Activity: Polymer Clay Millefiori Cane Beads

Have your class explore geometric shapes using clay. Learners use polymer clay to create a three-dimensional design that can be sliced into two-dimensional pieces. It's a great way to combine art and math into an integrated lesson.

Students explore how to make millefiori cane beads. They use clay and beads to form the unique art.

Students experiment with textures and polymer clay while creating individual pendants. This lesson is suitable for all ages and includes ideas for adding "personal touches" to each pendant, baking the pendants, and applying texture and...

Class members will dig this activity that has them trying their hand at recovering artifacts. Groups are assigned a section of a sandbox, carefully uncover the artifacts in their section, and then develop theories about who might have...

Combine the study of art, music, and history with an activity that asks kids to craft rattles out of slabs of clay.

Explore Samburu culture as learners examine art work by many artists and compare and contrast their styles. They view Kenyan images and find Kenya on the map. Students identify conflict in the animal world and draw animals and record in...

Students explore the basics of working with polymer clay. They experiment with textures, inclusions. Students explore adding sand or glitter to their inclusions. Students create textured beads from the clay.

Students study the history behind clay rattles. They form and create a clay rattle using ceramic sculptural techniques and important composition and design elements.

Students explore visual arts by creating a holiday construction project. In this Mother's Day lesson plan, students discuss their own experiences with mothers and all women that have been a part of their lives. Students utilize wire...

Learners encounter how to mix analogous colors and use them in cane patterns. They select two colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Students then knead the pieces for a couple of minutes and then roll each color into a...