Build Your Own Binde
 

                                                  
                                       Traditional Method of Cooking

 

Things You Will Need:

·        A flat surface, like a table, that will not be damaged by clay

·        Modeling clay (about two or three handfuls).  You can use any clay or play dough for this, but if you want to keep it forever use clay that hardens after it dries.

·        A plastic knife

What to do:

   * Note:  Before you begin, make sure to build your binde big enough to fit your pot.

1. On the flat surface, roll the modeling clay into short fat rolls.
   
   
    
2. Coil the clay into a circle, building the clay up into an upside-down bowl shape.  Leave the top open.
   
    
    
3. Smooth the edges so you can’t see the coil ridges anymore.
   
   
    
4. With the knife, cut a small square in the base of the upside-down bowl.  (In a real binde, this is where the firewood would go.)
   
   
    
5. Let the clay dry so that it gets hard before you move it.
    
6. Now take your binde to school and show your classmates a great way to help cotton-top tamarins.
   
   
   
   Finished binde with pot: