Dino Fossils

Materials:
  • Very fine potting soil
  • White glue
  • Pasta
  • Scrap of felt
  • Styrofoam plate or tray
  • Measuring cup
  • scissors
Dinosaur fossils
Directions:
  1. Mix one cup of potting with enough glue to make it stick together.
  2. Mold it into a ball then press it down flat until it is about a half inch thick.
  3. Press the pasta shapes into the dirt making a dinosaur design.
  4. When your design is complete cover the fossils with a layer of glue.
  5. When the dirt and glue dries remove from the Styrofoam and cover the bottom with a scrap of felt.
  6. Drying time could take two or more days.
  7. Recommended pastas are: Penne, elbow, large elbow, rigatoni, ditali, radiatore, and gemelli.
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