Striking Impressions
Press cool textures into Crayola® Model Magic. Cut creative shapes. This multilayered wallhanging will WOW everyone!
1. Press, impress, print, imprint, layer, overlap. You can easily do it all with Crayola Model Magic! Experiment with creative modeling techniques to design a unique wallhanging. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
2. Roll out bright colors of modeling compound into various thicknesses. With plastic dinnerware, incise designs in the surface. Cut your Model Magic into different shapes. Remove shapes, such as triangles from the center of pieces, and make holes in those shapes. For uneven edges, tear away sections.
3. Layer your pieces on a thick base of Model Magic. Overlap some of them to create rough or flowing terrain. Bend shapes to mold them to each other. What visual effects can you create by layering different colors?
4. Find interesting objects to create textured impressions in the Model Magic. Press patterns, varying how deep and close together you press.
5. Make small balls, ovals, or snakes with colored Model Magic. Press or flatten them on to your construction. Add texture to them, too.
6. If you want to hang your creation, while the Model Magic is still damp, poke a hole in the base with a drinking straw. Or embed a large paper clip in the back. Air-dry for at least 24 hours. Thick pieces may take longer to dry completely.
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.
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.
Modeling Tools—Use the least dangerous point or edge sufficient to do the job. For example, craft sticks, plastic knives and forks, and cookie cutters can cut or carve modeling materials.
- Instead of pressing textures into the modeling compound, push textures out of it.
- Use the same objects to print on paper with paint or make crayon rubbings. Compare the results.
- Try to identify the objects your classmates used to create their impressions.
- Study the word impress. Explore its various meanings, derivations, and uses in English. For example, at one time sailors were impressed into the English Navy.
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