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Stone CreAtionS

SOAP SCULPTURE MY STONE MESSAGE

Material Needed: with your classmates and friends collect stones
• Soap and write a meaningful message using the
• Butter knife or stones.
toothpick
• Pencil
• Toothbrush

1. Pick a soap you wish to use.
2. using a soft pencil, gently draw your design on the
soap. This will be your guide when you are carving or
place the soap on a piece of paper and draw outline
of soap on paper. Draw a design on paper, within the
penciled outline. Trace the drawing on the soap.
3. Next, begin chiselling the soap around the design with
your butter knife or tooth pick.
4. Finally, shape the features of the design with your
toothpick.
5. The toothbrush is useful to brush away shavings from
the carving, to give a neat look to the soap stone
sculpture.

A STONE STORY be used as a fast and easy alternative to hand-
painted stones. You can draw trees, birds, the
Things You'll Need:
• Smooth flat rocks peace symbol, clouds etc.
• Acrylic paints 3. when dry, place painted rocks in a drawstring
• Fine-tipped bag. Take them to school. use these images as
paintbrushes elements for a story you will share with the class.
• Drawstring bag
• Optional: stickers
1. Take your class on
a rock-collecting
adventure or ask
students to bring
in stones they
gather over the
weekend.

2. Paint a character or object on each rock. You
can use symbols or pick your own theme. using
a pencil, lightly draw your picture on the stone.
Then start painting your picture. stickers can

Border Illustration by: Saishree Pattanayak, IX, DAV Public School, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar

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