Ring in the summer season with a creative summer decoration in a glass. Create magic with natural materials like sand, shells, weathered wood and desert plantsa holiday feelingwithin your own four walls. Or create your own mini paradise in a terrarium. We'll show you 40 DIY ideas for summer decoration in glass vases, in tall and round glasses, and explain how you can effectively stage the arrangement with candles and fairy lights.
Make summer decorations in a glass: How to create a beach look
This summery decoration in a glass makes you want to go to the sea! By the beginning of June at the latest, the time has come to have onemaritime touchto bring into your own four walls. Then we part with ceramic birds, flower wreaths and tree branch bird nests. Instead, vases with shells, lanterns with fairy lights and terrariums with desert plants are moving into our homes. A charming decoration with a trendy beach look can be created quickly with the right natural materials. What is most important is that the color of the decoration matches the theme. Soft pastel tones such as sand or sky blue are considered classic summer colors. If you like strong nuances, you can choose capri blue and coral.
Make your own summer decorations in a glass: sand and tillandsia as accents
OneBeach decorationcan also be easily designed in glass. You need the following materials:
- Tillandsia. These are small epiphytes that do not root in the soil and instead absorb air and water through their leaves. Tillandsias are therefore ideal for arrangements in small jars without soil.
- Fine white decorative sand. Optionally, you can buy play sand and color it white. Simply put the sand in a glass with a little water and then add white acrylic paint. Screw on the lid and shake the jar. Then spread the sand evenly on kitchen paper and let it dry.
- White drinking straw
- Several wooden handles
- Blue watercolor
- Paint brush
- Hot glue
- Driftwood
- mussels
- Sea glass
You just need a bit of skill when cutting the wooden stems and gluing them together, otherwise this craft idea is pretty straightforward.
Summery decorations in a tall glass: shells, orchids and sand
A tall glass offers numerous design options. For example, cover the bottom of the glass vase with sand and then scatter seashells and starfish over it. A cut orchid can do thatSommer-Arrangementround off perfectly. To make it last for a really long time, cut the flower stem. Then fill a transport tube (available at florist shops and garden centers) with water and close it with the lid. Insert the orchid stem through the hole in the lid and then insert the transport tube into the sand.
Onesummer decorationin the tall glass quickly becomes an eye-catcher when arranged together with other Hamptons-style home accessories. Vases made of frosted glass, decorative compositions made of flotsam and shells and sisal lanterns form a harmonious, calming decorative mix. A watercolor painting in maritime colors effectively completes the look. The accessories look particularly good on the mantel or on a side table. And best of all: The attractive ensemble is very durable and can easily decorate not only your house but also the garden table.
Make your own summer decorations in a glass: message in a bottle
The next decoration idea is guaranteed to bring a touch of bygone times into your own four walls. For the charming message in a bottle pictured above you will need the following materials:
- Sheet from an old book or white paper A4
- Bindfad
- Vintage bottle
- Wine corks
- White decorative sand
Using a funnel, fill the bottle halfway with sand. Roll the leaf into a tube and tie it with the twine. Put “the letter” in the bottle and close it with the wine cork. If you don't want to tear up a book, you can age a piece of paper with tea. Line a baking tray with baking foil and heat the oven to 90 degrees Celsius. First prepare 500 ml of black tea (use 3 tea bags), then pour the cooled tea into a large bowl and then place the white paper sheet in the bowl for 10 seconds. Take out the sheet and place it on the baking foil. Allow the sheet to dry in the oven for 5 minutes. While the leaf is drying in the oven, be sure to keep an eye on it as there is a risk of fire. When the sheet is completely dry, you can write a letter on it.
Summer decorations in glasses create a holiday feeling at the festive table
Are you planning a family celebration or would you like to have friends over? Then comes the next idea for a stylish last-minute summer decoration. Fill dark sand into glasses of different sizes and decorate them with shells, starfish and snail shells. Keep the rest of the decoration to a minimum and opt for simple white dishes and cutlery. You can place the summer decorations in glasses in the middle of the table and display them particularly effectively on a blue table runner.
Make your own summer decorations in a glass vase
The next summer decoration in a glass vase combines the charm of fresh cut flowers and the appeal of decoration with shells. You need the following materials:
- a large glass vase
- Transport tube for cut flowers or small flower pot for potted plants
- Shells, starfish and snail shells
- fresh summer flowers of your choice
You can opt for cut flowers or seasonal flowers in a mini flower pot. Cut the ends of the flower stems at an angle if you want to create an arrangement with cut flowers. Then fill the transport tubes with water and insert a stem into each tube. If you have purchased potted plants, place the flower pot in the middle of the glass vase and hide it with play sand. With shells, snail shells and starfish, the ensemble gets a beach look.
Summery decoration in a round glass
A summery decoration in a round glass is compact and can be staged in many ways. It looks good on a green-blue tray in the living room as well as on the garden table. We will soon be offering you an idea for decorative lanterns with LED candles that create a maritime atmosphere. You need the following materials:
- Sand, sometimes white and sometimes dark
- Shells, starfish, snail shells
- LED candle
- real or artificial plants
- round glass
Fill the jar with alternating dark and white sand to create a layered look. The top layer should be white sand. Arrange the shells, snail shells and starfish on top. Place an LED tea light between the shells and arrange the green plants around it. You can either wrap artificial plants or ornamental grasses or ornamental perennial leaves around the candle. The maritime table decoration is ready!
Make your own decorations in a round glass or terrarium
By the way, if you have an empty terrarium at home, then you can decide on the next decoration idea. Small round terrariums with a large hole in the middle are best. Buy small beach-themed decorative figures from the craft shop and arrange them on fine gravel or sand along with moss and tillandsias. The decoration possibilities are practically endless, in the photo gallery you will find some examples of what the terrarium can look like.
Arrange decorations in the glass with fairy lights
Stylish table decorations during the day, charming lanterns in the evening: the next arrangement can be used in many ways. For the lantern you need the following materials:
- Starfish
- mussels
- More glass
- coral
- small green decorative stones, river pebbles
- More glass
- Driftwood
- Green paint
- Paint brush
- Jam jar
- Micro fairy lights with flat battery box
- Cord or sisal rope
- Hot glue
- double-sided tape
- Scissors
First, paint the driftwood and some of the decorative stones in pastel green. Line the bottom of the jam jar with the river pebbles and scatter the small green decorative stones on top. Arrange the decorative items as you wish and drape the micro fairy lights. Attach the battery box to the bottom of the jam jar lid using double-sided tape. Cut a piece of cord or sisal rope and glue it to the edge of the lid.
Make decorations in the glass with pillar candles
If you need romantic lighting for the dining table, then this is the next craft idea. Arrange white pillars, white sand and white shells in several glass vases or glasses of different heights. This creates a puristic arrangement in no time that fits harmoniously into modern Scandinavian-style furnishings. At the same time, the lantern looks very playful and charming.
A summer decoration in a glass brings a holiday feeling into your own four walls. You can find more craft ideas in the photo gallery below. Get inspired and create a relaxed atmosphere at home.
Make summer decorations in a glass: pillar candle, sisal and wooden anchor
Summer decorations in a tall glass: sea glass, summer flowers, candle, sand and shells
Make a string of lights with shells and drape them in glasses
Create summer decorations in the glass with fairy lights
Spray glasses with color spray and create the frosted glass look
Arrange summer decorations in the glass with driftwood and shells
Shells and coral in a tall glass
Summer decoration in a glass vase: arrange shells and hyacinths
Make romantic lanterns in a trendy beach look
Decoration in a round glass or terrarium brings holiday flair into the house and garden
Sweet decoration in a round glass with tillandsias and turtle decorative figures and colored sand
Fish figures, corals and pink sand in the terrarium
Make summer decorations in a round glass
Summer decoration in a round glass with a flamingo minifigure
Puristic summer decoration with river stones and evergreen plants in tall glass
Summer decoration in a country house look: wheat stalks in wine bottles
Grass, sand and shells give the summer decoration a dune feel
Make summer decorations in a glass: decoration idea with ornamental grasses, stones and small decorative figures
Summer decoration in a glass with water, sand, dolphin figures and artificial Neptune grass
Make your own imaginative decorations for the garden table
Summer decoration ideas with snail shells
Quick maritime decoration idea for the summer: Arrange shells and starfish in a glass
Moss, sand and shells in jam jars
Ornamental grass in a tall glass vase
Maritime decoration effectively completes the vintage-style furnishings
Maritime decoration with a purist touch
Summer decoration with olive tree branches and green candles
Several blue glass vases add a splash of color to the interior
Summer decoration ideas with driftwood in vases
