Unit Overview: Students will learn about sculpture technique and make celluclay owls. Students will explore a new material and discuss the challenges and successes they experienced. Students will paint their owls using bright colors.
Students at this school did not have access to clay or a kiln. This makes doing 3-D 'ceramic' projects very hard. I, personally, am not a big fan of "Model Magic" or air dry clay bodies. Coming into this school, there was an abundance of one material called "Cellu-clay", a paper-mache like medium that smears on like clay. Since the resident art teacher at this school wished to use up this material completely, I planned my 'ceramic' projects for my students around this material. Because "Cellu-clay" needs a base solid structure in order to build, I planned for my students to make owls using a foam egg base, "Cellu-clay", and paint. Students were asked to explore this material and have fun. This material is challenging and difficult for first grade. And, overall, the students handled the material beautifully.
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