
Self-Portrait Sculpey Sculpture Pen Toppers: Elementary Clay Project & Art Lesson Plan
C****onceptual Basis for Lesson: Using Sculpey clay, students will utilize hand-building techniques in order to create a self portrait pen…
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C****onceptual Basis for Lesson: Using Sculpey clay, students will utilize hand-building techniques in order to create a self portrait pen…

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