--- title: Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Crafts: paper, clay, sewing, knitting, slime», a lesson of the arts course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. 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How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/0/) — Crafts are art you make with your hands from real stuff: paper folded into cranes, clay squeezed into pots, thread sewn into buttons, yarn knitted into scarves, and glue turned into slime. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/1/) — Each material has its own rules: clay shrinks as it dries, flour paste goes mouldy, paper needs sharp creases, and fabric needs sharp scissors kept just for cloth. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/2/) — When a craft goes wrong, it is usually a rule of the material, not a lack of "craft hands": a clay handle that drops off was only pressed on, not joined properly. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/3/) — Some craft tools bite: needles prick, hot glue guns burn, candle wax for egg painting is hot and some slime mixes make skin sore, so those jobs are done with an adult close by. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/4/) — People say it their own way: "well mint" is northern English for really great, "sweet as" in Australia means fine, "wee" in Scotland means small, and "deadly" in Ireland means brilliant. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/5/) — Origami is the Japanese-rooted art of folding paper into shapes without cutting or gluing; sharp creases and corners lined up exactly make the model neat. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/7/) — Clay pieces join best when both surfaces are scratched, a little runny clay called slip is added, and they are pressed and smoothed together. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/8/) — Very thick lumps of clay can trap water or air that turns to steam in the kiln, a very hot oven, and crack the piece; potters keep walls even and not too thick. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/9/) — Some slime recipes use activators that can make skin red and sore; slime is made with an adult, never eaten, and washed off hands afterwards. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/10/) — Most needle pricks come from pushing the needle towards your own fingers; a thimble protects the pushing finger, and needles go back in a pincushion. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/11/) — People of all ages knit; the British Olympic diver Tom Daley was filmed knitting between events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/12/) — Papier-mâché paste made of flour and water is food, so it goes mouldy if left wet for days; mix only what you need. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/13/) — A hot glue gun melts glue sticks, and the tip and fresh glue are hot enough to burn, so children use it only with an adult. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/14/) — Ukrainian pysanky are made by drawing patterns in wax, dyeing the egg, and repeating from light to dark colours; the wax keeps the dye off. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/15/) — Fabric scissors are kept only for cloth, because cutting paper or card makes the blades blunt. - ← previous: [Dances of the world and dancing at parties](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/) - next →: [Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/) - ↑ back to [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/)