Clay Creative Ideas – If you’re looking for polymer clay ideas, you’ll love today’s post! I’ve shared over twenty easy clay crafts to get you creative.
My boys love making fun crafts! At times, there were pieces of polymer clay in every corner of our house. This round-up is perfect for those who are also obsessed with babies!
Clay Creative Ideas
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Make These Polymer Clay Fruit For A Cute Clay Craft!
This polymer clay magnet craft is fun to make and makes the cutest magnets you’ve ever seen! Follow the simple step-by-step photo tutorial…
This Baby Yoda polymer clay craft is fun to make and makes the cutest Star Wars figure!
These DIY clay tree markers are fun to make and perfect for identifying the seeds you planted in the garden this spring.
These DIY polymer clay mushrooms are fun to shape and make the cutest plant accessories you’ve ever seen!
Easy Clay Craft Ideas For Kids And Beginners
This pressed heart clay ornament is absolutely adorable! This heart ornament structure is easy to create. Let me show you how…
These DIY leaf print ornaments are quick and easy to make with this step-by-step tutorial. This would be a fun nature item for kids!
These DIY clay garden markers are fun to make and perfect for identifying the seeds you planted in the garden this spring.
These DIY clay succulents are super easy to make and are cute little planters! Follow this step-by-step visual tutorial to create your…
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This polymer clay bunny craft is fun to make and the cutest pencil topper you’ve ever seen! It’s the perfect piece to add some Easter cheer to your desk or office.
This DIY clay leaf ornament is easy to make with these step-by-step instructions. The combination of color and texture makes this sheet of clay really stand out!
This precious smores is easy to make with children and only requires polymer clay, string and a marker.
This DIY clay wall is easy to make and a great addition to the mybasket gallery wall! Adding boho-inspired wall art to your home is easy with this step-by-step tutorial.
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This polymer clay insect house from Me and My Inklings is perfect to make with the kids this summer!
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Hi, I’m Heather! I’m an active mom of twins, always looking for ways to inspire creativity through fun crafts, DIY projects, and delicious recipes. This blog has been an integral part of supporting my little family and I am so grateful that you have been a part of our journey! Let’s create together… Read more… I spent the whole summer with my hands in clay. It was so much fun working with my retired art teacher mom in 14 core art classes focusing on clay. Get inspired by these basic clay project ideas. Find out about essential projects and how to push a simple button by purchasing Basic Art Lessons and Basic Art Units ready. You can check out more elementary highlights here and also clay projects here.
You can’t skip the clay with the kinders! It can be scary to imagine how to control the chaos of a clay mess with children of 5 and 6 years. However, the good thing about working with this degree level is that they often have paras or teaching assistants attached to them. You can ask for help on clay days or have parent helpers on clay days.
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The goal of Kindergarten Clay is to learn how to shape and work with clay. They don’t quite have the ability to roll thin coils or control the thickness. Because the thickness of work is better. Walk through clay balls, large coils, and the like. Show them how to flatten them until they are the thickness of a finger or a little thicker than a pencil.
My clay dragonfly and clay flower pot projects are great for kids because they work with larger shapes. To connect the shapes, all they do is smear the clay to create a flat surface. You can imagine the excitement when its design is reversed and the shapes are still defined on the other side!
Skip the glasses more gently. Instead, apply a coat of clear nail polish to the clay or a coat of Mod Podge to the air-dry clay. Fire or let dry and use markers to add designs on fired glaze clay and pen paints on air dry clay.
When students start working with clay in first grade, they already have some experience with kindergarten clay projects. You can take the techniques taught and start working with them in rolling reels.
20 Easy Clay Craft Ideas
On rolling coils, focus on consistent thickness and not too thin. Remember to keep the coil about the thickness of a finger. Use these coils to create a fun turtle shell. All you need to add are the legs, tail and head. Or use bobbins to create a variety of patterns in a flat design, smooth one side and turn it to reveal the design. Place the design on the paper towel ball and let it dry to make a bowl.
If you have an oven, introduce the students to the basic colors of underglaze. The advantage of underglaze is that they do not move. Students can apply colors in specific areas and patterns without the risk of the colors blending and melting like a standard glaze. Add a clear coat to make it shiny.
If you don’t have an oven, simply paint the dry clay projects with acrylic paint or decorate with colored pens. You can also use polymer clay for your coils, limiting yourself to 3 colors each for an instantly colorful design.
Continue to improve clay skills in 2nd grade. Clean its rolling coil with frame design. This is one of my favorite projects because I did it with my mom when I was in second grade (see the picture above that’s my kid!) and it’s so personal that the students can take it home to their parents or to guardians as a gift. Show students how to use their coils to create pattern patterns.
Elementary Clay Project Ideas & Units
Advance to a new technique by learning slab construction. Roll or press the clay flat to the thickness of a pencil. Cut out shapes to create a unique fish and decorate in the style of Oaxacan art. I love how art history comes into this project.
One of my favorite non-glazing techniques is to water down white tempera or acrylic paint, paint over the coil design, and wipe off with a damp sponge. The white color emphasizes the low areas of the coil design and gives an antique look to the flat areas. Red clay works best with this technique. Polymer clay is also a good alternative for creating a fun and bold color frame.
Skip the ice day again with the Oaxaca fish project by adding a single layer of clear, burnished nail polish, or a layer of Mod Podge. Use Sharpies on clear frosting or crayons on Mod Podge to create Oaxaca-inspired patterns.
The students of the third experiment even more by making clay models and adding models with the surface structure. My spiral pot tutorial takes the 2D coil design concept of the coil frame project and turns it into 3D using it to decorate the top of the coil. You can check out the standard clay version here and the air dry clay version here.
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I love my Lizard, Snake, Alligator project because it gives the students so much creative freedom. They can choose which animal of the 3 to do. Once they create their animal from a thick coil, they can experiment with different tools and add a pattern to their animal. At this point I am a coil rolling pro after 3 years of clay projects.
Using paint to decorate their projects gives students even more freedom to choose colors and improve their patterns. This is a good time to discuss the color wheel and what colors go well together.
In year 4, students begin to build on the basis of their power, making hollow shapes with two skein pots. They start the school year by practicing their threads once again to create a picture. If standard clay is used, it can be used as a flower pot. I love seeing how the pants stick out from the top and act like hair for her clay persona. If you use air dry clay, you can put an air plant in it or use it as a pencil or similar. This project is also a great way to introduce facial features.
He then cools his pot of locks