Clay Tiki

Being that I love the islands (I even named each of the tables in my classroom a different Caribbean Island) I decided I wanted to do a project based on the islands.  So, I thought I would have the students create clay tikis. 

We discussed the culture of the tiki as well as clay form.  Students learned the slab technique to create their structure.  They were asked to incorportate some kind of power that they wished they had into their tiki.  So each tiki represented something that they wished they had or possessed.

This is what students in 3rd and 4th grade created.