Buying or Making Seashell Christmas Ornaments

Pre-tree
Image by justinrussell via Flickr

It’s that time again when we pull out the Christmas decorations and set up the tree and for those of you who live in a warm climate, decorating with seashells may be a yearly event.  Anyone can use seashells to decorate their home, but living near beaches or in a tropical place can make it easier (and cheaper) to do since all you need to do is visit the beach or pull out that collection of shells.

For the rest of us, there are many options to buy ornaments made of shells – real or fake and they come in a wide variety of styles.  You can make your own ornaments if you are crafty and tie them with ribbons or hang them with string.  Seashells can be hand-painted, dipped in silver or gold or made from wire and beads. The scallop shell is often used as an angel’s dress and shells can be glued together to make whatever your imagination allows.

When A Little Post About Shells Gets Big Visits

two little seashells
Stripes and Spots

Over two years ago I posted a little note about two little seashells that I had photographed for use in my Seashell store.  That one little post now gets hundreds of views a day and I don’t know why.  Unfortunately, even though I have updated it (and greatly improved the writing over what I had thrown together back then), it’s not very noteworthy.  It bothers me Continue reading “When A Little Post About Shells Gets Big Visits”

The Florida Horse Conch Printable Coloring Page

The horse conch (scientific name: Pleuroploca gigantea) is the state shell of Florida. It can be very large – up to 2 feet long!  My photo above shows two empty shells that we found while boating on the river.  Read more about finding that 17 inch, huge horse conch shell.

Please feel free to download and print out this horse conch outline to use for personal use only.  Homeschoolers especially love these free printouts, and if you search this blog, you will probably find more information about these seashells and the mollusks that made them.

The outline below shows the Living Florida Horse Conch with (bright orange) mollusk inside and operculum that covers the mollusk.

Florida horse conch printable coloring page
Florida horse conch coloring page

Here’s a fun fact: The horse conch eats lightning whelks!