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Last Minute DIY Beach-themed Gifts to Make in an Hour!

You’ve decorated your Beach-themed Christmas tree and it’s crunch-time for getting your holidays gifts made, purchased, and wrapped up in time for gift giving. With just a short time left, here are some quick and easy DIY beach-theme gifts you can make in under an hour.

If you know how to sew, whip up a beach-themed table runner. All you need is a piece of beach-inspired fabric, some thread and a sewing machine. Cut the piece of fabric 71″ long x 16-1/2″ wide. Turn the raw edges under 1/4″ and iron. Turn again 1/4″ and sew all around. Your finished table runner should be 70″ long x 16″ wide.

This last minute DIY Beach-themed gift is easy and doesn’t require sewing, gluing or any crafty talent. Get a large glass hurricane vase, fill it with glass stones, some star fish, and a wide pillar candles and you have the perfect gift. You could even use a battery-operated pillar candle instead of the traditional wax candle.

Reed diffusers make great gifts and to kick it up a notch and make it a DIY beach-themed gift, add some small shells to the base of the glass bottle. If you purchased a diffuser, just open the box, add the shells, pack the bottle with some tissue so the shells don’t come out and then put everything back in the box for wrapping.

Here is another DIY Beach-themed gift you can make that doesn’t require special tools or talent. Grab one of these Glass blocks from Michaels or Amazon, fill it with sand, shells and a glue a beachy photograph, postcard, or event picture from a magazine to the inside. You could even add a string of fairy lights for some added sparkle. This is a great gift for the beach lover in your life! You could actually this as a DIY craft kit for our crafty friends. You buy the supplies and let them put it all together!

Our last DIY beach-themed gift idea is gilded shells. Turn ordinary shells into something extraordinary with gold or silver gilding. Add the gilding is similar to painting because it is a liquid. All you need is the gilding, a paint brush and some shells. If you need some guidance for adding the gilding, Amy from AttaGirlSays.com can show you how to do it.

Now that we’ve given you some great last minute DIY beach-theme gifts to make, get cracking because it’s almost time for gift giving.

Free Easy DIY Wood Birdhouse Plans

When Spring comes we think about the birds and wildlife coming back into our yard. Birds will be searching for places to nest, hatch their eggs, feed their young and you can help by building a wood birdhouse or wood nesting box.

When deciding what birdhouse design is best for the birds in your backyard, take into consideration that every bird is different. A birdhouse with a small hole may not be suited for a larger bird that needs a larger opening.

Wood Birdhouse Sizes

Value Home Centers not only has a Free Bird DIY birdhouse using just one board, they also came up with a chart to give you an idea of the sizes needed for a variety of birds.

For a different kind of birdhouse, check out these 10 Free Birdhouse Plans from Fresh Patio. You will be able to build one of these birdhouses for just around $3 by using a single 4″ x 6′ wood plank from your local hardware store. There is nothing complicated and you can even use a hand saw to cut the boards.

Build a Bluebird House

Fanning Sparks will show you how to build a proper Bluebird house. Even if you don’t have any bluebirds in your yard, chickadees and wrens may also choose to nest in this birdhouse because it is just the right size having a 1-1/2″ opening that only allows for small birds to enter.

Build a Cedar Fence Picket Birdhouse

The Cedar Fence Picket Birdhouse by Ana White can be built for just $2 using a cedar fence picket. This also makes a good kids project or a fun group project. She also offers free plans for a Modern Cedar Birdhouse that can be nailed to a tree.

Build a Simple Birdhouse

Shelly from 100 Things 2 Do in Canada used Ana White’s birdhouse plans and changed it up a bit to create her own unique take on simple birdhouse plans.

Build a Sparrow Bird Box

If you have sparrows in your area, you may want to consider building a Sparrow bird box. This birdhouse is placed under the eaves of your house because sparrows often nest there.

Build a Cardinal Nesting Box

Cardinals are beautiful birds with their brilliant red feathers. You may want to build a Cardinal nesting shelter birdhouse. This can also be make out of one single fence board. The best location for a Cardinal box will be to place underneath the overhang of the house and about 6 feet or higher to prevent predators from attacking it.

Similarly, robins also like to nest in open boxes. By building them a nesting shelter you will give them some added protection while they raise their young.

Build a PVC Birdhouse

For an even more unique style of birdhouse, Bill from Suncatcher Studio came up with an easy way to use PCV piping to create fun and unique birdhouses. PVC is cheap so this is a good material to use for your next birdhouse build.

Fun Birdhouses to Make, Sell and Just Enjoy!

Birdhouses are functional but they can also be decorative. We like to paint, use broken china, tiles, embellishments, flowers, and even dollhouse shingles for the roof of our birdhouses. There are so many creative ways you can decorate a birdhouse. Let us give you some ideas.

Let your imagination run wild with these painted birdhouse ideas. Bright colors and fun designs will bring your birdhouse to life and fill your garden with color and flair.

Bright and whimsical colors make this birdhouse a great addition to any garden, indoors or out!

Have you ever thought of using coins or stones to decorate a birdhouse? These birdhouses utilize stones and coins to decorate roofs and walls. These DIY birdhouse are embellished with stones and a roof made out of pennies

DIY Birdhouse with a Pretty Penny Roof — Source: Dream a Little Bigger

Repurpose those old pennies you have lying around and use them to add a roof to a birdhouse. The copper will age over time and turn a nice patina shade. This rustic birdhouse is definitely something fun to create.

How cute is this rock bird house with it’s flower pot. rocking chair, screen door, window box, side window, and dormer roof window added as embellishment. The birds will want to move right in!

Stained Glass Red Blue Bird House

Note the beautiful craftsmanship in the stained glass design on this birdhouse.

Do you have old maps not being used? If you don’t you can always find some at flea markets, thrift shops and yard sales. There are so many things you can do with old maps. Here is an idea for a decorative birdhouse. Amanda took the original idea from Midwest Living Magazine to paint and then glue old maps to her wood birdhouses using Mod Podge.

Create an enchanted feel in your bird garden with the Home Bazaar Windy Ridge Stone Bird House. Blending style with realistic details, this cottage will certainly bring a charming touch to your home or backyard in moments. The stone covered façade lends a rustic feel to the piece, furthered by the faux wood pile, bird house, and window box with fabric flowers.

Mosaic Birdhouses — Desert Rose Art Glass

Blue Tile Mosaic Birdhouse — Elzabieta Frydel

You can make a Rustic pallet wood birdhouse with a license plate for a roof for little or no money. Inspire to Make shows you how on his YouTube channel. It’s a very easy DIY woodworking project for beginners that requires minimum amount of tools.

Add a bit of whimsy to your birdhouse by using an old license plate as the walls. Felt Magnet provides step-by-step instructions for this birdhouse condo.

This Stained Glass Birdhouse is easy to achieve. Purchase an unfinished wood birdhouse or build your own birdhouse, use painter’s tape and create an exquisite stained glass design. Paint inside of the sections, remove the painter’s tape, use a ruler and draw lines around each section with a thin paintbrush and black paint or a Sharpie marker.

Let your creative juices run wild, grab your paints and paintbrushes and paint a garden scene on a birdhouse.

Exquisite Mosaic Bird Baths To Make & Enjoy

Mosaic Bird Baths are so unique all of your friends and neighbors will be envious and want one of their very own. Add a pedestal to your bird bath as a platform. Using a large terracotta saucer, you can create and design the most beautiful mosaic bird bath that doesn’t cost a lot. Use a large terracotta pot turned upside down to create the pedestal base. You can even tile the base if you want or paint it. Just use your imagination. If you don’t want a pedestal just place your bird bath anywhere you like – on a rock, bench, porch, anywhere. Use shades of blue, turquoise, aqua to give your bird bath a calming feel of the ocean.

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Gypsy Sky Mosaic Garden Bird Bath — Jo Sara Designs

The Gypsy Sky Mosaic Garden Bird Bath has a Bohemian feel it and a design which reminds me a bit of tie die, and a bit of a Mandala. The pattern uses shades blue from turquoise to aqua, and dark sapphire to sky, and then is finished with graduating blues as a border.

Blue Green Mosaic Birdbath — whors USA, Inc.

Bright and brilliant mosaic tiles are used to create a gorgeous birdbath that the birds will want to take a splash in. Terracotta flower pots aren’t just for flowers either. Turn a terracotta pot upside down to make the birdbath pedestal.

DIY Mosaic Bird Bath Supplies

If you want to try your hand at making some of these easier mosaic bird baths, here are some of the supplies you will want to keep on hand.

You will need a variety of Tesserae tiles, ceramic tiles, tile cutter (to break plates), tile grout, and some strong Tile Adhesive.

These beautiful mosaic birdbaths are ready for the birds to visit in your garden! These unique designs are made on a terracotta base and includes a range of materials from a broken china to Tesserae tiles and glass pebbles. There are lots of elements which will sparkle through the water in the sunlight.

Mosaic Birdbaths to Make and Enjoy — Mosaics by Hippo

This DIY birdbath project is so simple and inexpensive that even a child can help with it with adult assistance. You will need a terracotta pot and large saucer, spray paint (optional), tiles and glass gems, strong glue such as E-6000 or Gorgilla Glue, white grout and sponges.

Sparkling mirrors and a burst of blue make a beautiful addition to your Spring Garden with this gorgeous concrete and mosaic birdbath that is made with hundreds of pieces of hand cut silver mirror tile, blue Italian glass tile, glass gems and Italian Millefiori.

The pastel tile colors in this mosaic birdbath include pale and light aqua blue, mint green, and pale sea green. The center of the daisy flowers are translucent amber glass which give a lovely depth to the design.

This mosaic bird bath might look difficult or expensive, but it is actually easy to make and the supplies are cheap. You’ll be making many of these DIY bird baths in no time for our garden and to giveaway to friends. Put out several of different designs in your yard, or give them as gifts to bird-loving friends!

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