On our ‘Creative Me ‘ Monday sessions at Little Elms, we've been busy exploring Autumn.
This Monday we looked at making autumnal leaf tiles. The children were able to freely explore the clay allowing them to mold the clay however they liked. Many different resources were provided to help them choose how they wanted to shape their clay. Some children enjoyed using a rolling pin to flatten out their clay. Some children enjoyed using their hands to manipulate and shape their clay as well as rolling it into a ball with their hands.
Autumnal materials were provided to allow them to explore their creativity such as autumn leaves, leaf sequins, beads, red and gold glitter, autumn inspired paints and buttons. Some of the children used leaves to press into the clay while other’s enjoyed pressing buttons, beads and leaf sequins into their creation.
Some of the children explored paint mixing , using it to decorate their clay. One of the children discovered that they could mix orange if they mixed red and yellow paint together. They spent the whole morning telling the other children how they had done this. Other children added leaves to their clay and then painted the leaves with different colours.
This child enjoyed adding paint to their creation. They liked using paint to change the colour of their leaf.
This child wanted to add little leaves onto their big leaf and recognised that they were turning their brown leaf orange. They also added glitter to make their leaf sparkly and shiny.
This child enjoyed making holes in her clay using a paintbrush. She liked pressing her paintbrush into the clay and then used paint to fill the holes back in.
We have all enjoyed exploring clay. I wonder what we'll use clay to make next?
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