Clay projects for elementary

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

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.

These clay glaze alternatives are perfect for your next ceramic lesson. Experiment with different ways to add color to pottery & clay projects.

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Project Description: Students will create a combination of a pinch pot and coil pot to create a pot with a lid that resembles a cupcake.

CLAY FISH SCULPTURES Art lesson. Simple directions give students lots of leeway to make their fish unique. Great STEAM ART LESSON.

Clay can be the best and worst thing to happen in an art room. It can be a magical and intense experience for both the students and the art teacher. Once students get over the messy aspect of clay, they are completely mesmerized by the tactile and time consuming process. The illusive kiln, the obsessive smoothing, the endless need to score and slip…. I LOVE …

Ceramic bobble heads 2 parts. This is just after they have been fired and brought out of the kiln. The basic idea is to make a pinchpot for the head and add features to make it look like a face, or head. The base is the body, and the pinch pot balances atop the base. These will look neat finished with acrylic paint. Here is the link to a video with good directions.

Carve and paint beautiful clay relief tiles with air drying clay. This is clay project for kids is a great one to make together with a caregiver.

A wonderful ceramic crown, for the regal person (you?) in your life.