Create Beautiful Ganesh Idols with Easy Clay Modelling
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Create Beautiful Ganesh Idols with Easy Clay Modelling

Celebrate Ganesha, the Hindu god of wisdom and prosperity, by creating your own clay statue. Click now to see an easy, step-by-step guide to making a unique Ganesha figurine.

Clay Modelling Celebration 30 to 60 mins 9 to 14 years Art & Craft Class 8

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Steps to Create this Activity

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Take Rangeela Creative Clay Coils

Step - 01

To create a Ganesha figurine with Rangeela Creative Clay, blend white, yellow, orange, and black coils to create a skin tone that is pleasing to you.

Mix with your hands for clay Ganesh statue

Step - 02

Mix it thoroughly with the help of your hands.

Use a rolling pin to make an even slab large enough to cover the smiley ball.

Step - 03

Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough into a smooth, even sheet that is large enough to wrap around the smiley ball.

Using a thin layer of Fevicol MR cover the smiley with clay.

Step - 04

Apply a thin layer of Fevicol MR onto the smiley and cover it with clay as shown in the image.

Create Ganesha eras, hair, eyes and legs

Step - 05

To create Ganesha features, i.e., ears, hair, eyes, and legs, take the Rangeela Creative Clay of your choice. Roll it into a slab with the help of a rolling pin, then draw and cut out the features, referring to the image, making sure they are proportionate to the smiley ball. To create the legs, make two thick coils measuring approximately 1" in height, as shown in the image.

Take contrasting colors to create a Ganesha's Mukut.

Step - 06

To create Ganesha's Mukut, take a contrasting color of your choice and create a hemisphere, as shown in the image. Ensure it is proportionate to the ball structure. Add details to the Mukut by creating different patterns using clay.

Combine all the elements to assemble your clay Ganesh statue, and your homemade Ganesha figurine is complete for Ganesh Chaturthi.

Step - 07

Attach all the features and elements, i.e., hair, ears, eyes, feet, and Mukut, as shown. Take any colored clay of your choice to create coils and attach them to the face in the shape of a trunk and tilak. Similarly, create a dhoti using any contrasting-colored clay and attach it. Your handmade Ganesha figurine is ready.

Steps to Create this Activity

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Take Rangeela Creative Clay Coils

Step - 01

To create a Ganesha figurine with Rangeela Creative Clay, blend white, yellow, orange, and black coils to create a skin tone that is pleasing to you.

Mix with your hands for clay Ganesh statue

Step - 02

Mix it thoroughly with the help of your hands.

Use a rolling pin to make an even slab large enough to cover the smiley ball.

Step - 03

Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough into a smooth, even sheet that is large enough to wrap around the smiley ball.

Using a thin layer of Fevicol MR cover the smiley with clay.

Step - 04

Apply a thin layer of Fevicol MR onto the smiley and cover it with clay as shown in the image.

Create Ganesha eras, hair, eyes and legs

Step - 05

To create Ganesha features, i.e., ears, hair, eyes, and legs, take the Rangeela Creative Clay of your choice. Roll it into a slab with the help of a rolling pin, then draw and cut out the features, referring to the image, making sure they are proportionate to the smiley ball. To create the legs, make two thick coils measuring approximately 1" in height, as shown in the image.

Take contrasting colors to create a Ganesha's Mukut.

Step - 06

To create Ganesha's Mukut, take a contrasting color of your choice and create a hemisphere, as shown in the image. Ensure it is proportionate to the ball structure. Add details to the Mukut by creating different patterns using clay.

Combine all the elements to assemble your clay Ganesh statue, and your homemade Ganesha figurine is complete for Ganesh Chaturthi.

Step - 07

Attach all the features and elements, i.e., hair, ears, eyes, feet, and Mukut, as shown. Take any colored clay of your choice to create coils and attach them to the face in the shape of a trunk and tilak. Similarly, create a dhoti using any contrasting-colored clay and attach it. Your handmade Ganesha figurine is ready.