Clay

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 Summary: 

We made clay succulent pots for our clay lesson. For this project, we were given a small amount of clay the size of a tennis ball. When we received our clay we had to get the air bubbles out from the clay, we did this by tossing the clay on the table repeatedly. After a few minutes, we took the clay and started pinching the ball of clay into the shape of a bowl. We had to make the bowl thick enough that it would be stable when we flipped it over and it would be strong enough to put leaves on. For the leaves, we took a small piece of clay and rolled it out until it looked like a snake. When we had the piece of clay rolled out we pinched the clay to spread the clay and make it look like a leaf. After we had our leaves made, we had to score the leaf and the pot by making x's in the clay where we were going to attach them. When the leaves are attached you put a little water and your finger and you rub the seam of the leaf and the pot so the leaf can stay on the pot better. Finally, when all the leaves were attached to the pot, we could paint our leaves and the pot and I painted my leaves different shades of green to make them look like actual leaves. Making the clay succulent pot was fun and working with clay was my favorite project this semester. 

Extension Activity: 

An extension activity I can do with this project is connecting this with my printmaking extension activity. In the printmaking extension activity, students would read the book " The Feeling Monsters" and they would make their monsters and print them. I would have students create their own monster out of clay that would be the emotional monster that can help them when they are feeling big emotions. After the students make their monsters, they can paint them however they want, but these monsters have to be positive and not look angry or mad. When students are done with their monsters, I would put all their monsters up on a shelf in the classroom where students can look at their monsters and remember what they read in "The Feeling Monsters". 

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