The last lesson that was taught was taught by Melanie Jorgenson and Karla Jorgenson. They taught us about different styles of lace. They told us the history of lace and how we would make clay look like lace. We were instructed to draw a rough sketch of what we wanted our ornament to look like. We needed to make it big enough, because we would be using the sketch as an outline for our ornament. After we drew it out and traced it with a Sharpie, we taped a piece of wax paper over top of it. Then, we were given a baggie of clay and water. We had to knead the two together to make sure it was mixed together well. Next, we had to cut a small corner off of the baggie. We had to act like we were frosting a cake, and outline on the wax of our sketch of our ornament. We got to paint with water colors as the clay dried.
For an extension activity, I would have children decorate different ornaments for the city’s Christmas tree or design an ornament for a family member such as a parent or a sibling. They could even draw ornaments in scale and proportions. If one ornament they drew was 2 inches across, the next one they made had to be twice as big as an example. The students would understand proportions and a math lesson would be integrated.
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