DIY Dinosaur Fossils. Over Christmas Monkey had a school take-home activity, aka homework all to do with dinosaurs. There were several activities that they suggested but one really struck an interest in Monkey – Dinosaur Fossils. Rather than use clay, I opted to make some salt dough. Now I don’t have a great record with salt dough, I think I must always overcook it. Inevitably my lovely flat disks into slightly raised, uneven, potholed tea cakes!
How to make your own DIY Dinosaur Fossils
This time however I seem to have found a consistency which works and all apart from one came out as pictured. To be honest though since they were meant to be Fossils being a bit uneven would probably not hurt! To make the salt dough Monkey helped me to mix
- 2 cups of plain flour
- 1 cup of table salt
- 3/4 cup of water added gradually. I actually used slightly more than this
He really enjoyed kneading the dough. Once mixed I helped Monkey to divide the dough into eight pieces as we had eight miniature dinosaurs. We then shaped them into round disks about half an inch thick. Monkey could not wait to make the in-print of the dinosaur on the dough. He got a little overzealous at times and I had to do a little fixing up otherwise the dinosaur acted a little bit like a cookie cutter!
I popped them in the oven at 180 degrees on baking parchment and kept an eye on them until they went a light tan colour. Monkey decided that he didn’t want to send them all to school and we kept two at home which he painted. One has now been given to Kipper for his new room, the other sits proudly on the window sill.
I think they came out very well, although I prefer the unpainted versions. A very simple craft but one he likes to talk about. They did show and tell at school the morning he took them in and he was very proud of his creation.
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I seen these pictures on Instagram – they look amazing! I keep meaning to make some salt dough. I am going to save this post for a rainy weekend! #sharingthebloglove
I love these, what a great idea!
That is such a fun idea, I love it! You definitely got a good consistency with the salt dough there, the imprints came out so well. #sharingthebloglove
Those have come out looking so good! I’ve not braved salt dough yet, although Max has done it at nursery and clearly loved it (judging by how many times he pointed to his Christmas tree decoration and told me he made it anyway!). That’s so lovely that he gave one to Kipper too! Thanks for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
This look great and came out very well! Like something from the Jurassic Coast…. just smaller. #SharingTheBlogLove
These are ace ! Will be a big hit with the boys too