Modeling Clay with 3 Basic Shapes: Model More than 40 Animals with Teardrops, Balls, and Worms

by Bernadette Cuxart

Overview

Teachers, parents, and kids will adore this funny and instructive book for sculpting clay! Modeling Clay with 3 Basic Shapes is a step-by-step guide that shows children how to create more than 40 adorable clay animals (and helps teachers and parents guide them!)

Modeling Clay with 3 Basic Shapes starts with three basic shapes (ball, worm, and teardrop), and builds on these to help children learn how to create personality-filled clay critters. The book also contains:

• Helpful photos and illustrations
• Numbered steps and crystal-clear directions
• Funny text to keep kids (and adults!) entertained
• Endless fun projects, including pandas, owls, rhinos, kittens, puppies, snakes, koala bears, raccoons, snails, turtles, fish, and more
• A technique guide to help teachers and parents lead the projects

This beginner's modeling book is perfect for a rainy day or art class project, and will help foster and encourage creativity in your children or students!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438009087
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	09/01/2016
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	935,113
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	7 - 12 Years

Editorial Reviews

"Children will delight in constructing this menagerie of clay animals. The book opens with a short section of techniques that describe in detail how to create the three shapes (teardrop, ball, and worm) and textures needed to accomplish these projects. Each skill is simply explained with one or two sentences and some sketched artwork. Projects are presented with illustrations depicting basic directions and photographs of completed project. The cuteness factor here is high, with rounded hedgehogs, kittens, turtles, and more. The projects do not appear to increase in difficulty or to be sorted in a particular way, but they all are accessible to the intended audience. VERDICT: Collections serving young crafters or in need of additional titles on simple clay projects will find this selection useful."
—School Library Journal, October 2016

From the Publisher

10/01/2016
Gr 1–4—Children will delight in constructing this menagerie of clay animals. The book opens with a short section of techniques that describe in detail how to create the three shapes (teardrop, ball, and worm) and textures needed to accomplish these projects. Each skill is simply explained with one or two sentences and some sketched artwork. Projects are presented with illustrations depicting basic directions and photographs of completed projects. The cuteness factor here is high, with rounded hedgehogs, kittens, turtles, and more. The projects do not appear to increase in difficulty or to be sorted in a particular way, but they all are accessible to the intended audience. VERDICT Collections serving young crafters or in need of additional titles on simple clay projects will find this selection useful.—Ellen Norton, Naperville Public Library, IL

School Library Journal