Spotting Salt Dough Fossils in the Staff Room
Whilst on a school visit to conduct two dinosaur workshops with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) classes at our school in Yorkshire, our sharp-eyed dinosaur expert spotted some super salt dough fossils made by the Reception-aged children.
Salt Dough Fossils on Display
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
For dinosaur themed toys and games: Dinosaur Toys, Games and Gifts.
Toy Dinosaurs Used to Make Salt Dough Fossils
Salt dough is made by combining plain flour with salt in a ratio of 2.5 to 1 (two and a half cups of flour to a one cup of salt), place the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl and combine using a little water until a doughy consistency is created.
Take the dough out of the bowl and knead it until it is very pliable then push a dinosaur model into the salt dough to create an impression of the prehistoric animal. These can be placed onto a baking tray and baked at 180 degrees Celsius (gas mark 4), for a few minutes to permit the dough to dry out. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling tray, perhaps they can be left overnight.
Children can then collect their own fossil, which can be marked with their name using a felt pen, these make a fantastic display in an impromptu dinosaur museum that has been set up in the classroom.
Our congratulations to Royal and Supreme classes for their beautiful fossils.
Visit the Everything Dinosaur website: Everything Dinosaur.