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This Ceramic Jack O'Lantern art lesson shows students how to build a clay jack o'lantern using pinch building and additive methods. Finished pieces can also be turned into tea lights if you like (optional). Students work with a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques, following a visual and text step-by-step where each step has…
In this Ceramic Ghost Tea Light Art Lesson, students learn how to make ceramic ghost tea lights using pinch building methods. They combine pinch building with additive methods, using a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques. The lesson comes with a visual and text step-by-step (each step on its own page with a description),…
In this Ceramic Autumn Leaf Bowl lesson, students press real autumn leaves into clay to make leaf slabs, then overlap and attach them inside a slumping form to build a functional, decorative bowl. They use a combination of slab slumping and additive methods, and the finished pieces have an earthy, handmade quality students are proud…
In this Ceramic Animal Plant Pot art lesson, students learn how to build ceramic animal pots using pinch building and additive methods, working with a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques. The resource includes a visual and text step-by-step (each step on its own page with a description), a lesson plan, a rubric, a…
This Ceramic Apple Sculpture lesson teaches students real clay handbuilding techniques. Students use the pinch method and additive methods to build a rounded apple with a stem, a leaf and their own name carved into the front. It is written for art teachers, classroom teachers and homeschool educators who want a structured clay sculpture lesson…
This Ceramic Slab Built Cups art tutorial shows students how to build a ceramic cup using slab building methods, combined with decorative methods, a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques. Every step has its own page with a visual and a written description. Please note the lesson demonstrates how to build only. Finishing a…
This Ceramic Monsters art lesson shows students how to build a clay monster sculpture using pinch building methods. Students combine pinch building with decorative methods, using a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques to create their own monster. The lesson comes with a visual and text step-by-step (each step on its own page with…
In this Ceramic Unicorn Art Lesson, students learn how to make ceramic unicorn sculptures using pinch building methods. They combine pinch building with decorative methods, using a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques. The lesson comes with a visual and text step-by-step (each step on its own page with a description), a lesson plan,…
In this Ceramic Dragon Art Lesson, students learn to build a ceramic dragon using pinch building methods, then add decorative details using a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques. The visual and written step-by-step puts each step on its own page, so students can follow along and build their piece successfully. The project suits…
In this Ceramic Pencil Holder Art Lesson, students learn to make a ceramic pencil holder using slab building techniques. They combine slab building and decorative methods, using a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques to create the piece. The lesson comes with a visual and text step-by-step (each step on its own page with…
Create a Ceramic Slab Slump Bowl with your students, a good way to introduce a new hand-building method in clay. Students learn to make a ceramic bowl using slab building, a press mold and additive methods, working with a variety of processes, materials, tools and techniques. The lesson includes a visual and text step-by-step with…
In this ceramic slab pot lesson, students build a clay box using slab building, score and slip and decorative surface details. The finished pot can be functional or decorative, and the steps are broken down clearly so students can follow along. It is a structured ceramics handbuilding project for art teachers, classroom teachers and homeschool…
In this Ceramic Name Plate Art Lesson, students build a clay slab tile with their own name in raised clay lettering, surrounded by textured and patterned sections that make every piece unique. It introduces ceramics, clay slab construction, additive and subtractive methods, texture, pattern and personal expression in one project. It is made for teachers,…
In this ceramic cactus clay sculpture art lesson, students build their own ceramic cactus in a clay pot, combining pinch pottery, coil building and additive clay techniques. It introduces hand-building, clay sculpture, texture and three-dimensional form, and it suits elementary and middle school students. The resource is made for elementary and middle school art teachers,…
This Ceramic Pineapple Clay Sculpture art lesson walks students through building their own clay pineapple step by step. It introduces clay hand-building, pottery skills, texture and three-dimensional form in the art room or at home. Students shape the pineapple base with a pinch method, build the leaves on top, and carve the pineapple pattern across…
This Ceramic Coil Pot Art Lesson introduces students to the coil building method. Step by step, students learn to hand-build a pot using coiling, pinching and additive sculpting, rolling, shaping and assembling coils into a functional or decorative pot. It suits elementary, middle school and homeschool art classes. It works whether you are teaching ceramics…
This Ceramic Pinch Pot Art Lesson introduces students to the pinch pot method. Step by step, students hand-build a functional or decorative pinch pot while exploring pinching, additive sculpting and surface design, with the option to add feet, texture or patterns to make it their own. It is a hands-on, low-prep clay lesson for elementary,…
This ceramic clay pinch pot art lesson introduces students to basic hand-building pottery techniques, clay shaping and creative surface design. Students learn to turn a simple ball of clay into a functional or decorative vessel using the classic pinch pot method, while exploring texture, form and personal expression. Pinch pots are one of the most…
This Ceramic Sea Turtle Art Project brings Earth Day into your classroom. Students build a three-dimensional clay sea turtle sculpture while reflecting on ocean conservation and endangered marine animals. Students learn how artists build forms with pinching and additive sculpture techniques as they form the turtle's shell, head, flippers and details, building their understanding of…
In this Zen Doodle Pinch Pot lesson, students build a pinch pot and carve their own Zen Doodle patterns into the clay. Along the way they explore the Element of Art: Line, try subtractive sculpture techniques and learn about texture and design. It works whether you are introducing clay for the first time or looking…
Teach your ceramics students how to make Ceramic Christmas Tree Ornaments with this complete art lesson. It includes a visual and text step-by-step, with each step on its own page and description, and a rubric for marking so students can create the piece successfully. All of the art lessons are original ideas by Ms Artastic….
