Lights, Camera, PLAY!—and create your own world with this six-week course that brings the medium of modeling clay and the art of storytelling to life! Students will embark on a multi-dimensional learning adventure marked with imagination and ingenuity as they build, design, and paint their own set, props, and characters, develop scripts, and use stop-motion photography and video to tell a unique story. Guaranteed hours of playtime and engaging assignments :)
This Course is recommended for ages 7+ (Ages 4-6 will need extra assistance)
*This is a virtual course with weekly 90 minute meetings via zoom
Learning Outcomes
In this course we will learn the HISTORY of clay animation, the SCIENCE of stop motion photography, the process of script WRITING, the ART of sculpting, the elements of DESIGN, and the CRAFT of building a set complete with props and characters. This is a hands-on course and participants will be encouraged to try a variety of mediums as they work towards the final project —> a claymation video!
Start sourcing your supplies
Sculpey III Oven Bake Clay! 2oz packages
$3.00
All you need to make the colors of the rainbow plus tints and shades! This is a great way to experiment and learn color theory
Color Theory Tool Set
$12.00
modeling clay tools to help you prepare for the claymation play world course! this set comes with four sculpting tools and 1-ounce of the primary colors, plus Black and White. All the colors you can think of can be created from these 5 colors! How many colors can you make?
comes with compostable packaging and a cotton muslin carry bag