Craft bowls.
Work your fingers out and up to make the sides of the how] thinner.
When the howl is shaped as you want it, smooth the inside and the outside.
You can stick a thin roll of clay to the outside of the howl for a handle.
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Craft bowls
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Clay pottery bowl
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Painting the clay bowl
Now you are ready to paint the bowl.
Mix tempera with about a spoonful of liquid detergent. Clay is oily, and the detergent helps the paint to stick to the bowl. If the paint does not stick well, add more detergent.
When the paint is dry, cover the bowl with shellac to protect the paint.
Make a clay bowl
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
A CLAY BOWL
Materials
hardening clay
tempera paint
liquid detergent
shellac
an old sheet or a piece of cloth
Lay cloth on table or floor.
Put a large lump of clay on it. Squeeze and mash the clay to get rid of air holes and soft spots, and roll it into a ball.
Punch a hole in the center of the ball.
Use your fingers to make the hole larger and larger until the clay is shaped like a bowl.
The art and craft of clay
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Add extra clay to the face to build up the chin and the cheeks. Make hair marks with a pointed stick. Add pieces and lumps of clay to make more hair for the heads of girls.
Craft and art of clay
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
Two ears can be shaped out of other pieces of clay. Place them on the sides of the head just helow the line. Smooth the clay alter you stick on the ears and the nose.
Roll out a worm-shaped piece of clay, and cut pieces off for the eyebrows and the lips.
Art and craft of clay
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
THE FACE
The corners of the mouth and the eyes turn up on a happy face and down on a sad face. Rig, round eyes give any face a look of surprise.
Draw a faint line around the head, halfway down from the top of it. On this line mark the two eyes with the pointed stick.
Shape a lump of clay for the nose and add it to the face, between the eyes and just below the line.
kids crafts clay
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Mold a clay head
Materials
modeling clay
a pointed stick or a pencil
THE HEAD
Take a big lump of clay and knead it like dough to get rid of any air holes or soft spots. Roll it into a hall for the head.
Roll a smaller hall of clay for the neck. Stick it to the head. Smooth the clay where the two halls are stuck together so that the line between them does not show. Flatten the bottom of the neck so that the head will stand.
Crafts zoo animals
Friday, September 25th, 2009
AN ELEPHANT
pieces from this for the legs. Stick them on the body. The rest of the sausage shape is the trunk. Stick it on the head.
Smooth the clay where the pieces are attached to each other.
Two tiny balls can be rolled out to make tusks. Mark the eyes with a pointed stick.
Kids crafts animals
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
How To Mold a Sausage Dog
To make a sausage dog:
Make a long roll for the body.
Make a ball for the head and four small rolls for the legs. Stick them on the body.
A tiny roll can be the tail and a smaller one can be the nose. Two flattened balls can he the ears.
Mark the nose, eyes, and mouth with the pointed stick.
Crafts zoo animals
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
HOW TO MOLD
To make an elephant:
Roll two big balls, one for the body and the other for the trunk and the legs.
Roll three smaller balls, all the same size, for the head and the two ears. Flatten the two balls for the ears, and stick them on the head. Stick head to body.
Roll the ball for the trunk and the legs into a sausage shape. Rreak four short
