Choose a template, then use the stickers and drawing tools to design your own Ancient Greek vase.

Important features for the stickers are:
- the iron button for flattening them into the shape and so you can draw on top of them
- the rainbow circle button, so you can change the stickers' colour.

• Pots are made of clay and then baked in a type of oven called a kiln to make them hard.
• Because pottery lasts so well, decorated pots have been a major source of information about Ancient Greek culture.
• Pottery containers were widely used for storing and transporting things.
• The pictures on Greek pots can be geometric patterns or show scenes from famous myths - stories about gods and heroes.
• Types of pot: alabastron - a small, tall, narrow-necked flask for perfume or ointment; amphora - a common, narrow-necked, two-handled storage and transportation jar for liquids and solids; hydria - a large, narrow-necked water jar with three handles (two for carrying and one for tipping); kantharos - a drinking cup with two large, loopy handles; krater - a large, wide-topped container with handles used for mixing wine with water; kylix - a wide, shallow drinking cup with handles; lekythos - a tall flask used for oil; oinochoe - a one-handled wine jug with a narrow neck; and psykter - a bulbous handleless pot used for chilling wine.

Use this activity to support learning within the topic of Ancient Greece.

This activity could be used within the design process of creating Greek pots using clay.

Encourage children to replicate popular designs using geometric patterns or characters from famous Greek myths. See Ancient Greek myths for inspiration.