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Tuesday 1 November 2011

Dinosaur 'fossils'

My mum and I went to a community course many many moons ago to make salt dough creations and I remember having great fun. So when I was trying to work out a way to do dinosaur 'fossil' imprints I thought - salt dough!

It's super easy to make and fun to play with. All you need is 300 g flour, 200 ml water and 300 g salt. Mix it all up, roll it out and go for it!

Master D got a slab of the dough and using his mini dinosaur toys made 'fossil' imprints. Next we used a dinosaur cookie cutter to make larger t-rex outlines (we tried using it properly but the hands and tail kept breaking).


Since we had extra salt dough I couldn't resist doing Little Miss Q's foot and hand print :-) And she was a very obliging model. Then we popped our creations in the oven at 180° for around 30 minutes.


The next day we got painting - using pva paint (1 part pva glue and 2 parts poster paint). Here are our results:


We might keep this in mind for Christmas decorations too! And here is one of Master D's paintings using his mini dinos as paint brushes:

After this he painted his arms green to 'go dino'!

Thanks for reading, Kelly

12 comments:

  1. Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com)2 November 2011 at 05:20

    Those are awesome! Last year we did a dinosaur unit where we made fossils too, but I love that you took it a step further & painted them too! I would love for you to link this & other kid-friendly stuff at my TGIF Linky Party on Friday - http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/search/label/Linkey%20Parties
    ~Beth

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  2. Rebekah @ The Golden Gleam2 November 2011 at 12:32

    What a great idea!!! I need to try this soon as we love making things with salt dough.

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  3. Anonymous4 November 2011 at 22:55

    How cute & clever. We will have to do these when we study dinosaurs! Oh, I found you at TGIF Linky Party.
    Megan

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  4. Anonymous5 November 2011 at 00:58

    this is a really cool idea! Will be passing it on to a friend with a dino mad little one!

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  5. martianne5 November 2011 at 01:31

    So fun! We like to freeze dinos in ice and then excavate them. We also make time machines - such as the one at http://traininghappyhearts.blogspot.com/2010/08/time-machine-to-dinos.html

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  6. The "Good Eater" Teacher5 November 2011 at 06:06

    Ooohh... I know how I'll be keeping my two year old busy next week when I need a few minutes to get something done- he will LOVE this!

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  7. The "Good Eater" Teacher5 November 2011 at 08:13

    Hi there... I linked to your post in my "learning from others" post today. http://teachinggoodeaters.blogspot.com/2011/11/learning-from-others.html

    I used one of your pictures- please let me know if it's a problem and I'll remove it!

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  8. Unknown5 November 2011 at 15:23

    These are so cool! I love the hand and footprints too! Thanks for sharing.

    Stopped in from the TGIF Linky Party.

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  9. Carrie6 November 2011 at 12:50

    How fun!! Thank you for sharing it at Crafty Moms Share!

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  10. Tammie8 November 2011 at 04:44

    Love this idea and love your blog! I'm your newest stalker :) In fact, I think this is so cool that I'm going to send it to a friend who does children's art projects at a museum! This would be a big hit!

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  11. Emma @sciencesparks10 November 2011 at 09:16

    Fab idea! I love salt dough.

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  12. Emma @mummymummymum10 November 2011 at 09:17

    My children would love that. We love dinosaurs and salt dough. x

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