Clay Pizzas-2nd Grade

This week my second graders began to make some clay pizzas.  I got a a similar idea from the Clay Lab book that Cassie Stephens wrote.  The book is amazing and a must have for an art classroom.  The students started with ball of clay, tapped and flipped to make a slab, I cut the pizza slice shape with my pintool and then they used the extra clay for their toppings.  Once they are dry I will fire then and then I plan to have the kids mix colors and paint them.  Stay tuned for the final result! 

CLAY Burgers-POP ART!

I started a pop art unit with 4th grade students this week. I have seen clay cupcakes floating around the Internet but I decided to go with clay burgers. I love Claes Oldenburg's food sculptures so I decided to base the project around him and pop art. The students had a BLAST on this project, lots of creative ideas. I held them all together with a toothpick. My plans are to pull the toothpick out before firing and return once the clay is cooled. I will have the students paint their burger and seal it with mod podge. I thought about glazing but decided tempera paints will look bright and 'pop artish'..so stay tuned for the end results! Glad to be back in the blog world! I hadn't had much to share because my classes were all working on the 'Square 1 Art' fundraiser...more on that later! Happy Wednesday Y'aLL!

5th Grade Coil Pottery

Here are some of the coil pots made by the 5th graders. They all seem to love this project and the results are always great!

Clay Snails 2nd Grade

Second grade used a coil to made the shell for their snails. After they dried we used glazes to paint on the shell and the body. We talked about the stages of clay as well as form and sculpture.

Model Magic Snowmen

After 3rd grade completed the off-center snowman painting we started with a 3-D clay snowman. Model magic is great for this project. This took us two 60 minute classes, one to make the snowman and the second to color in with markers. Makes great little Christmas gifts for the kids to take home!

Clay Guppies

First graders started their first clay project making clay guppies. Totally snagged this idea from Deep Space Sparkle http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/?s=guppies, thanks Patty! We are using paint and modge podge to cover ours. They are turning out super fabulous!! So much more fun than the basic pinch pot!