Ceramic houses are like little pots that are made out of clay and then baked in a hot oven. Imagine playing with clay and making a little house out of it! The clay starts out squishy and easy to mold, but when it gets heated up, it gets really hard like a rock.
People make ceramic houses because they can be really cute decorations for your home or garden. You can even use them to store things like little candies or pens!
The process of making a ceramic house is kind of like making a cake. First, you mix together all the ingredients (clay, water, and sometimes other things like sand or coloring). Then, you use your hands to shape the clay into a little house, just like you would pour cake batter into a pan.
After that, you have to let the clay dry out a little bit so it's not so squishy anymore. This can take a while, kind of like when you leave a cake out to cool. Once the clay is dry, you can put it in a special oven called a kiln.
The kiln is REALLY hot, like as hot as a dragon's breath! When you put the clay house in there, it gets baked at a high temperature for a few hours. This makes the clay really hard and durable, so it won't break easily.
When the house is finished baking, it comes out of the oven all shiny and pretty. You can paint it or add other special touches to make it look even more cute and unique. And then you have your very own ceramic house that you made all by yourself!