Use real coconuts to make Hawaiian-themed crafts.
Escape to an exotic beach by creating a few Hawaiian-themed crafts. Create Hawaiian crafts with a few supplies from your local craft store and some creativity. Most crafts will last for many years, making them perfect for repeated use at luau parties or gatherings. Hawaiian crafts are suitable for adults to make and modifiable for children.
Seashell Crafts
Make seashell picture frames by hot gluing seashells around the outside of a basic picture frame. For added decoration, smear little dots of glue on some of the shells and sprinkle sand on the glue. Shake the frame off and now you have sand on your shells. For another seashell craft, use shells that have holes in them or that can wrap around string or twine. Place several seashells on the string or twine to make bracelets, anklets and necklaces. Attach jewelry clasps to the end of the twine or string to complete the jewelry.
Lei Crafts
For longer lasting leis, use silk flowers from your local craft store. You can use real flowers; however, the flowers will wilt after a couple of days. Use an elastic thread and needle to thread the silk flowers. Include beads in between some of the flowers, if preferred. After the lei is complete, spray the flowers with a glitter spray to make them sparkle. Children can make leis using construction paper flowers and a hole punch. Have them hole punch the flowers in the middle and thread the flowers on an elastic band.
Sand Crafts
Create bottles of sand art using colored sand. Bottles of colored sand are available at most craft supply stores. Use a tall, skinny glass jar and pour different colored layers of sand in the bottle. Decorate the bottle by hot gluing seashells and tropical silk flowers on the lid. For another sand craft, try sand painting with colored sand. Draw a picture with glue on a piece of construction paper or card stork. Use the color sand to decorate the picture. For example, draw an ocean with a palm tree using the glue. Sprinkle blue sand on the ocean, green sand on the top of the palm tree and brown sand for the tree's trunk. Allow the glue to dry and shake off any excess sand.
Coconut Crafts
Adults and child will have fun making coconut crafts with real coconuts. Most coconuts have two dark spots, which you can use for the coconut's eyes if you want to make a coconut head. Use beads, puff paint, glitter, seashells, fake hair, felt tip pens and tropical drink umbrellas to decorate coconuts.
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