First grade clay art projects

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3rd grade students did two fish projects using totally different materials. The first were clay slab fish. To make these, each student started with a slab of clay and they had to cut the clay...

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.

This free and easy ceramic clay projects is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students. Use this step-by-step tutorial to make an adorable clay elephant and other animals.

We spiced up our pinch pots this year by poking holes before firing and stitching through them when complete! So cute! We used straws to slowly twist the holes through, then glazed the interior and exterior with Blick glaze. Tie a yarn length through a hole and use a paper strip threader with your plastic needle and get to stitching! This is an old pic of the threading process with a metal needle- we used plastic ones for this:

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

These cute pots were a challenge for my third grade students. I used to make pinch pots with first grade but found that I ended up doing most of the work. Pinch pots have always been challenging for kids in my art classes. The clay either dries out from them overworking it, they have trouble pinching and turning as well as getting all of the clay pinched at the bottom without thinning out the side to much. I love pinch pots and they look so simple but they are definitely not. The extra…

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100 Art Projects for First Grade Students. Project ideas and lesson plans include: art collages, painting, mixed media, clay and many more!

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How to create a functional dish with a slab of clay using basic clay hand-building techniques of slip and score and modeling tools to add texture and craftsmanship to create a smooth surface. This is a perfect beginner clay hand-building lesson!

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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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"

I was inspired to teach this lesson after seeing these beautiful sculptures on Pinterest, from the Italian website http://www.biavatibottegadellestelle.it/ - La Bottega Della Stelle. I was taken with the simple fish forms and textures, and I really wish I had some of those beautiful neutral glazes, but no luck this late in the year, so we opted for bright tempera. Maybe next year! We built these in one session - we started with a thick pinch pot and flipped it over and added a variety of…

Need a fast and fun clay project that teaches kids all about texture? Try these clay texture turtles on for size! Here's a one minute how-to clip: So easy! I did this project with my kindergarten (this was their second clay project...I'll share the other one soon!) and they loved it. Stepping on their clay and seeing the texture that the sole of their shoe left behind was their most favorite thing. Here are the kiddos in action: Stepping on the clay was def their fave part! I loved using…