Christmas 2009

First Grade

We got two Christmas projects in before break this year.

Ceramic Christmas Ornaments:

I pre rolled out all the slabs of clay. Students then used cookie cutters to cut out their shapes. They used texture plates to make all the designs on top. While those were being fired in the kiln we made salty snowmen. See photo and directions below.

When the ornaments came out of the kiln we glazed them and put them back in for the 2nd firing. The textures really gave the ornaments depth when the glazes settled into them.

* If you don't have a kiln you can always use air dry clay with tempera paint and then seal them with wood fairy.

Salty Snowmen

Blue sheet of construction paper

Oil pastels

white watercolor

salt

Easy ingredients, easy project. Students draw the snowman and background objects as they wish. Then paint white watercolor to fill in the snow areas. Sprinkle with salt. Add a little more white water color if necessary, and then let dry. The salt will absorb the water color making those areas more dense than others. This gives texture to the snow.