Beach Crafts

Since Caleb no longer takes a nap, I considered in advance of our trip what to do to entertain him while Annalise snoozed. He LOVES to make crafts! So I searched for some beach crafts and here is what we made:

This one is called "Cockleshell Critters" and we didn't use cockleshells, but it turned out cute anyway:

The instructions called for pony beads to make the eyes, but I had a bunch of old pearl-like buttons. I love how Caleb drew the eyes! I did the eye on the right on the middle shell as an example. He did all the rest. We used tacky glue, which worked very well.

This one is a shell picture frame:

I think it turned out very nice - we are going to pick a picture from our trip for it and then make the back out of a piece of cardboard - from a diaper box. The frame itself is made from a box of instant mashed potatoes. I love crafts you can make out of trash! The instructions called for regular glue, but we used tacky glue for this too.

This one is called "Mini Masterpieces" - they are shells with picture painted on the inside. Caleb really liked this:

We are going to glue some magnets on the back and stick them on the fridge.

Some detail shots:

A palm tree

Our condo...with a mailbox outside, with a balloon tied to the top, blowing in a hurricane. His own design :)

A beach scene - he actually copied this one from one I painted as an example, I thought he did a great job!