Sporty Sculptures

crayola supplies

Markers
Model Magic®

household supplies

none

Why

Ride the waves, dudes, with this fun sculpture. Use Crayola® Model Magic® to sculpt a surfer—or whatever your favorite summer sport!

Steps

1. What summer sports are your passions? Surfing? Hiking? Biking? Canoeing? Caving? If you can, do your sport yourself, safely of course, and have someone take pictures. Watch someone doing the sport. Find pictures of people having fun in the sun. Notice their postures. Get a sense of the scene around them. What equipment are they using?
2. With white Crayola Model Magic, sculpt yourself doing this summer sport. To get sunny colors, knead the color from Crayola Washable Markers into the modeling dough. For a marble effect, knead the Model Magic just a bit. For solid colors, knead until the color is evenly spread.
3. Shape your mini-body to show action! Are you crouched on a surfboard? Or dangling on a rope from the side of a mountain? Add any equipment you need, including safety items such as helmets.
4. Air-dry your sculpture. Why not make a whole set showing every sport you WISH you could try! Hang 10!

When & Where

"Campers created dioramas as backdrops for their sculptures. They got SO excited about this project!"
- Enid B., camp counselor.

"Kids created teams of players wearing school colors. Their superstars are displayed in a model field in the lobby."
- Mona C., PTA leader.

Interesting Info

The early Olympics were held from 776 BCE until they were banned in the year 393. In 1894 Baron Pierre de Couberin revived the Olympic games and they have been held ever since.

Safety Guidelines

Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, and Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough—

Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient.
Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.