1. 1st Grade Art Project Northwood Elementary PTA Art Enrichment Program
Clay Heart
Presentation modified and prepared by Marni Sheppard
1st Grade Art Project
Northwood Elementary PTA Art Enrichment Program

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3. Lesson Overview Vocabulary Lesson: Clay Heart
Time: 2 sessions- 60 minutes and 45 minutes
Volunteers: 4
Medium: clay, glaze, wire
Project Overview/Skills
Students will shape a heart with a message for mother’s day
Vocabulary

4. Clay Heart Materials Needed
Preparation for session 1
Clay- sliced in half in slab, cut in half
Cut on the clay table in the kiln room
Clay mats
Ruling pins
Paint sticks- 2 per child
Cookie cutter heart shapes
Straws- for cutting holes for wire
2nd session
Glaze in bowls with color labels
Don’t pour too much- you can always add more as needed
You can pour extra back in the jar when all done
Brushes- 2 or 3 per bowl
Wire and wire cutters
Beads (in regular art room)
Post-Lesson
the Parent Letter for this lesson to your room parent (available on the PTA website under ”Art Docent Volunteer Resources”) and ask your room parent to forward it to the class. The letter gives the parents context for the lesson their student completed and this step helps ensure on-going support of the Northwood PTA Art Docent program!

5. Today’s Project
A clay heart for your mother or aunt or grandma on mother’s day!

6. Step 1 – What you’ll need Clay mat- red side up
Paint sticks- for standardizing the thickness
Rolling pin
Heart cookie cutters
Straw for holes

7. Step 2 –Roll out the clay slab
Set the clay between the sticks
Roll the clay out- the sticks make sure it is the same thickness

8. Step 3 – Cutting out heart
Cut out shape
Smooth edges with your fingers

9. Step 4 – Holes for wire Use the straw to make 2 holes for the wire
Initials on the back and room # and put in tray

10. Session 2 - Step 5 - Glaze
Glaze colors are labeled as they don’t look like the colors they will be after firing

11. Step 6 – Write a message Use black ink squeeze bottle to write text.
Write a message for your mom!
What kind of text can you add?
I love you!
You are sweet!

12. Step 7 – Wire and Beads
Loop wire through holes and twist ends to secure
Add a few beads on wire before twisting 2nd end