Make Your Own Too Easy Christmas Beachy Lantern

Wanna find out how to make some beachy bling bling for your coastal Christmas table or Mantel?  Well the next part of my Too Easy Christmas Series reveals all......... about the making of this cute little lantern.    No matter if it's not a 5 minute walk to the beach for you either, as all the parts to this project can be sourced from your local crafting or thrift store and perhaps the local garden centre for a scoop of white sand.

The hardest part in making the lantern was the fight against gravity. Not sure about you, but I don't have time to sit and hold the shells in place until the glue becomes tacky enough to keep them there.  The problem was solved by setting this whole exercise up at the end of my kitchen bench, with the jar on its side.  Each time I walked past the end of the bench, I would add one or two more shells.  Finally making it around, full circle. Using this process I will have more than enough to give away as gifts or for a centrepiece running down the centre of my dining table for Christmas.

The beauty of these Too Easy lanterns is you can use these them all through the year. Just change out the ribbon as desired.  By Christmas mine may all be tied up in red bows.

I was fondling the nautical stripes at my local fabric shop this morning and I kept going back to red.  I haven't committed completely to it yet, but the red ticking looked so fabulous and would make a great base for a nautical Christmas table.   

 But for now I'm going with shiny blue.  I'll be adding more Too Easy Christmas Ideas to the tab on the top of my side bar throughout December, so be sure to pop back and check it out from time to time.  In the mean time have a great week!!!!!!

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