Polymer Clay Birds and Owls

2nd grade artists have been working hard the past couple of weeks creating a bird or owl from polymer clay. Polymer clay is a modeling clay that is put into an oven to harden (i.e. Sculpey-you can buy at a craft store) 2nd graders learned the difference between 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional art, the difference between a circle and sphere and the difference between polymer clay and regular clay.
Children started by softening the clay in their hands by squeezing it, then they rolled the clay into a ball. Then, the children created the shape of their bird or owl and started adding eyes and a beak. Finally, the children started adding wings/feathers and other details (i.e. necklace, mohawk, bow tie, mustache, hat, glasses, crown) by marbeling, twisting and color mixing the clay. I will be cooking the sculptures for the children before they bring them home.