Owls 2012-2013: Bake Me A Sculpture

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Bake Me A Sculpture

Today, Sam visited us. She brought baker's clay to us, which is a very simple, easily made-at-home clay. Sam told us that we were going to be making sculptures. Wills informed the Owls that sculptures are "like mini statues" with their 3-D design. She also brought us food coloring so that we could color the clay whatever hues we wanted, along with pipe cleaners and toothpicks to incorporate different materials into the creations. Friends very much enjoyed mixing and blending the colors, manipulating the clay, and adding "decorations" to their statues.