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Make Your Own Fossils & Activity Sheet


Team GCM Member, Caroline is here to teach you how to make your very own dinosaur fossils at home! And for the younger kiddos, we have a fun Connect-the-Dots dino activity sheet!

Items Needed:

½ Cup Soil
1 Cup Flour 
¾ Cup water
Parchment Paper 
Kitchen Utensils
Paintbrush or makeup brush 
Dinosaur toys

Instructions:

  1. Mix ingredients together in a larger bowl until combined. The mixture should have a sticky consistency.
  2. Collect a ball of dough similar to the size of a golf ball and flatten the mixture out in your hand.
  3. Press dinosaur toy into the mixture. Cover toy completely with the mixture.
  4. Set newly formed fossil on a piece of parchment paper.
  5. Repeat steps 2-4 until all of the mixture has been used.
  6. Either place fossils in a sunny spot and wait until they have a hard shell, or bake at 275 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes.
  7. Break apart fossils with a kitchen utensil and dust of excess mixture with a brush just like a paleontologist would do! 

Click the image to download and share your kiddo’s creations with the hashtag #GCMatHome

Team GCM Creators: Caroline & Lauren