After making egg replicas using chicken eggs, I decided I wanted to make something that was a little more accurate. I wasn't sure how to go about doing this project, but my Instagram family really came through. You always do :)
Polymer clay was suggested as a material to make eggs that are just the right size and shape. I had completely forgotten that I still had some Sculpey Ultra Light Oven Bake Clay, and as I was rummaging through my polymer clay bin, I found my Ultra Light Oven Bake Clay. This stuff is awesome!! It's super easy to work with (especially when working with children), it stays soft indefinitely, it's very soft yet bakes hard and you can paint it with acrylic paints (Distress Inks don't work).
This project also had its challenges. For one, you have to make sure that your hands and surfaces are very clean as the clay easily attracts dust and other things. Second, it's not as easy to shape the clay into egg shapes (though it's easier to make little eggs versus big eggs as you'll see in our An Egg Is Quiet egg replica project). With some effort, I was able to make a complete set, but mid-way through the project, my 12-year-old son got frustrated with this project and abandoned it completely. After a day, he revisited this project with new enthusiasm.
While he did shape most of them, I did help with some of the more challenging shapes and sizes. Once the eggs were shaped, we baked them at 275 degrees for 20 minutes. We let them cool completely before painting them with a variety of acrylic paints. I don't have a large selection and they are from several brands so I can't share with confidence which ones we like or how they'll hold up over time. However, with our limited supply, we were able to mix enough colors to paint these eggs to resemble the ones in the book.
To make painting easier, I mounted each egg on a 1/2 inch square piece of watercolor paper using a glue dot. This made painting each egg so much easier! I honestly can't believe I didn't think of this solution sooner as I started using it with our peg doll projects, too.
Once the eggs were painted, we used our hot glue gun to adhere the eggs to either our watercolor paper covered chipboard. I labeled each egg in pencil, but you could use a permanent marker or print labels.
One thing my son wanted to do differently than my example was mount them in a shadow box frame. The frame was purchased from PartyCity after Easter for a deep discount. Instead for several dollars (I'm not actually sure of the original price), these frames were only $0.50! What a deal! Because the frames were so small, there wasn't room to label each egg by hand, and instead, I printed up labels of each egg and he glued them beneath each egg.
For his project, I also added a metal label plate to the front of the frame and that really distinguished the piece nicely.
The birds we made egg replicas for our chicken egg and polymer clay project are as follows:
Northern Cardinal, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, American Robin, Barn Swallow, Northern Oriole, White-Breasted Nuthatch, Meadowlark, American Goldfinch, Red-Winged Blackbird, Bluejay, House Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker, Black-Capped Chickadee, and Killdeer.
You can find more details and pictures of the projects and books on my website at the blog post that accompanies this video:
https://www.pepperandpine.com/how-to-...
You can see the other projects for our Owl Unit Study here:
• Homeschool Haul
Check out the complete Bird Unit Study playlist here:
• How to put Together a Unit Study | Birds |...
Check out the original project that inspired this project!
• How to Make Bird Egg Replicas
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