand and shells I collected at South Padre.

Then I filled the jar.

I printed the place and date on an address label, and stuck it on the jar,

and I glued the lid onto the jar, because I have children, and it's not hard to imagine them opening up a jar of sand in my bed.

And that's it!

Pretty cute huh?