Donut Sculptures

Ok, first of all let me start by taking ZERO CREDIT for this amazingly fun art lesson.  I recently learned this at the "Bold and Bright" WAEA convention in LaCrosse, from fellow Wisconsin art teachers, Jill Montgomery and Karen Vanblarcom.  I came back to school and just happened to have everything I needed to make these cuties :)



To create, you will need Crayola Model Magic (I've found that white or yellow will work best, but brown might be okay, too), washable marker (brown), brown or tan chalk pastels, puffy paint (Jill and Karen had this Bubble Paint finger paint , but it is quite pricey, so you may want to try making homemade shaving cream paint , or do what I did and add a tempera mixing medium to give your paint a little more texture), and you will also want some beads or glitter (***** Oh, yeah, I said it! *****) to decorate.

First thing you do is take out your Model Magic and flatten it out a bit.



Next, color you Model Magic with brown washable markers.



After that, you push and pull the Model Magic to mix it up a bit, then roll it into a smooth ball.





Next step is to make the hole.  To avoid having a glob of "pushed out" Model Magic in the middle of your donut, poke your finger ALMOST all the way through, but not quite.  Then go through the other side to finish off the hole.





After the hole has been made (or perhaps you'll decide to make a donut with no hole), you need to make some chalk pastel dust, by scraping the chalk with a scissors and brushing it on with a soft bristled brush.  Brown or tan chalk works great!







Finally, it is time to decorate!  As mentioned above, you will want to use a thicker paint to mimic the look of frosting.  For icing or chocolate drizzle, brown versa temp with a little glue works wonders.




 For "nuts" a cut up tan Sax art eraser is PERFECT (credit, once again, to Jill and Karen for these adorably delicious ideas).



Beads, Lester Lace (plastic cording), glitter, and other fun things can also be added to your donuts, for a little extra "pizzaz".

The lovely ladies who presented this mentioned that they break it up into 2 days: one for sculpting the donut, and one for all steps of the decorating.  I recently did it all in one class for my adaptive high schoolers.  YOU know your kids and what will work best.  Now go, have fun, become obsessed with donut making, as I have!

If you'd like to add in a little art history, here is a Wayne Thiebaud prezi I have used and altered for a few different tasty food lessons.

Time to make the donuts ;)