How to make clay ponies: step-by-step instruction

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Sculpting – a great way to develop imagination and fine motor skills in children. That, in turn, shape language, attention, visual and motor memory, accurate coordination. Doing the modeling, you can make a variety of figures from clay ponies, cats, dogs and other cartoon characters.

Figurines from clay pony

Clay pony

The Little horses from the animated series “Pony from Ponyville” won the hearts of many girls. Adorable miniature animals, very bright, with a long bushy tail and a mane that can be combed. One disadvantage of such toys is the fact that changing their appearance will not work. The children want to collect the whole collection of horses, but this is not always possible. But the child can independently or with your help sculpt a figurine of a pony from your favorite cartoon. Here are some tips on how to make a clay pony.

How to make clay ponies

Getting started

This lesson will be interesting for both boys and girls. The child can choose a model for your DIY and give it a name after work. Not necessarily strictly follow the animated characters. Let the young sculptor to choose the appropriate color scheme and accessories for future horses.

To create a pony from clay we will need:

  • Clay (better to use a wax), or any other putty;
  • Stack;
  • Straws or Lolly sticks, which will hold the legs;
  • Board for sculpting or oilcloth.

Stages of creating sculptures

Observing basic safety regulations sculpting, you can learn how to make clay ponies. It is important in the creative process to teach the child how to combine colors. Choosing one main color for the body, you need to choose the right shade for other items. You can together explore the map of color combining, thereby forming a child's sense of style and taste.

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  1. Divide the block of clay of one color into 7 parts: head, neck, torso, and 4 legs.
  2. Roll into a round ball from a square head, tapered-neck and scoop – one for the body.
  3. Combine all three parts, smoothly leveling and smoothing the joints between the segments.
  4. Proceed to the moulding of the feet. For greater stability the figures use four identical cut sticks or tubes which need to besiege clay. Bottom make little horseshoes of a different color. Attach legs to body.a Pony from clay
  5. Draw the head. The most difficult thing in this part of the work – small parts: eyes and lashes. How to make clay ponies with cute and funny expression on the face? Shape two small white balls, give them an oval shape, slightly flattened them. This is the basis for the eyes. In the center place two tiny black circles – to make pupils. Roll several thin cilia, and then look at horses will be expressive. Make two small ear shapes.
  6. Mane and tail for pony from clay, create several thin sausages of different lengths to make them look three-dimensional.
  7. Accessories. Each multgeroya have their own special items that characterize it. For example, a pony Apple Jack loves apples: you can sculpt for her a few small apples, and Rainbow – graceful wings.

Our wonderful sculpture is ready! This is a great activity for children at weekends or on rainy cloudy days when there is no opportunity to go outside. You can come up with a series of such classes entitled “Lepim plasticine zoo». Create a suitable exterior and surroundings of the clay.

Benefit from the modeling classes

As mentioned above, through modeling, the child correctly builds his speech, makes inferences, he coordinated movements. In addition, the children learning the basics of the art of sculpture, learning to dream, they have to develop other creative skills.

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Planning a stucco project, children learn to build their work in stages, evenly distributing its strength and resources. You can ask him to tell you how to make a clay pony or other animal. It is important compliance with the order of production figures. Special attention should be paid to small details, because they are harder to young creators.

Class modeling you can start with 1 year, but choose a very soft mass for molding, plain clay for small children to stretch will not do.


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