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Supplies needed: - Pattern below - 4 or 6 mm plywood - sandpaper - acrylic paints in medium green, dark green, white, beige   and dark brown - various round and flat paint brushes - pencil - clear acrylic sealer - drill with 1.5 mm bit - very thin wire Summer Crafts - Wood Crafts - Scroll Saw Projects - Seahorse, Seaweed and Seashell Wall Decoration The ocean is full of fascinating plants and animals that can be used as inspiration to create wooden items for your home. Not only are there fish to be found under the sea. One  can also find great motifs such as seahorses, seaweed and seashells. This decoration can be hung either on the wall, hung freely in a room like a mobile or hung in a window. If creating it as a mobile or for a window, paint both sides so that it looks good from any perspective. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instructions: 1. Print your pattern out and transfer the outer markings onto to the plywood. Cut the figures out accordingly and sand them if necessary. 2. Base coat the seahorse and seashell in beige on both sides and basecoat the seaweed in medium green on both sides. Let everything dry before continuing. 3. Transfer the inner markings now lightly on the seashell and seahorse with the pencil and drybrush these markings with dark brown and also along the outer edges. 4. Thin the dark green paint with water and brush on the seaweed. Let it dry. 5. Drybrush the outer edges of the seaweed with white. Try to lightly drybrush inner areas with white as well to give it more depth. 6. Drill holes in the tops of the seahorse and seashell and in the 2 bottom leaves of the seaweed. Attach the pieces together using the wire. 7. Find the center point of the seaweed and drill a hole at that point. Insert a wire to be used for hanging. Free Craft Patterns or Templates:  Seahorse   Seaweed Seashell Basic wood cutting with a scroll saw tutorial Drybrushing tutorial How to make patterns tutorial Bird on a Perch   All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of the owners of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication. More wood craft projects for Valentine’s Day, spring and Easter Find more wood crafts for all occasions Find fall and Halloween wood crafts More wood craft projects for Christmas and winter Craft Patterns and Templates Craft Tutorials Drybrushing tutorial Basic wood cutting with a scroll saw tutorial Tips and tricks for paper crafts, card making, etc... Subscribe to Our Free Newsletter       Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.craftideas.info