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I am always trying to instill in our children the virtues of giving. For Birthdays and Christmas I try to have the children make things for relatives and friends. I have found that the children take a lot of pride and joy in this as well. So for the past year we've been collecting sea glass at the beach with the intention of using it for a gift. This is what we made with the sea glass, earrings. I got the idea from a Martha Stewart magazine. But instead of drilling holes in the sea glass like the magazine instructed, I simply glued them to some earring posts with E 6000 glue. I attached the earrings to a cute candy box I saved ( picture above). Inside the the box I will insert a tiny scroll saying where the sea glass came from and how it was hand picked by my son, he chose the color too. Then I'll have him sign the letter. We were able to make four pairs of earrings from all the sea glass(top picture). The challenge is finding pieces similar in color and shape. Here's what the earring posts look like. I purchased a set of 60 for $3.00 at a craft store.

*E 6000 Glue should only be used by Adults

What do you have your children make/give for gifts? Posted by jessica okui at 1:34 PM Stacy Rae said...

Oh that's such a great idea! I'm sad now though because we gave away our whole jar of sea glass as a gift...
Oh well, time to start looking for more!

June 9, 2008 at 3:43 PM 
We are about to move back to OZ from Japan & have been making a lot of cardboard hearts with our new info on them.
The girls love making them...Xxx

June 9, 2008 at 5:49 PM 
As usual, you've come up with another fantastic idea. :-) I've never even heard of sea glass. :-o Of course, I've never lived near the sea, either.

June 9, 2008 at 6:14 PM AlasMyDear said...

aww, those are lovely! and i love how your kids played such a big part in them. wish i lived near the sea!

June 9, 2008 at 6:37 PM 
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! What a great idea for a gift...

June 9, 2008 at 8:06 PM ms firefly said...

what a great idea indeed!!!

June 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM 
So cute! My mom was always really good about doing stuff like this with me to make gifts. I remember one year we painted little wooden hearts and glued those to earring posts. Another year she taught me to sew simple little drawstring bags and then we filled them with See's suckers.

June 9, 2008 at 11:17 PM 

oh e6000 glue is the best! :)

June 9, 2008 at 11:29 PM 

June 10, 2008 at 6:27 AM 
Great idea! Love the presentation with the little scroll - so sweet. My daughter has recently made her grandmothers an apron each. She has always loved to craft with me!

June 10, 2008 at 6:31 AM Ruchika said...

A very interesting blog you have here. I chanced upon it while looking for leg warmers online. Made me remember how my mom used to knit for us all the time. I guess I should also so something like this for my son :-)

June 10, 2008 at 7:37 AM 
What a great idea. I picked up a ton of beach glass on my recent trip to Puerto Rico. A nice pair of earrings would be a lovely keepsake. Thanks.

June 10, 2008 at 3:52 PM 
I just love sea glass and am always on the look out for some when we go to the beach! I especially love the blues and blue greens and even a red one here and there!

I wrap them with wire and make charms and even once hot glued some around a clean baby food jar to make a pretty votive!

June 10, 2008 at 9:07 PM 
Those are beautiful! A gift from the sea made into gifts for friends, how lovely!

June 10, 2008 at 9:49 PM Jodz said...

I love sea glass. Ever since reading an Anita Shreve book where sea glass was collected I have loved it (not that I have any myself):(
You have come up with a unique way to showcase it.

June 10, 2008 at 11:10 PM 
Very interesting. I've never look into that before. :D


June 11, 2008 at 1:22 AM 
but THIS is a great idea!!!! love the earrings!!!!
so coool!!!!
 
these are lovely. natural and irregular and muted and just perfect. we are a long way from the ocean, but next time we get there I will remember this for sure.

June 15, 2008 at 11:30 AM Lisl Armstrong said...


I started a social networking site for sea glass artists and collectors. I hope you will join us. The network is full of friendly and creative people and I think you would enjoy it!


Lisl Armstrong

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March 8, 2009 at 8:33 AM