5 Creative Activities for Kids
Here are fun crafts to boost creativity at camp or when kids are home from school.
Tag: clay
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Clay
Here you can read about what clay is, where to find it and how to work with it.
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: ECE, Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
Homemade Play Dough
Make your own play dough using this recipe. This is our favourite homemade clay recipe of all time!
Baking Clay Recipes
Here are two baking clay recipes that kids can use to make terrific sculptures.
Cave Art on Ceramic Stones
Students will create cave art in the style of the Lascaux Caves in France.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
Make an Inuit Carving
Kids will make a clay sculpture inspired by Inuit soapstone carvings.
Ages: 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Junior, Middle School, High School
Tips for Working with Play Dough
Tips for working with play dough and a recipe too!
Ages: 2-5 yrs, 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs
Grades: Preschool, K-2, Grades 3-5
Mini Meals Made of Clay
Students will use basic clay hand building techniques to construct mini clay food.
Ages: 8-11 yrs
Grades: Grades 3-5
Levels: Junior
Clay Gargoyles
Middle school students can make clay gargoyles using self-hardening clay.
Grades: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Middle School, High School
How to Make Coil Pots Out of Clay
Kids will learn how to make coil pots out of clay.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
Clay Sandcastles
Children will develop their sculpture techniques and creativity by molding and decorating their own clay sand castles.
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5
No Fire Clay Heads
Students will make heads out of clay. These sculptures do not need to be fired in a kiln.
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 8-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs, 14 yrs+
Grades: K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Levels: Primary, Junior, Middle School, High School
