In celebration of our Sanibel trip….I present to you:
THE SHELLEBRATION JAR!
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Every single one of these shells was carefully selected out of the ocean, or off the sand by someone in our family.  It may just look like a cheesy Pinterest idea, but it is much more!
Every shell in there has a story of how we found it, where it was found, or if it was the first of its kind!
When I showed it to the kids, we were going around the jar pointing out every little story.
For example, the large Whelk you see in the middle was the first Whelk we found on the trip.
It was at Bowman’s Beach on Captiva, and Scout fished it out of the sea with his toes.  When he found it, we were all waist-deep in the water, and hurried over to see his gem — and all got so excited.
Like I said — this is much more than a craft.
It’s actually a shellebration in a jar!