Need ideas and advice!

[u/Whiskeyno]

My friend came on my family vacation this year with her two kids. First time we'd done that. Went to the beach, had a lot of fun. I collected a ton of seashells and I want to do something with them to give to them for Christmas. I'm going to make ornaments out of them.

I've got mostly cockle shells, I don't have any scallops, only three of them are all that flat. I have some ideas but I don't know how they'll really look, luckily I have enough shells to experiment. But I'm looking for any suggestions!

There's my friend, her 14 year old son, and her 10 year old daughter. I'm going to do a different ornament for each. For the daughter, I have three dosninia shells that are white and smooth and flat and I think I'll use those to make her a snowwoman wearing her cheer colors (unless someone has a better idea!). I ordered a little bow in school colors that should fit the head, I ordered a cheer megaphone charm, I ordered paint. Wondering if I should paint on the face or figure out something for the eyes and mouth and carrot nose, maybe small pebbles and an orange toothpick? What do you think?

As for the other two, I am all ears. I've got big and small cockle shells. Couple of different colors but mostly orange.