{"id":666,"date":"2008-01-10T11:53:03","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T18:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=666"},"modified":"2009-10-17T12:00:26","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T19:00:26","slug":"mixed-media-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=666","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Media Sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Try this fun, open-ended three-dimensional activity. Children will love experimenting with the various ways to use the materials. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">To reinforce fine motor skills<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">To promote hand-eye coordination<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">To encourage cooperative play<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">To encourage tactile exploration<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-667  aligncenter\" title=\"2005\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2005.jpg\" alt=\"2005\" width=\"350\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2005.jpg 350w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2005-128x150.jpg 128w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2005-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Before You Start: You will need smooth and pliable air-dry clay, paper plates (or trays), various collage materials such as feathers, foam shapes, straws, pipe cleaners, jewels, craft sticks, clothespins, buttons and beads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Place the collage materials on paper plates or trays where the children can reach. Give each child a lump of clay or putty on his or her own paper plate. Let them mold and poke the clay into any shape or design they choose. Allow the young ones to use the collage materials to stick into the clay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Encourage the children to experiment with the materials. This is a great open-ended activity for both tactile exploration and artistic expression. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 Try this fun, open-ended three-dimensional activity. Children will love experimenting with the various ways to use the materials. \u00c2\u00a0 To reinforce fine motor skills To promote hand-eye coordination To encourage cooperative play To encourage tactile exploration \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 Before You Start: You will need smooth and pliable air-dry clay, paper plates (or trays), various [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33,38,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}