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An oldie but goodie. There is an obvious reason why this is such a popular art project in the elementary art world. It is one of those projects that is always really successful and the end...

In second grade our students learn about birds. Each student is assigned a particular bird to research and create a board game. I was looking on Pinterest one day and found these really cute clay birds. Here is the link to the Etsy site: http://www.etsy.com/listing/120121796/sale-clay-bird-sculpture-turquoise. As soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to make them with my students. While making the clay birds we really practiced modeling the clay with our hands. We talked about how we could push…

This DIY ceramic hand dish is a fun air dry clay project for kids to make as a gift. Capture a moment in time, the size of your child's hand.

In my clay book, Clay Lab for Kids, I created this Fairy Door project. I decided to do it recently with my fourth grade students. We needed a short project (30 minute class, if possible...although most needed 2 classes) and one that would be a hit. We call them Mystery Creature door to allow the kids to really get the wheels turning on just what lies behind their door. I created a video in case you'd like to do this lesson with your students! Stay tuned on how we plan to finish these…

Art lessons for kids ages 5-12 - fresh from the art room!

These clay monsters are SO CUTE and easy to make! Use air dry clay, your hands, and toothpicks to sculpt a funny clay monster.

Now that summer has said farewell, we were anxious to try out this fun, sensory craft project that we can actually use to decorate the garden as it slips into autumn mode. For this project we used air dry clay - but if you wanted to keep your mosaics inside out of the elements, you…

These handmade clay snake pots are a fun way to introduce children to the methods of joining and sculpting with clay. They look great too!

How create a more advanced pinch pot body and add pieces of clay using slip and score to create a fish. This tutorial is easy to follow as the clay techniques are broken down into very easy steps.

Students began this lesson by sketching out a fish, using assorted reference photos and pictures to keep the fish realistic looking. We cut out our paper fish and traced it on a rolled slab of clay, using a needle tool to cut the fish shape out of the slab. Add-on additions were applied using the…

Self-Portraits Crayola Model Magic Clay Second grade students loved creating self-portraits out of clay. All the parts of the...

This is a perfect slab lesson for artists will a little prior clay experience. How to use simple steps to create a clay animal face of your choice while applying slip and score to attach all clay pieces together. Perfect slab clay lesson for artists will a little prior clay experience.

Animal pinch pots are a fun clay lesson for older kids and middle school students. Build a clay elephant with step-by-step instructions.

Bring out your child's inner sculptor with one of these 30 easy clay crafts for kids. There are clay activities for kids of all ages including preschoolers, elementary age, teens, and tweens.

Learn how to make a fairy house using air dry clay and found materials. This activity encourage hours of imaginative play! Project and post by Danielle Falk of Little Ginger Studio. #preschoolers #toddlers #kidsart #artsandcrafts #sensory via @The Artful Parent

Sara Huggett- elementary art teacher on Instagram: "High speed tutorial for flower bowls. This project can be as simple or complicated as time and interest allow. Most kids complete it in one class session, but it can be stored in a gallon ziplock if more time is needed. #claytutorial #arttutorial #clayclass #elementaryartteacher #artteachers #clayprojects #artteacherhacks"

Model Magic Clay hanging fish sculpture using bright highlighter colors, pony beads and wire. Two art blocks to complete with fourth grade.

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