Look at bowls at home and in stores. Choose the shape you like best. We will make one out of clay.

Does it not seem strange that you can make a lump of moist clay into a beautiful bowl?

With the thumbs, press a deep hollow in the lump of clay for the inside of the bowl. Пress and pull up the outside into the shape you wish. If you need more clay, work in a small lump at a time.

Let the bowls stand one day to dry. When the bowl is very dry, it is ready to be baked in the kiln.

This clay match-safe is not so easy to make as the round bowls we have made.

Shape a lump of clay like a square prism. With the thumbs, press the hollow inside until the bottom is like an oblong tablet.

Press and pull the walls into good shape. Leave square corners. Work in the handle.

Let the match-safe stand one day to dry. Then, with the brush, paint upon it a row of shapes in red.

When the match-safe is very dry, it may be fired in a kiln.

Look at this pattern for wall-paper. It would be good for a bedroom.

You may make your own patterns for different rooms in your house.

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Choose two colors you like to see together. Color with brush or pencil.

Choose the best patterns for your rooms.