This natural material is very elastic, you can make various figures. The clay hardens quickly and can be painted any color. The result is unusual toys, and most importantly - without harmful substances.
"Horse"
This beautiful toy is very easy to make. You need a solid piece of clay. Using your hands, stretch out your neck, four legs and a small tail. Form a mane on the neck, ears, eyes, mouth and nose on the head. It is better to draw small details and cut them in stacks. The horse can be decorated with clay flowers.
To smooth out rough irregularities, use a soft brush moistened with water.
Place the toy in the oven or dry it on a radiator. Then you paint with white gouache.
It turns out to be a beautiful horse.
"Whistle"
This kind of toy is more difficult to make. You need to knead a ball of clay into a flat pancake, wrap it around your thumb and use it to shape the toy. You can sculpt a bird's head with a beak and make wings on the side.Then you remove the blank from your finger and form a whistle: a long, thin and hollow hole. You also need to make a stand so that the whistle does not fall. The important details are the holes. On the bird's head (on top) and on the whistle (like a pipe). After hardening, the sound will be more sonorous. If you fill the whistle with water, the sound will be more interesting.
"Bird"
A simple clay craft that an older preschooler can make. You need to use a single piece of clay, rolled into an oblong sausage. The tail, head and beak are stretched out with your fingers. After the clay dries, the bird is painted gray and its beak orange. The eyes and wings are completed.
"Ram"
This toy is made according to the same principle as a horse. From a large ball of clay you need to sculpt a neck with a head, two legs and a stand at the back (although you can just form four legs). You need to make long twisted horns on your head. Then, using a thin toothpick, you need to make a mouth, eyes and a pattern on the horns and an ornament on the body of the animal. After drying, paint with white paint.
"House"
For this toy you need to divide a piece of clay into three parts. The largest one will be used to make the roof, the smaller one will be used for the walls, and the smallest one will be used for decoration. Roll out one ball of clay into a thin long layer and form a cube without a bottom or top. This will be the basis of the house - the walls. Flatten the second piece of clay too and make a cone without a bottom. It must match the size of the base. Connect the two pieces together. Now it's time to decorate. Make details from the third piece of clay: windows, fence, flowers, doors, roof decoration. You can draw stripes on the roof in stacks to create an imitation of straw. The house is ready. All he had to do was dry out.It's hollow inside.
You can make such beautiful toys yourself from the natural material clay.
