Clay Penguins (1st)
I got the idea for this project from Art Ad Blogger, Thomas Elementary Art !
On the first day, I asked my first graders to make a large penguin bowl that would be used as a base for a penguin figurine.
Then on the second day, I showed them how to make penguins to add to the tweezers.
At first, I let my students throw a new piece of clay into the ball and then insert my finger into it (as if I were using tweezers), but instead of making a small hole in the thumb, I pushed them in. . Clay thumb. Then they press the clay on their thumb with the other hand to create the main body of the penguin. The students moved their thumbs, smoothed a piece of clay at the base of the body, added wings and lips, and pierced the eye with a pencil. When the penguin's body is finished, they place the penguin between the tweezers of the previous day and flatten the lower part of the penguin's body with the tweezers. Since the penguin's body was hollow (because his thumb was inside), I had to make a hole in the bottom of the pot so the air wouldn't get trapped inside.
After the penguins had tossed the cakes, the next step was to add the "water" to the bowl. To do this I added some colored glass beads to the tweezers (used in aquariums) and then took Kono 05 again. Coming out in the fall after the shooting, I noticed that some of the glasses were starting to burn (I think they cooled down pretty quickly - I was very patient ), so I put on a shiny beak cap. On the glass to protect the fingers of my youngest first grader from any sharp edges. :)
In the next art course, first graders used gouache paint to add some color to the penguins and shiny silver gouache paint to add some color to the jute base.
Although this project took me a long time, I have to say it took a long time! My kids love this project! Definitely a goalkeeper for next year!!
