How to paint an Angel on a Sand Dollar

Beach combing is a fun way to spend sometime with the family and if your lucky you find some treasures along the way. One year we found a bunch of whole sand dollars and brought them home, but then had nothing to do with them. Being an avid Angel collector I quickly noticed the pattern on a sand dollar could be an Angel and I set to work.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Sand Dollar
• Acrylic Paint
• Paint brush
• String (optional)

1. 
    
   Sand Dollar on the Beach, picture taken by Angela Flynn

   Start with a clean sand dollar. Notice there are two small etchings, two larger etchings and one long etching. Point the sand dollar so that the longest point is facing down.

2. With a small paint brush paint the long point and circle in the middle white. This is your Angels body.

3. The four remaining points are your wings, paint them whatever color you want, I prefer gold or silver.

4. Now comes the harder part, you have to free hand the head in the space between the two smallest wings. I did a circle of flesh colored paint then some light daubs of brown for hair, black circles for eyes and mouth and a yellow line on top for the Hallo.

5. 
    
   Back of Sand Dollar, photo by Angela Flynn

   This next step is optional. If you want to hang your creation, you can put string through the back two holes. I used fishing line because the top hole is small and fishing line is sturdy but thin.

Tips & Warnings

• For the hair I dab my paint brush into the color I want then smudge it on a paper towel to get the brush almost dry again then daub it onto the head of the angel