Introduction:
Oven-bake clay is a fantastic medium
for sculpture and it is simpler than kiln firing clay!
Simply sculpt and bake! Create these finger puppets
for a spooky Halloween play.
Materials:
Sculpey
III colored clay or Polyform white oven-bake clay
Clay
tools
Metal
or glass cooking sheet
Oven
or toaster oven
Acrylic
paint and brushes (if you use Polyform)
Directions:
1. Unwrap the clay from the plastic wrapper and warm it in your hands. This is
called conditioning the clay.
2. Roll the clay into a ball about the size of a golf ball.
3. Use the end of a paintbrush to make a hole inside the clay so the clay puppet
will fit onto your finger.
4. Begin to shape the ball into a character like: a pumpkin, a ghost, a cat head,
a witchÁs face, or a monster.
5. Use pieces of colored clay to add details or sculpt all in one color and be
prepared to paint afterwards!
6. Cook the clay in an oven or toaster oven according to instructions on the package.
Once you cook the clay on a cookie sheet do not use the sheet for food.
7. Allow the object to cool. If it needs to be painted, use acrylic paint.
8. Hide behind a couch or chair and put on your own Halloween play. Finger puppets
are great for making fairy tale characters! Make puppets for the characters in
these stories, tell the story and act it out as a puppet play.
The Three
Bears: Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Baby Bear, Goldilocks
The Three
Pigs: Pig #1, Pig #2, Pig #3, and Wolf
Red Riding
Hood: Red Riding Hood, Grandmother, Wolf, Hunter
Hansel and
Gretel: Parents, Hansel, Gretel, Witch
Cinderella:
Cinderella, Step Sisters, Fairy Godmother, Prince
