We have been continuing our project on China, and today we learned about Ancient Jade statues. We looked at many of them online as well and also talked about the more modern Jade Canoe at Vancouver airport - which we have actually seen and had our picture taken with.
As our craft today we carved our own statues out of soap to give us an idea of what it would have been like to carve the Jade statues. Abigail carved a snail and then she carved a face. We watched videos on youtube of soap carving, to see how it is done, and then they went to work!!!
Sam was carving an animal and then his soap broke and he started carving a teepee and then he just decided to carve the soap away totally! He really enjoyed the technique of carving though!!!
At first Abigail found it quite difficult, and her first bar broke in two - but then she got the knack and her second one went really well! Her third one - the face - was REALLY good!!! :)
This was such a great craft and a fun way to pass some time - so cheap too :) The soap crumbs swept up very easily!!
