mexican arts and crafts for children
Mexican Arts and Crafts for Children
Children love keeping themselves busy in various arts and crafts. Mexican craft activities, are one such way that will be new as well as interesting to them. This Buzzle article tells you all about this art.
Clay Pottery
One of the oldest traditions in Mexico, pottery, is still practiced in most parts of the country. Here's the procedure of pottery that can be easily followed at home.
Things Required
- 4 cups salt
- Approximately 1¾ cups water
- Paints and brush
- Optional food coloring
- Mix flour and salt.
- While mixing, keep adding a little amount of water.
- If you wish, add food coloring.
- Morph clay into the shape of a ball, and thrust down for the bottom of the pot. Sculpt sides by pushing the clay up, making the clay thinner.
- Make a flat circle with the clay. Make long coils of clay, and curl them up on top of one another, around the edge of the flat circle piece.
- At 200ºF, bake pinch pot for about 10 to 15 minutes, and coil pot for 20 minutes.
- Let them cool, and paint after cooling.
- If any clay is left over, freeze it in a plastic wrap.
- Water
- Flour
- Balloon
- Newspaper
- Tin can
- Tissue paper
- Things required for decoration such as glitter, sequins, paint, etc.
- Tape
- String
- Inflate the balloon, and tape it to the tin can, to keep it upright.
- Make strips of approximately 1 x 4 inches by cutting newspapers.
- Form a paste by mixing flour and water.
- Stick the newspaper strips, covering the balloon in several layers.
- Let the paper mache dry, separate the balloon from the tin can, and turn over to coat rest of the balloon.
- Let it dry completely.
- Decorate and paint using anything you like, anyway you want.
- Cut a small flap on the side, fill in the toys and candies.
- Tape it shut.
- Make two small holes, and string it. The Mexican Pinata is ready.