Maritime wind light with seagull

With this maritime craft idea, you can bring the feeling of the beach, sea and vacation right into your home. Using candles, colored sand, shells and a lantern glass, you can create an atmospheric maritime-style decoration in no time at all. The idea is perfect as a table decoration, gift or as a small highlight on the balcony or terrace. Best of all, it's easy to make and is also ideal for beginners.

Decorating candles
Candles can be decorated simply and easily with wax sheets. Wax sheets are thin, flexible sheets made from wax for candles, that are easy to cut to size.
Cut strips about 1 cm wide from the wax sheets. Then remove the protective film from the strips and carefully press them around the candles. Slight hand warmth is sufficient for the wax to adhere to the candles. The colors of the candles match the nautical theme perfectly.

Fill the lantern glass with colored sand
Add colored sand and shell granules to the lantern glass. The fine colored sand and shell granules combine well with each other and together resemble fine beach sand. You can add the materials in layers or mix them loosely - just as you like.

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Carefully insert the candles you have decorated into the sand, so that they are stable.
Place shells and small pieces of driftwood in the glass. These natural elements emphasize the maritime look and make each decoration unique. Make sure to place the materials loosely so that the overall look is light and natural.
Finally, place Freddy the seagull decoratively next to the lantern glass. The little figure gives your craft idea a playful character and harmoniously rounds off the maritime decoration.

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