Frog and Lily Pad Clay Figurine

Description: This was my peer teaching lesson where we created frogs and lily pads out of clay! We incorporated the lily pad after talking about how to swim and how frogs use them to rest. This project was a step-by-step process starting with wedging the clay and rolling it out into a slab. Then cut out our lily pads and used the excess clay to make our frog. We wedged the clay again and then cut it at the 2/3s mark. This larger part was used as the body once rounded out and we used the 1/3 remaining to roll into a clay coil cutting it into these sections: 2 eyes, 2 legs, and 4 feet. Using the slip and score method we attached the pieces onto the frog's main body with water as the "glue." Once all done, you were able to paint the frog and lily pad right away since we used air dry clay, but do not paint the bottom as water needs to be released to dry! 

Extended Activity: To extend on this I would encourage students to make it more personal by adding two more characteristics! This could look like adding a small flower to the lily pad, a fly, a tongue, or even adding dots to the frog's back!