6 thoughts on “Clay Dragons for First Grade: Shiny and Glazed”
wow, these are great! i need another clay project for my grade 1’s (i had the great idea to make clay beads– but we can’t glaze fire them without special wires and equipment…duh) and i think these dragons will be perfect! kristin recently posted..Pastel Sea Turtles
Hi Kristin! 1st graders loved the project. The ‘rainbow’ humped dragons were the trickiest, others were easy. Hope it works out. Also – I added your blog to my ‘art rooms from around the world’ blogroll – your world seems really exotic to me.
Rina
Hi Rina…totally shouted out to you in my blog because I borrowed this lesson! I wasn’t as successful as you, but the kids had fun and they were happy to take them home. Mrs. Erb recently posted..Pueblo Coil Pottery
Hi Christina
Thanks so much for writing! I am thrilled your students had fun with the project, but I am seriously sorry you had to stay after school gluing cracked dragons. Readers – you may want to stick with the ‘S’ or ‘C’ shapes to keep things simple.
Thanks for this great lesson plan idea! Our students study Mandarin, so I was able to tie it in to Chinese mythology. They were so excited to make dragons, and every one was successful. I also love, love, love the idea of having each class do a different shape. My experience was that the humped ones are much simpler to arrange in the kiln, and don’t fall down even without legs as long as you give them a good bit of clay, so I would not say that they were any more challenging to do than the other shapes (for us).
Hi Dina
I am so glad this project worked for you and your students! Thanks so much for the feedback and for passing on your tips to other art teachers.
wow, these are great! i need another clay project for my grade 1’s (i had the great idea to make clay beads– but we can’t glaze fire them without special wires and equipment…duh) and i think these dragons will be perfect!
kristin recently posted..Pastel Sea Turtles
Hi Kristin! 1st graders loved the project. The ‘rainbow’ humped dragons were the trickiest, others were easy. Hope it works out. Also – I added your blog to my ‘art rooms from around the world’ blogroll – your world seems really exotic to me.
Rina
Hi Rina…totally shouted out to you in my blog because I borrowed this lesson! I wasn’t as successful as you, but the kids had fun and they were happy to take them home.
Mrs. Erb recently posted..Pueblo Coil Pottery
Hi Christina
Thanks so much for writing! I am thrilled your students had fun with the project, but I am seriously sorry you had to stay after school gluing cracked dragons. Readers – you may want to stick with the ‘S’ or ‘C’ shapes to keep things simple.
Thanks for this great lesson plan idea! Our students study Mandarin, so I was able to tie it in to Chinese mythology. They were so excited to make dragons, and every one was successful. I also love, love, love the idea of having each class do a different shape. My experience was that the humped ones are much simpler to arrange in the kiln, and don’t fall down even without legs as long as you give them a good bit of clay, so I would not say that they were any more challenging to do than the other shapes (for us).
Hi Dina
I am so glad this project worked for you and your students! Thanks so much for the feedback and for passing on your tips to other art teachers.
Rina