Dusty Day Crafts: 3D CD Animal Faces

Fire_Cat Here!!

I was walking outside yesterday afternoon and I saw something shiny sticking out of the snow. I always find different things on the ground. Buttons, paperclips, even a plastic snack container! So, I picked up this shiny object. It was a CD! So I brought the CD home, and after being in the snow it was a bit dirty. So I washed it off with a damp piece of paper towel. To get it extra shiny, wipe it off with a dry piece of paper towel while it's still wet.

Here is a little craft you can make with a CD:
(If you didn't find a CD just laying on the ground like me, use an old CD you don't want anymore, or use a CD that is blank. blank discs work best for class art projects. Or you could have every child bring in their own CD.

Clean of your CD with a damp piece of paper towel before starting.

To make a stand, take and empty tape roll, and take the piece that holds the tape out. Glue the piece to the bottom of the CD.
(Hot glue works best for this project.)

Now to start doing the face. You can do any animal you want. I'm doing a cat because they are MY favorite animal. If you don't want to do a cat, maybe look at a photo of your animal while you're doing the face.
To start your animal, make two ear shapes. (triangles for a cat!)
I used crayola Model Magic air dry clay. You can get different colors if it's easier for you.

Now to make the nose. Roll 3 balls all the same size.

Attach them all together.

If you have a hole in the center like I do, put a smaller piece of clay in. Now add the actual nose. take a ball and pinch it with your finger. Push down on the top to finish the cat nose. attach this to your mouth. (You can make a dog nose like this but instead of a cat nose, put an oval shape on top.) Shape your mouth however you want. Then hot glue it to the center of your CD.

Now everything is on except the eyes. To make the eyes, rool two balls both the same size. Make them into ovals and flatten them down a tiny bit. next, for the pupal, do the same thing, but with smaller ball. Stick them together then put them on to the CD.

You can keep it like this, or you can put a collar. I decided to put on a collar.

Now let it dry. When it is dry, you can start painting! For the eyes, paint a black ring in one of the top corners of the pupal.

Next fill in the rest of the pupal without painting inside the ring. Now you have a shimmer in the animal's eye.
Also paint the other part of the eye green, blue or yellow.