Dollar Tree Seashell Anchor

It’s beachy, it’s coastal, it’s nautical…..it’s a Dollar Tree Seashell Anchor! This gorgeous and affordable piece of DIY Decor can be used to decorate for summer in your home, or year round in your beach home. Whatever you decide to make it for, one things for sure, people will be asking “Where did you buy that!?”

Dollar Tree Seashell Anchor DIY coastal decor with a wood cutout covered in seashells, on a white washed teal background hanging by white nautical rope, with a sand dollar at the bottom.

Last summer I made the most amazing Ombre Seashell Seahorse for an event that I was in. It got me thinking “What other seashell thingys can I make?”

So my own idea inspired this Dollar Tree Seashell Anchor idea, and here we are.

A little bit of a coincidence is that this was also made Live over on Facebook for a different event that I was in.

Come to think of it, I made a Seashell Christmas Tree for en event too. I swear it wasn’t planned that way! I guess I like to make seashell things for events.

What seashell thingy should I make next!?

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Supplies Needed to Make a Dollar Tree Seashell Anchor

Dollar tree wood anchor cutout sitting on a table.

How to Make a Dollar Tree Seashell Anchor

I made this Dollar Tree Seashell Anchor on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

Amanda holding the completed project on a FB live thumbnail.

Watch the video HERE

To make the background, line up 13 paint sticks, making sure to alternate the handles. Brace them together by gluing other paint sticks, and/or popsicle sticks to the back.

Paint the entire background with the Teal paint (or whatever color you like).

The back of the anchor showing the paint sticks lined up and glued together and braced with popsicle sticks.

Cover the teal with a coat of Waverly White Wax, and then wipe it off while it’s still wet to give it a white washed beachy vibe like below.

A close up of the teal background with the white wax over it giving it a white washed look.

Now for the fun part! Start by laying out all of your seashells on your wood anchor cutout. It is kind of like a puzzle, getting them all to fit on just perfectly. This part is a little tedious and time consuming, but it’s super easy to do.

Once you have them all arranged, glue them all down using hot glue and/or E6000. E6000 will be best to keep them on there long term, but the hot glue will make them stay NOW. You can get away with using only hot glue like I did, but beware if the shells start falling off down the road, especially in the heat!

Add some glass beads and pearls throughout the anchor to fill in some of the gaps.

A close up showing the jute rope wrapped around the top of the anchor.

Take a piece of Jute Rope and wrap it loosely around the anchor, starting at the top and then coming out on the bottom left.

The wood anchor completely covered with seashells, pearls, and glass beads, with jute rope wrapped around it.

Glue a sand dollar to the end of the rope on the paint stick background.

A sand dollar on the bottom left of the anchor.

For the hanger, take a piece of nautical rope and tie a knot at each end, leaving some extra tope hanging after the knot.

Glue it to the front of the background as decoration.

White nautical rope as a hanger for the completed project.

This is optional, but I took a lighter and singed the end of the rope to give it a finished look and to prevent it from fraying further.

The and of the white nautical rope with the ends singed.

Here she is all put together and looking beautiful!

I am SOOOOOO super happy with how this turned out! It looks just adorbs and is the perfect addition to my Seashell Seahorse and Ombre Beach decor!

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