4 DIY Seashell Hair Clip Ideas That Will Release Your Inner Mermaid
In this tutorial, I'll be showing you four different ways of making a DIY seashell hair clip. These mermaid hair accessories are really cute and perfect for the summer. Plus, they're super easy to make. Let's "dive in"!
Tools and materials:
- Hair clips
- Assorted shells
- Glue
- Glue gun
- Acrylic paint
- Brushes
Seashell hair clip 1
1. Design the layout
Gather all the shells that you’d like to use for this mermaid hair clip and pre-design your layout before gluing them together.
2. Glue the shells together
Using hot glue from your glue gun, carefully apply some glue to each shell at the side and stick the bigger shells together, as shown.
Now, add the center shell by gluing around the inner circle.
Then, fill in the gaps by gluing smaller shells in between the larger ones.
3. Glue the shells onto the hair clip
Now flip the whole DIY mermaid hair clip over, and add a generous amount of glue to the back of the accessory.
Then, add a hair clip in the center. Press it down firmly.
How beautiful are these seashell hair accessories?
Seashell hair clip 2
1. Add glue to the hair clip
Add some glue to the surface of your hair clip.
2. Stick small, overlapping seashells onto the clip
Then, add smaller seashells along the length of the hair clip, making sure they overlap each other.
3. Add some gold paint
Add some sparkle by painting some cute dots to each shell with gold acrylic paint.
Easy, right? I love this mermaid hair clip. It’s simple yet captivating and would look beautiful paired with a stunning dress.
Seashell hair clip 3
1. Glue the seashells together
Just like the first style, go ahead and glue each shell by the corners and attach, as shown.
Glue the back side, so the shells stay in place.
I also made a miniature version of this style. How cute?
Finally, add a blob of glue to the center, and attach your shell to secure it.
2. Attach the seashells to the hair clip
Add some glue to your hair clip, and attach both sizes next to each other.
Here’s the final look of this seashell hair clip. Love it!
Seashell hair clip 4
1. Paint the shells
I’m taking the final style to the next level; I’m painting my shell pieces to form a beautiful butterfly hair clip. Here, I’m using acrylic paint, and I’m starting with the wings.
With purple acrylic paint, paint the two top feelers.
Then, add some gold dots to the center-stone.
Finish off the feelers by painting the top tips in gold, too.
With black acrylic paint and a thin brush, carefully draw some lines for the wings.
Add some dots to the tips of the wings.
2. Glue the pieces together
Now it’s time to glue the pieces together. Use hot glue to dab on the sides and where necessary.
Here’s the result! I love this cute shell hair clip; it’s so beautiful and detailed.
DIY seashell hair clip tutorial
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to make mermaid hair clips out of seashells. Let me know which design is your favorite and whether you'll be trying to recreate any of these seashell hair clip styles yourself!
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