Grade 2 Art And Craft Sculpture – Toys Notes

A sculpture is a 3D art piece you can see and touch. Toys can be simple sculptures you make and play with.

• They help you use your hands and imagination.
• You can use recycled things from home or the market.
• Make Kenya-inspired toys: animals from the savanna, bright bead patterns, kitenge colours.

• Air-dry clay or wet clay from the market
• Empty plastic bottles, bottle caps, cardboard
• Fabric scraps (kitenge or old shirts), yarn, sisal
• Beads (Maasai-style beads), pipe cleaners or string
• Wooden sticks (from crafts stall), glue, paint, markers

• Use scissors and hot glue with a grown-up.
• Keep small beads away from children younger than 3.
• Wash hands after moulding clay or using paint.

Project 1 — Clay Elephant 🐘

Air-dry clay, small stick or pencil (for eyes), toothpick (for joining).

1. Roll a medium ball for the body and a smaller ball for the head.
2. Make a long tube for the trunk and attach it to the head with a little water or clay slip.
3. Make four short legs and a tiny tail. Join with toothpick or press firmly.
4. Use a stick to make eyes and ears. Let it dry and then paint.

Time: 30–60 minutes + drying.

Project 2 — Bottle Car

Small plastic bottle or soap bottle, 4 bottle caps, 2 skewers or strong straws, tape, paint/markers.

1. Carefully make a hole on each side near the bottom for the axles (ask an adult to help).
2. Push the skewers or straws through as axles and attach bottle caps as wheels.
3. Decorate with paint or kitenge-colour paper. Your car is ready to roll!

Project 3 — Sock Puppet

Old sock, buttons or felt for eyes, yarn for hair, glue or needle and thread (adult help).

1. Put the sock on your hand so the toe is the puppet's face.
2. Glue or sew on eyes and a mouth made from felt.
3. Add yarn hair and clothes from fabric scraps. Tell stories in Swahili or your home language!

Project 4 — Beaded Giraffe 🦒

Beads, stiff wire or pipe cleaner, pliers (adult help), scissors.

1. Bend wire to make the giraffe’s neck and legs shape.
2. Slide beads on the wire to fill the body and neck.
3. Twist wire ends to close and shape the head and tail. Be proud — Kenyan bead colours look beautiful!

Project 5 — Stick Puppet (Simple)

Stick, paper or cardboard cutout, glue, paint.

1. Draw a head and clothes on paper — maybe a Maasai dancer or a market seller.
2. Colour, cut out and glue to the stick.
3. Use the puppet in a short play with friends or family.

Use bright reds, blues and oranges (like a Maasai shuka), or patterns from kitenge fabric to paint and wrap your toys.

Make a tiny clay animal in 10 minutes. Give it a name and tell one sentence about where it lives in Kenya (e.g., "Tamu the giraffe lives on the savanna").

• What toy would you make for a friend from your village or town?
• Which recycled items can become art in your home?