A group of children at Zhongshan West Road Kindergarten in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province recently tried making dough figurines – and it looks like they had a lot of fun in the process. It's never too early to learn something new!

Shen Jianguo (center), an inheritor of dough modeling, teaches children in Zhenjiang to make dough figurines. The figurines are made from sticky rice powder blended with different colors. Experienced craftsmen usually use their hands and simple tools to form a variety of lifelike images. [Photo/IC]

Children show off their handmade dough flowers. Dough models come in a variety of colors and are small in size, making them easy to carry. Today, the models are not easy to mold, crack, distort, or fade. [Photo/IC]