How to Make Dinosaur Eggs
These Fun Dino Eggs Have a Tiny Dinosaur Inside
Dinosaurs have held a fascination for kids of all ages for eons. There is something mystical about those huge roaming beasts of the past. If your child is one of these children who is totally enthralled with dinosaurs consider making these dinosaur eggs as a fun and easy kid's craft. This kid's craft also makes an excellent activity to include with a science study on creation, dinosaurs or even mythical creatures. These dino eggs are perfect for a birthday party with a dinosaur theme, too.
Dinosaur Eggs are a Great Science Project
What you need:
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup used coffee grinds
- 1/2 cup salt
- 1/4 cup sand
- 3/4 cup water
- mixing bowl
- small plastic toy dinosaurs
What you do:
1. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
2. Slowly add the water and knead with your hands until the mixture is like bread dough.
3. Break off a piece of dough and roll it into approximately the size of a tennis ball.
4. Make a hole with your finger in the center of the ball big enough to hide the dinosaurs inside.
5. Put a tiny dinosaur inside of each egg. Plug the hole with some extra dough.
6. You can let your dinosaur egg air dry for several days until hard. If you are in a hurry you can choose to bake the dinosaur egg in the oven on a cookie sheet at 150 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
NOTE: If you want them you eggs colored add 1 tablespoon of powder tempera paint to tint your eggs when mixing different colors.
Here are some more fun activities to do with a dinosaur unit :
- Hide the dinosaurs and take your friends on a fossil hunt.
- Build a diorama and make some miniature dinosaurs eggs to place in the scene.
- Create a poster of different types of dinosaurs.
- Read several books on dinosaurs and write a book report.
- Make a poster on your favorite dinosaur.
- Watch the movie Land Before Time or another dinosaur movie
- Build a model of a dinosaur.
- Hang a long strip of newsprint paper all along one wall in your house or classroom. Paint or draw a mural of a dinosaurs in their natural habitat.
- Create your own dinosaur and give it a name. Tell what it does, eats, where it lives, etc.
Dinosaurs can be a lot of fun. This interesting kid's craft brings the world of art and crafts to the classroom or home school. It adds a hands-on dimension to science that brings fun to learning.
