It took a while for the young lady that made this wonderful snail to finished. She even had to “borrow” some of her friends left over clay to create the flower.
This is a close up of the snail. Isn’t his expression great!
Here is the snail, enjoying the shade of his favorite flower.
I know that the one bug is a dragonfly. I do LOVE the eyes on the other bug though.
Later on, this snail was joined by many other “buggy” friends. He even got a great pair of eyes added.
The kids that I was working with seemed to really enjoy themselves. What impressed me the most, was their imaginations!
Look at some of what they created!
This bug is the creation of a young girl and her Dad.
This “bug” maybe a cross between a bug and a crab. I forgot to ask the young man who thought him up.
Last week, I had the pleasure of filling in for a friend of mine who teaches polymer clay to children. The class is organized through the local libraries and is usually an hour to an hour and half long. I got there early to set up and met with the librarian that was in charge of the children’s’ program.
I had a BLAST! It was one of the most enjoyable afternoons that I have had in a while! The kids where great. Their parents, grandparents or older siblings that where there to keep an eye on them where great helps as well. Each child that had signed up for the program got to pick five little blocks of clay to create any type of bug that they could think of.
Here is the table of clay before the kids got to it.
I have working on cutting some of the tines that I have had around the house. These barrettes are from the same tin but are different sizes.
I think that this one turned out really well. I like how I got the large blue flower centered.
This is on one of the small barrette backs. I think the having the flower off center works well.
This is the largest of the barrettes that I cut from the tin. I am still mixed about how it looks.