Game cubes.

 

 

Second grade learned about three dimensional shapes and took some clay and sculpted a sphere first and then flattened each side to create a cube.  Of course they were all into creating their cube into a dice when the paints came out.  I could barely get a couple of pics of them before they just "had" to take them home 

Rizzi birds.

 

I threw in a James Rizzi clay project right after they did their James Rizzi cityscape paintings.  My fifth graders might be Rizzied out now.....I'm not though.  Clay, fluorescent paint, and sticks were used for this project.  Thyey learned about the art element of  "Form".

More lizards.

Animal boxes.





Fourth grade had a hoot with this one.  They drew a blueprint of there box with a pencil and designed all sides of their cube.  They even wrote footnotes to help with their construction of the box.  It is nice to have a little writing component every once in a while!  The students used the score and slip method to put thier boxes together.  Great results in the end. 

Daisy tiles.

First graders learned about real texture as they designed a tile that can hang on a wall or doorknob.  We also looked at pictures of daisies and sculpted one for the center of the tile.  Then came the beads and wire, the students were happy with the outcome.  

Clay Hands.

Kindergarten work with clay to create a hand print ornament for their family.  Your hand is only this big for so long you know!  They learned about what a slab is as well as the technique of scoring (which is basically scratching their name into clay here).