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How To Make Air Drying Clay Cartouches with Kids
A simple hands-on history activity for kids to create their own Ancient Egyptian Cartouches with their names.
Keyword
Air Drying Clay, Book Based Activity, History Activity, Kids Crafts, Salt Dough
Cook Time
30
minutes
minutes
Air Drying Clay or Salt Dough
1
day
day
12
hours
hours
Total Time
1
day
day
12
hours
hours
30
minutes
minutes
Servings
4
cartouches
Author
Cerys Parker
Cost
$10
Equipment
Work Surface Protector we used half a plastic bag
Rolling Pin
Clay Tools
Paint Brush (Optional)
Ingredients
Air Drying Clay
or Salt Dough see the notes for a link to the air drying salt dough recipe.
Gold or Silver Acrylic Paint
optional
Instructions
Start off with looking up your name with the Hieroglyphic Alphabet on Nat Geo Kids site and make a note of the symbols.
Cut a portion of the air-drying clay for each cartouche (around a quarter of the 2lb block).
Knead the dough to make it soft.
Roll out the dough to around 1cm thick.
Now engrave an oval shape for the cartouche and a line at the bottom.
Using the notes on your name in Hieroglyphics from step 1 engrave the images into the cartouche for your name.
Cut away the excess clay.
Optional - use some of the excess clay to create raised features on the cartouches.
Leave to dry.
If you are painting ensure that the clay is fully dry and then paint over the top.
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Notes
Here is the recipe for the
Air Drying Salt Dough
.