A Tropical Centerpiece

Hey! Welcome back to my blog! This week I'll be showing you how to finish off your room with just a small centerpiece. The best part about it is; it's so much cheaper to make than buy! To buy one can range from $20-$40! Who wants to spend that much when they could do the same thing for about $2!

Materials you'll need:

1. Candle Holder or Small Basket

2. A Bag of Small Sea Shells

3.  Water if needed

4. Hot glue gun if needed

5. Wax Block if needed

6. Wick if needed

7. Paper Towel

8. Sand of any type if needed

How to Do it!

Step 1: First step as always is to gather your materials! If you used your candle holder for a candle there may be wax left in it.

The best way I found to clean it out was I took the candle holder to the sink and poured hot water in it; after that sat for a minute or two I dumped out the hot water and immediately put cold water in it. You will find it easy to just pop off all of the wax instead of scraping at it with a pair of scissors.   

Step 2: Now that your candle holder is clean/ your basket, open the shell bag or box and dump out the contents onto a paper towel or then your table will look like this. When I opened the bag shell fragments and dust went all over the table.

 Pick out the shells you would like to use and put the others back in the bag. If you are planning to use sand in your project fill your candle holder with it to about 1/5 full.

Step 3: Take your shells and place them into the sand or into the holder. This is where you can start your customization. Instead of putting your shells into the candle holder you can hot glue them around the outside of your holder and still use it for candles. Or you can use it as a pencil holder! With this the possibilities are endless! If you melt some wax blocks (preferably blue) and pour that into the candle holder filled with shells, you can turn the holder into a candle!

Step 4: You can do whatever you would like. The purpose of this DIY is for you to get creative and give this project your own personal touch. So go ahead and do that!