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Elementary Art Project
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CLAY BUTTERFLIESElementary
Materials
•White Clay
•Slip
•Clay Tools
•Color Markers
•Tempera Paint
•Paint Brush
•Heavy Cardstock White
•Scissors
•Water
•Black Marker
•Pipe Cleaners
•Pencil, Eraser and Sharpener
Step 1: Clay Body
Begin with a ball of clay that is the size of a fist.
Drop on table 10 times to get air bubbles out.
Clay Body Continued
Create body of butterfly by rolling out body to desired shape and size.
Leave a small amount of clay aside for the head.
Clay Body Continued
Use clay tool to “score” body to head of butterfly.
Put a generous amount of slip in between body and head before attaching to each other.
Clay Body Continued
Use a clay tool with a flat edge to lightly carve lines horizontally across the butterfly body.
Clay Body Continued
On the top of the head use a clay tool or pencil to poke two holes.
Go down about half way through ball of clay.
Cook clay to specified settings in kiln.
Step 2: Painting
After clay body has been cooked begin to paint using tempera cakes and a brush.
Painting Continued
Choose one color paint to fill in every other stripe.
Tempera will dry very quickly on clay and may need 2 or 3 layers to achieve desired color.
Painting Continued
Choose a second color to fill in the remaining empty stripes on butterfly body.
Choose a third color to paint the head of butterfly.
Let dry.
Part 3: Wings
On a heavy piece of white cardstock sketch out one butterfly wing with a pencil and then trace with a black marker.
Use scissors to cut out wing.
Wings Continued
Flip wing over on to another piece of white cardstock and trace a mirror image of that wing.
Trace again with a black marker.
Wings Continued
With a pencil sketch out a design on each wing.
Make sure that designs are a mirror image of each other.
Use a black permanent marker to trace over pencil.
Begin to color in wings with various color markers.
Colors should also be a mirror image.
Go slow and stay in lines.
Wings Continued
Only one color per space.
Colors may be repeated but try to separate from repeats touching sides.
Assebmly
Using a low-temp hot glue gun to begin assembling butterfly.
Assembly Continued
Glue wings to the back of butterfly body.
Do one wing at a time in order to make sure wings are even.
Assembly Continued
Put a small dab of hot glue inside each hole on top of butterflies head.
Carefully place one 6 inch pipe cleaner inside each hole and let dry.
Step 5: Finish
When butterfly is finished twist pipe cleaners for antennas.
If desired butterfly can be mounted on a piece of construction paper for hanging on a wall or strings can be attached for hanging in the air.