Clay cup

Just received my parcel from my 1st host. Two of the things inside is cup and a snowman (there're still have other stuff inside). Both of it made by clay(pottery clay, not the clay I used). It takes about 1 or 2 months to dry. Actually I just only make the cup, because of the leftover clay, so I plan to make a snowman, a souvenir for my host family. But don't know why they sent it back to me. Hmmm... Maybe they confuse? Nevermind.