CLAY animal ornaments, how 2

So this is project: Clay!!
We will be making clay animal ornaments.

First u have to chose your animal, lets say elephant.

Then u need the clay. If u are going yo make an ornament, it needs to be bakable.

1. U start with the body. u roll out the clay in a flat, even spot. you roll it out, into a closed cylinder, and round the edges. Work with it until u like it.

2. Then you take a ribbon, preferably a red one, and you fold the ribbon in half. you poke a hole in it, slightly large, and put the edges of the ribbon in it. you pinch the edges of the clay together around the ribbon, and make sure it wont fall out. ( you can skip this stage, or do it later, after it bakes)

3.Then the head. Depending on yor animal, the head could be long, or short, fat or skinny. But follow the guide for the body, except smaller. When you're done, u have to attach it to the body. Procedures may differ, but most are something like this: You need a toothpick, and a glass of water. you dip your finger in the water, and rub your finger along the area that you wnt to attach, on both parts. Then you take the toothpick, an scratch a series of lines, crosshatched, on both parts, yet again. then you put a little bit more water on, and press them together. or you could leave all the parts seperate, and attach them together later, at the end.

4.Then the legs. depending, once again, on the animal, you have different types of legs. since they wont be standing up, you dont need to pay very much attention to the bottoms of feet. you will need to repeat this 4 times, so dont make it to elaborate. then you attach them to the body.

5.Then the extras, such as trunks and tails, and facial features. the cool part about facial features is you can make them look like anything. you can make them surprised, happy, afraid, anything!
tails are pretty easy too. All you do is make a snake, and attach it to the body.

6. you bake it, following the instructions on the packet of clay. If you skipped stage 2, then you can do it after it bakes and you take it out and let it cool. This time, instead of poking a hole, you super glue it. dont forget to use clear drying glue.

Hope you enjoy making this, and...
DON'T FORGET TO BE CREATIVE!!!!!!!!

-posted by PenguinLover