D is for Dinosaur Eggs
April 5th 2011 11:55
Do you know kids who are crazy about Dinosaurs? Dabble in discovery by making a set of dinosaur eggs. A to Z blogging challenge letter of the day is D...and the word of the day is Dinosaur.
To make Dinosaur Eggs you will need;
2 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 cups of dirt
1 cup sand
1 1/2 cups of salt
water
small plastic toy dinosaurs
hammer
Instructions;
1. Mix all the dry ingredients together (flour, dirt, salt and sand).
2. Gradually stir in enough water so that the mix holds together .
3. Shape handfuls of dough around the small plastic dinosaurs in the form of egg shapes.
4. Let eggs dry about 4 days in a cool dry spot. Turn the eggs daily as they dry to ensure that they dry evenly.
5. Hide the eggs in the yard for kids to discover.
6. Kids can open the hard dinosaur eggs to find what is inside by cracking it with a rock, or a small hammer.
Check out Planet Dinosaur for more dinosaur information...or gather a stack of books from your local library.
If dinosaurs aren't their thing...fill small handfuls of this dough with play coins and hide these in a sand box. Kids can search for buried treasure.
To make Dinosaur Eggs you will need;
2 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 cups of dirt
1 cup sand
1 1/2 cups of salt
water
small plastic toy dinosaurs
hammer
Instructions;
1. Mix all the dry ingredients together (flour, dirt, salt and sand).
2. Gradually stir in enough water so that the mix holds together .
3. Shape handfuls of dough around the small plastic dinosaurs in the form of egg shapes.
4. Let eggs dry about 4 days in a cool dry spot. Turn the eggs daily as they dry to ensure that they dry evenly.
5. Hide the eggs in the yard for kids to discover.
6. Kids can open the hard dinosaur eggs to find what is inside by cracking it with a rock, or a small hammer.
Check out Planet Dinosaur for more dinosaur information...or gather a stack of books from your local library.
If dinosaurs aren't their thing...fill small handfuls of this dough with play coins and hide these in a sand box. Kids can search for buried treasure.
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