Jewelry Making – decorating salt dough pieces

Title – Pakistani Handicrafts Unit – Jewelry Making
By – Rukhe Neelofer Zaidi
Primary Subject – Art
Secondary Subjects – Social Studies
Grade Level – 2-4

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The Handicrafts of Pakistan Unit

Introduction Activity 1 – Jewelry Making (below) Activity 2 – Metal Craft Activity 3 – Clay Seals Activity 4 – Patchwork Collage

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Activity 1: Jewelry Making

Medium:

Salt Dough

Cross Curricular Link:

Social Studies – History

Time:

60-80 minutes

Resources:

• Salt dough
• Decorative items like small pieces of mirror, beads, colored stones and shells
• Fish wire
• Polythene sheets
• Pencils
• Toothpicks
• Pictures of Pakistani jewelry

Learning outcomes:

To enable the students to:
• Design jewelry
• Decorate and assemble the pieces to make a jewelry item

Vocabulary:

• engraved
• embossed
• handicraft
• craftsman

Preparation:

• Mix 1 part salt with 2 parts flour to make salt dough.
• Color can also be added to the dough if desired.

Methodology:

• Tell students a little about the handicrafts of Pakistan and show them pictures of ancient and the latest jewelry designs and other engraved handicrafts.

• Tell students that they will be making jewelry (a necklace or a pair of earrings) with salt dough. However, they need to make their designs on paper before using dough.
• Distribute resources.
• Tell students to decorate their pieces by pressing mirrors, beads, etc. on the jewelry pieces while the dough is still soft.

• Ask students to make a hole with a toothpick and thread the fish wire through the finished jewelry pieces to bring it to final shape.

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