5 Craft Items You Can Make With Nutshells

As a craft enthusiast, you might be eager for new projects with materials you haven’t used before. If so, nutshells can offer you limitless crafting possibilities. Nutshells are versatile, easy to work with, and downright adorable in their tiny appeal. So without further delay, here are five craft items you can make with nutshells!

Hawaiian Lei

Allow the beauty of the tropics to inspire your next DIY project: a Hawaiian lei. But instead of using traditional flowers, try making one using the kukui nutshell, which is one of several unique materials you can use for lei. Unlike flowers, kukui nutshells won’t wilt and lose their color, which allows you to keep and enjoy your lei for longer.

Holiday Ornaments

Some other unique craft items you can make with nutshells are holiday ornaments. They’re charming and eco-friendly alternatives to more costly store-bought options.

Paint the shells with festive colors, glitter, and other materials as you like. Then, attach a ribbon or string to each ornament and let the holiday spirit shine through your homemade creations!

Bowls

Before pitching your nutshells in the trash, try upcycling them into crafty bowls you can have around the house. Although the size of your bowl will depend on how many shells you have, you can make a bowl big enough to hold fruit. That will make you glad you didn’t let those shells go to the landfill.

Tiny Scenes

If you love all things miniature, you can bring to life enchanting miniature worlds inside nutshells. These captivating creations can be outdoor scenes or small little rooms where people dwell. Nutshell scenes make for perfect keepsakes or personalized gifts and are also a testament to your artistic prowess.

Artificial Flowers

One last project you can try is adding a new twist to artificial flower arrangements with pistachio nutshell blossoms. After you have glued the pistachio shells together, you can paint them different colors so they truly bloom. This craft makes for a great decoration or a memorable gift.

These craft ideas show that nutshells provide abundant opportunities to unleash your inner artist. By giving these fun and unique craft ideas a try, you can repurpose nutshells into exquisite and personalized creations, all while honing your crafting skills.

Until Next Time…

Stay Crafty San Diego!