Why not choose your favourite shell from your trip to the beach and make it into a necklace? You could press the shell into a blob of coloured salt dough, make a hole in the dough and leave it to dry. Then thread it onto some twine or ribbon to make it into a necklace.
Riddles
Check your answers on page 34.
1. You’ll find me in sand, but not in the sea. I’m also kept between you and me. What am I?
2. What is the first thing everyone does when they get into the sea?
3. I’m tall but I’m not a tree. I shine but I’m not the Sun. I help sailors but I’m not an anchor. What am I?
MUSSEL SHELL
JINGLE SHELL
WHELK SHELL
Also known as blue mussel
Also known as saddle oyster
Also known as common whelk
NOTES
Also known as: Common Whelk
FLAT TOP SHELL Also known as purple top shell
BANDED WEDGE SHELL
