Ceramics at Home

It's well established that I collect science kits and curriculums. Every once in awhile I pull one out and we just do it for fun. This activity was to make plaster animals and teeth. The teeth were actual size while the animals clearly weren't.

First we poured the plaster. Ok, first they argued about who wanted which animals, then we mixed the plaster, and then we poured the plaster, but you get the idea.

Then we let it sit to dry.

Last they painted them. Here you see the bear and the bear tooth up above.

Here you see a "gray" wolf (the colors provided were black, brown, and yellow so it was a pretty good try) and a cat of some sort... it's been a year and I honestly don't remember and can't tell from the photo. oops

The kit also came with magnets so you could hang these on the fridge. However, the magnets weren't strong enough so these didn't last very long.