Christmas Sparkly Shells

I was on babysitting duty yesterday...although I shouldn't really use the word duty as I love having my 3 year old nephew, Billy and one year old niece, Rose. They are so much fun and have me in fits of laughter all day. 

Whilst Rose took a nap me and Billy decided to paint some shells to make them look christmassy.  I already had a bag full so we chose some nice big ones and got to work....

We used gold paint (Tip: Never let a 3 year old squeeze paint from a  tube!!!)

and painted the shells all over...

then we sprinkled them with gold glitter ....

It was so much fun...

and nice and messy....

Once they dry we are going to wrap them up in a box for Mummy for Christmas! I think they will look lovely scattered around the Christmas table or maybe we could tie them onto the napkins with string? either way I know she'll love them!

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