Mini dessert toys are made as follows:

Tools/materials: clay, clay tools.

1. First of all, knead two round balls with red clay and purple clay respectively, and then flatten the balls.

2. Next, pile the flattened red clay and purple clay together in intervals of color, and then use the tool to mark the sides of the piled-up cake with lines.

3. Then use the red clay to make four strawberries and place them on the surface of the cake.

4. Use white clay to make seeds for each of the four strawberries.

5. Use green clay to make strawberry leaves, and then use white clay to make cream on the side of the cake.

The significance and role of handicrafts

First, handicraft activities are a way to explore knowledge, and promote brain development, the more you do, the more you can learn.

Second, handicrafts can bring children the exercise of fine motor skills, that is, the unity and coordination of thinking and muscle movement. The process of progressing from rough crafts to fine crafts allows the child's hands-on ability to gradually improve, and by doing crafts the child is able to control his or her movements more accurately.

Thirdly, it is not only on the physical level, but also on the comprehensive ability and mental health of human beings. Handicraft activities can develop children's observation, creativity and imagination.

Children will gradually develop the habit of observing things around them carefully in the process of handicrafts, and grasp the characteristics of things more and more precisely. From imitation to creation, children's craft activities are the process of increasing creativity. The process of observing real things and creating imaginary things enriches the connections in the child's mind, and that's where creativity comes in.