Pinch Pot Turtles

As an introduction to clay this year with my Grade 2 class, we began by discussing pinch pots and clay vocabulary as a stand alone unit. I demonstrated for the students how to create a pinch pot by rolling the clay into a ball and pressing my thumb in the middle. I found this great visual on Pinterest and had it posted in my classroom for reference while the students were creating their pots.

I then showed the students how to slip and score in order to securely attach clay pieces to their finished pinch pot and our beautiful turtles were born! I absolutely love these!