Clay Necklace

This project was pretty easy and fun too!  We started by getting a chunk of clay and breaking off a small piece of it.  We would then roll the clay into a ball, then flatten it out.  We had a small wooden stick to wrap the clay around.  Once we perfected our bead, we could carefully slide it off the stick.  While we were making the other beads, the others would be drying.  By the time we finished making our beads, the first ones we made were dry.  We could then paint the beads.  Once they were dry, we strung yarn through the beads and had our final product!

An extention activity could be making clay bowls.  The students could use their imaginations on how to create the bowls.  Once the bowls dry, they can paint them.  If the materials are available, the students could glaze their bowls and the teacher would then fire them.