Probably my favorite project so far....
The wiggle feet birds are a HIT!
We started by forming the body of the bird with a pinch pot type of practice. They used their thumb to get the height of the bird by pressing it into a ball of clay. Then, using their fingers, they spread out the underside of the bird to give him his width or body shape. Then, we used two small spheres of clay to make the eyes and another cone of clay for the beak. We discussed slip, score, wetting, and affixing the clay to each other and what would happen if they didn't follow those directions. Then, they formed the wings, poked the eyeballs, and split the beak to open it up. Lastly, we poked holes in the top of the head and for the legs.
We let them dry and fired them. Then, they glazed them the next two class periods.
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| 3rd Grade Wiggle Feet Birds |
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| 3rd Grade Wiggle Feet Birds, a class set |
After glazing, and the many oooohs and ahhhhhs of them coming out of the kiln a "new color", we added the legs with small colored wire and tons of beads (I still have beads on my floor!), wires out the top of their heads if they wanted, and then feathers! They are by far, one of the cutest clay projects I have done with kiddos! I am so proud of the way they turned out!
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| 3rd Grade Wiggle Feet Birds, sitting in a tree |
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| 3rd Grade Wiggle Feet Birds, Sitting in a tree |
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| 3rd Grade Wiggle Feet Birds, Ready to go on display |
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