Make Seashell Napkin Rings For Your Summer, Beach-Themed Table Settings

Welcome to the 760th Metamorphosis Monday! One of the things I love most about blogging is hearing from you and all the wonderful crafts and projects that you’re working on. Elena, a lovely BNOTP reader, recently set a fun, beach-themed table for family that included these wonderful shell napkin rings that she hand-crafted herself.

I’ve made shell chargers before–tutorial for those is available here: DIY Shell Charger Plates.

But I’ve never tried my hand at shell napkin rings except for this sad, little attempt where I just glued a single, large shell to the top of a wooden napkin ring.

I definitely like Elena’s shell napkin rings a lot better! I know summer is starting to wind down in most places, but this would be a great winter project, especially come January/February when we mostly just want to stay snuggled down inside, dreaming of spring.

To make these shell napkin rings, these are the supplies Elena gathered together: glue gun, wooden napkin rings, and lots of small shells in various shapes and sizes. (Elena purchased the wooden napkin rings here: Wood Napkin Rings.)

This is a great project to work on while listening to a podcast or an audiobook. I remember when I crafted my shell chargers, arranging the various shells is a bit like doing a puzzle as you pick and choose which shells to use next depending on their shape and size. Be careful when hot-gluing the shells to the wood napkin rings because hot glue is, well, very hot!

Elena used really small/tiny shells to fill in the gaps in between the bigger shells. When I made my chargers, I mostly used shells collected on a long-ago trip to Sanibel Island, but I did end up ordering a couple of packages of tiny “filler” shells from an online store. Elena shared with me that you can find shells available on Amazon, too. Update: Elena was right…I found tons of shells on Amazon here: Seashells. I found small-size shells that would work great for this project here: Small Seashells.

I’m looking forward to sharing Elena’s beachy table real soon! In the meantime, you can find the wood napkin rings she used for this project here: Wood Napkin Rings. The pretty coral/seahorse napkins below are available here: Coral Seahorse Napkins and the seahorse/anchor napkins are available here: Seahorse Anchor Napkins.

Thanks so much to Elena for sharing this summery, beach-themed, craft idea. Can’t wait to share her table with you for a future Tablescape Thursday! Looking forward to all the great Before and Afters linked for this week’s Met Monday!

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