Let your creativity soar high and join in on the fun of making a Paper Seashell Owl with your kids!
Perfect for teachers, moms, educators, crafters, and anyone else who loves being creative, this simple yet delightful craft uses paper seashell cutouts to bring an owl to life.
Paper Seashell Craft For Kids
It seems only natural that now that we live in Tampa, Florida that I start sharing some inexpensive “seashell themed crafts” on the Glued To My Crafts blog!
So with all that being said – today I present to you our seashell owl tutorial that only requires cardstock paper, the seashell freebie you will find below, paper punches and choice of coloring material to complete. Really easy for parents to pull out and perfect for little crafters to display proudly on the fridge afterwards! I just hope I inspired you to give it a try today!
I’ll let you get to it. Find ALL the details you need to know to recreate your own seashell shaped owl in the full step-by-step tutorial below. Happy crafting my friends!!! #gluedtomycrafts
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Children will have a blast developing their skills by cutting shapes and gluing the pieces together to make this seashell shaped owl come to life!
Craft Supplies:
- Free Seashell Printable – on our landing page
- White Cardstock Paper
- Color Printer
- Crayons, Pencils, Markers etc.
- Paper Craft Scissors
- Colored Cardstock Paper
- Adhesive
- Large Wiggle Eyes
- Paper Punches
- Embellishments
Directions:
- First things first – grab our free seashell printable, listed above in the supply list.
- Next, go ahead and find it on your computer, right click and print the file on a single sheet of white cardstock. One print equals one owl craft.
- Now that you have the printable, go ahead and color in the seashell design, however you like {I used a light shade of tan for mine.}
- When done coloring in the seashell piece, use your craft scissors to trim it out from the paper.
- Discard excess paper.
- Now grab your remaining cardstock paper and scissors.
- Cut/punch out large scallop eyes, a triangle nose and heart shaped feet.
- To finish off your Paper Seashell Owl, glue their cardstock pieces in place, on the seashell design.
- Use a marker to draw in pupils if need be on the eye cutouts.
- To finish it off, add the custom elements like lines of glitter glue and sequins.
- Then allow your piece to dry completely before you display your custom one-of-a-kind seashell owl piece proudly for all to see!
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If you are looking for even MORE easy summer themed kid craft ideas, be sure to check out these fun posts. All of which would pair nicely with today’s owl made out a paper seashell craft idea – hint hint!
And “if” you decide to make our Paper Seashell Owl kid craft, please share a picture on our Facebook page or tag us on Instagram with #gluedtomycrafts for us to see. We love seeing our inspiration come to life!
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Paper Seashell Owl Craft
- Cardstock Paper
- SEASHELL PRINTABLE - LANDING PAGE
- 2 Large Wiggle Eyes
- Embellishments
Instructions
- First print out our provided printable, in color, on a single sheet of white cardstock paper. You only need one print per craft.
- Next, go ahead and find it on your computer, right click and print the file on a single sheet of white cardstock. One print equals one owl craft. Print as many as you like but only use our file for personal use only please.
- Now that you have the printable, go ahead and color in the seashell design, however you like {I used a light shade of tan for mine.}
- When done coloring in the seashell piece, use your craft scissors to trim it out from the paper.
- Discard excess paper.
- Now grab your remaining cardstock paper and scissors.
- Cut/punch out large scallop eyes, a triangle nose and heart shaped feet.
- To finish off your Paper Seashell Owl, glue their cardstock pieces in place, on the seashell design.
- Use a marker to draw in pupils if need be on the eye cutouts.
- To finish it off, add the custom elements like lines of glitter glue and sequins.
- Then allow your piece to dry completely before you display your custom one-of-a-kind seashell owl piece proudly for all to see!
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