If you love coastal beachy ornaments, these DIY sand dollars are an easy and beautiful project.
These festive sand dollar ornaments are made with Staedtler Fimo Air Light (Amazon), a modelling clay that air dries. Clay is one of the easiest ways to craft sand dollar ornaments. You get a natural matte texture that looks organically coastal, and you can make them in any size or finish.
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Whether you craft sand dollars with air-dry or oven backed clay, pour them from resin molds, or bake "sand dollar" cookie ornaments for a natural rustic coastal look, they make wonderful keepsake pieces and great Beachy Gifts. And sand dollar ornaments are not only for a coastal Christmas tree, but also for year-round decorating -hung from wreaths, tucked into garlands, used on gift tags, or displayed on a beachy mantel.
These festive sand dollar ornaments are made with Staedtler Fimo Air Light (Amazon), a modelling clay that air dries. Clay is one of the easiest ways to craft sand dollar ornaments. You get a natural matte texture that looks organically coastal, and you can make them in any size or finish.
Watch the video and see how this lovely sand dollar ornament is crafted by hand, using air dry clay.
To make air dry clay ornaments is easy:
Simply roll the clay to about ¼ inch thick, cut out circles with Cookie Cutters or shape by hand, then create your sand dollar details. You can be creative here -draw the pattern with a toothpick or press a sand dollar into the clay, make a hole for hanging or insert a little eye screw. Let your sand dollar ornaments dry for at least 24 hours. You can smooth them out with sand paper if you wish, paint them, finish them with a gloss, or leave them as they are for a Natural Beachy Christmas Look.
These easy air-dry clay sand dollar ornaments are perfect for a beach-inspired Christmas tree. Because sand dollars are simply round shapes with drawn or pressed details -they are one of the easiest coastal ornaments to make!
If you want to make resin sand dollars, check out these Resin Molds -they come in all kinds of sea life shapes. Resin will give your ornaments a beautiful glossy, beach-glass-like finish that looks stunning on a coastal Christmas tree.
Turning sand dollar cookies into ornaments is a fun and nostalgic take on coastal ornaments. Instead of edible dough, use Salt Dough that bakes hard and lasts for years.
