Another project you can make with your homemade clay that kids will love are bugs, animals and butterflies. Another project you can make with your homemade clay that kids will love are bugs, animals and butterflies. Use the same recipe as above. The youngest children can roll a walnut-sized piece of clay. This will be the bugs body.
Older children can create dogs and cats which require more skill.
The body is a two inch roll of clay. The head is a ball of clay. Pinch out the type of ears you need, either floppy or pointy. Shape the snout with your hand. The other details you will add with acrylic paint after it is baked.