Fruits and vegetables

Fruits and vegetables

Materials

■ clay (hardening, modeling, chemical, or kitchen)

■ toothpick

Read Clay (pages 108-111) before you decide what kind of clay you
want to use for these projects.

You can create a whole garden of clay fruits and vegetables. Try making
pears, bananas, or gourds. If you want to make a clay pot to put your
fruits and vegetables in, see page 121.

Let’s make an apple!

1. Break off a lump of clay about the size of your fist. Roll the clay
   into a ball (see ball, page 110). With your finger, poke a small
   hole in the ball.

2. To make a stem, roll a small piece of clay into a coil (see
   coil, page 110). The coil should be about as long and as thick
   as your little finger.

3. Stick the stem into the hole in the apple. Press the clay around the
   stem to hold it in place.

4. Break off two small pieces of clay, each about the size of a small
   marble. Flatten (see flatten, page 111) the pieces of clay and
   shape them into leaves. Stick the leaves to the stem near the apple.
   Let your apple dry (see dry, page 111).

Let’s make a carrot!

1. Break off a lump of clay about the size of your fist. Roll the clay
   into a coil about as long and as fat as a cigar.

Roll one end of the coil a little thinner than the other end. Pat the
thin end into a rounded point. With your finger, poke a small hole in
the top of the thick end.

1. To make the stems and leaves, roll small pieces of clay into coils.

Flatten one end of the coils to form the leaves.

1. Stick the leaf stems into the hole in the carrot. Press the clay
   around the leaf stems to hold them in place.

2. While the clay is soft, draw lines across the carrot with a
   toothpick. Let your carrot dry.