Follow us on Youtube for art and craft tutorials and much more. More Articles from Kids Art & Craft If you’re worried about the mess of acrylic paint, you can use tempera paint instead. The coverage isn’t as good, but it’s washable, which can make things easier if you’re working with kids.

Acrylic paint works very well for painting clay figurines. It’s inexpensive, durable, and the colours stay nice and bright. Paint pens are also a great option if you’d like more control for adding finer details. Measure the parts of the monster as you go, against the parts you’ve already made. This will give your clay monster the best proportions. Start with the monster’s body and work from there. This allows you to scale the pieces correctly. You can follow our exact tutorial, or you can get creative and design your own clay monster! (See some tips below.) Also, younger children can use the same concepts but build a clay monster with air dry clay or model magic. Add ons: What other parts does your clay monster have? The sky’s the limit! We added tentacles, horns, different types of feet, and a spiky spine. What else can you think of to add?Eyes: How many eyes does your clay monster have? Glue on a googly eye, like we did, or sculpt eyes into the figurine. Once you are done with your first monster, go ahead and make four more monsters using your other colored clays. Repeat the previous steps and give the monsters funky expressions and dancing legs and hands. Step 8: Making The Dancing Monster Model magic is amazing because you won’t even need to score to attach items. It just works together. Or have fun using homemade playdough to practice these steps before actually using clay! Why create pinch pot art with kids?

If you don’t want to buy clay, you can also make clay at home. Our easy homemade clay recipe has only 3 ingredients and dries a beautiful crisp white!

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Making your own clay sculptures is actually really easy, especially when you’re making a clay monster. After all, monsters come from the imagination, so no one can tell you that your monster doesn’t look right! How can I design my own clay monster?