Modeling Clay Animals: A Guide to Sculpting Clay (Air-Dry, Sculpey, Molding, Art Therapy for Mental Health)

This is a really great book. My sons (age 7 and 10) love playing with play doh and clay. This book is gorgeous, the models are really cute and the step by step instructions make it easy to create everything in the book. Combine this book with some modeling clay, and you have a really great gift.

This will be perfect for homeschool handicrafts for my 6yr old! Great photos and easy to follow instructions.

I bought this for someone who just turned 6 and I have a feeling he won't be able to fully utilize it for another year or two. I'd definitely give this a 7+ age category... though, hey, all it means for someone younger is that they probably won't successfully make it look very much like the picture. That's not such a problem. The book gives you plenty of illustrations, usually 5 or 6, for each project, so it's quite easy to follow along. Don't underestimate how much fun this sort of thing is for adults. My husband and I hung out one afternoon and made some clay animals from a similar book-- just talking, eating on the side, making the animals, hanging out-- it was a nice time and we have something to show for it, too.

My son liked this book paired with ALEX Toys Artist Studio 16 Modeling Clay. He was able to understand and complete the instructions to many of the projects. I would recommend getting more colors to make the animals.

I enjoy spending time making craft with my kids, nieces and nephews. This is sure a great way to keep them entertained and expand their imagination. The clay creations in the book are easy to follow and super cute. I recommend it!

The clay animals were so interesting, but yet not difficult, and can use simple items that you have at home to build the animals. Great book.

I give this book along with both air drying clay and oven drying clay, Hey Clay kits, and a child's silicone rolling pin. Put together in a plastic box with some sandwich bags to store worked clay it has proven to be a welcome gift. The books is the addition that gets the kids modeling the clay and using basic forms from the books branching out into their own designs. Kids, alone or with friends, it is always a hit. Easy to store and take out, it has endless variations for play. Even adults join in.

This finally came today and we love it. A very good book for showing children and adults how to make fab clay animals step by step, we are so pleased with it:~) A lovely book for cold winter days when the children are stuck indoors for days or weeks and weeks at a time! Sculpey clay and a couple of books to make animal or any other kind of models are a great way to have fun with the children:~) You could use any type of clay you fancy or Playdoh to make the animals, but Sculpey lets you make the animals and cook’n’keep them and paint them if you want to!