These homemade fossils were a huge hit!! A wonderful way to experience first hand how dinosaur fossils actually look like even if they’re just pretend. It’s the best way to teach little kiddos how fossils were formed and how dinosaurs were dug by scientists.
Recipe for my fossil dough:
1. Make a 3/4 cup instant coffee (need not to be hot).
2. 1 and a half cup of flour
3. Half cup of salt
Mix everything, just like how you do with play dough.
Press press press those dino figures in the dough :)
Bake the dough (after pressing the dino in the dough) at 180C for 30-35mins.
Linking to:
This is fabulous! I love your creativity! Thanks so much for linking up with Montessori Monday. I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page and pinned it to my Dinosaur Unit Study Board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/dinosaur-unit-study/
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this idea! I think it would be a great one, as my children would have a blast digging them out and then getting to keep the 'fossils' after. I can already see doing this with many other things, frogs, bugs, etc - to show the same thing. Thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeletelove it thanks a lot xxx
ReplyDeleteI love that you used coffee for your dinosaur fossil dough! What a great way to add color, texture, and aroma! Love it =-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to TGIF! Have a GREAT day =-)
Beth
Thank you so much! Feels good to know you're liking it :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so much fun! I love it!
ReplyDeletehow much does one recipe yield?
ReplyDeleteIt yielded around 6-8 cookie sized fossils :)
DeleteThis looks like so much fun! Love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Love this idea!
ReplyDeleteOh what a fun idea to use instant coffee! We used a sand play dough for ours, but I loved the aged look the coffee lends your fossils.
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed at how much detail comes out when you imprint miniature animals, but I've never thought to use coffee for that natural brown look. Love this idea.
ReplyDeleteAwesome recipe! This looks like a lot of fun!
ReplyDelete