Kindergarten artists are creating texture pendants this week. We are reviewing what texture (how something feels) is and how the clay they are getting this week is different from the clay they made their pinch pot from (last week they received brown clay like Native Americans and this week they are getting white). The children will feel the bottom of their shoe and look at the design. The design from the bottom of their shoe will be the design on the pendant.
The texture pendant will be a wearable piece of art when done. I am showing pictures of Olympic medals and pendant necklaces that women wear. We are discussing how the pendant is round and hangs down off of a ribbon or chain. I am also showing pendants from our Native American book so the children can see that people make jewelry.
The steps to make a pendant:
1. Roll the clay until it is a nice smooth ball.
2. Place the ball on the fabric mat.
3. Step on it 1 time.
4. Pick it up off of the mat, turn it over to the back and write initials.
5. Let it dry (I am making the hole towards the top so the children can string the pendant when fired and dry).
The pendants should be dry within a couple of days. As soon as they are, I plan to fire them in the kiln and my hope is that the children will be able to paint them next week!
Rolling the clay into a ball.
Setting the ball of clay down on the fabric mat
Stepping on the ball of clay. 
Pendants! 
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