We love clay in our littles art group but before we start with air dry clay we have to learn some of the basics. The best way I've found is to begin with everyone's favorite play clay. After several weeks of free play we move on to some clay skills. We practice making balls by rolling with flat palms in a circular pattern. Then we use a mini rolling pins to make 'pancakes' and finish up making 'snakes' by pressing on our clay balls and rolling them with a flat palm (or 'hi' palm as I call it!). In Part 2 we'll start using cookie cutters.
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