Students were able to use stamps for imprinting. My dad made rolling pins using cut up PVC pipe. Just make sure at the teacher check point the handles are clay glued on. I also wrote a number on the bottom of each. I have 4, 4th grade classes this year.
This was a very interesting project and I couldn't have done it without the help of The Clay Lady. I took her teacher workshop back in the fall of 2010 and tried to give kiln clay another go. Students learned about the history of clay and vocabulary, watched her DVD Mask Project, drew their mask design, had a day to practice making modeling clay and I showed the video again....:-) then on kiln clay day, they followed along with the video and created their masks. Some students ventured out and made their own designs and then some became creative with the clay paints.
Each student created a jungle inspired leaf and animal for a group collaboration mural. On Safari Montage we learned all about jungles and rainforest! 
I think my kindergartners finally understand how to build people and the word horizon line. :0) The one on the left was his first painting and the one on the right was the second. I can see an improvement. Can you?
For this lesson, students completed a warm and cool color watercolor design with a wet on wet technique and added salt for texture at the end. Next class, they practiced drawing a sea animal and then were given black paint. Technique: Paint a line, fold your paper and press...open it up...paint a line on the same side, fold your paper and press.
