How to Make Clay Animals

How to Make Clay Animals. Bored with rolling out plain old snakes? Here's a fun way to make a whole menagerie of critters with clay and poster board. You will need Modeling clay in different colors Heavyweight poster board A pencil Some crayons or markers and scissors. Step 1. You can make any animal you like, of course, but let's start with a dog. Take a handful of clay and shape it into a ball for the dog's body. Step 2. Use a different-colored clay to make spots for the dog's body. Step 3. On the poster board, draw and color the dog's features. Step 4. Cut out the cardboard body parts. If you make body parts for several different animals, you can mix and match them to create a brand new species! Step 5. Stick the cardboard pieces into the clay and bark "hello" to your new friend. Ruff, ruff! Did you know The smallest dog ever known to live was a dwarf Yorkshire Terrier who was only 3.75-inches from nose to tail, and 2.8-inches tall.