I'm cleaning off some camera space. It has been so long since I touched any pictures of my own family, that the cards are nearly maxed with images waiting to be processed. I came across these and thought I should share. This was a super fun, fast and simple activity that Gage I completely one afternoon this winter. The directions we used can be found at AllKidsNetwork, but here are the pictures of Gage in action.
Here are the supplies we used. Stuff most of us have in the house at any given point. (BONUS!)
No dinosaurs were harmed in the making of this project. I robbed these toy dinosaurs out of our rice bucket, which is another popular winter/rainy day activity. Gage received it from a dear friend on his second birthday and its basically a tote with a 20lb bag of rice in it, along with toy dinosaurs, shovels, tractors, funnels and measuring cups. Let me know if you want more info - its a great way to blow an hour indoors! Anyway, these little buddies washed right up when we were finished with them.
Gage was able to measure and dump all of the ingredients by himself. The dough is pretty stiff, so I helped with the mixing and rolling. These photos were taken on January 12, which for point of reference is 2 days before my birthday, and this year was sometime before we replaced that peach door and window into the porch. What a relief to get rid of some more paint-layered fixtures/trim!
It was much less messy than you might think!
Making it look this easy is hard work. Ha!
We tried the dinosaur prints with Gage's hand (hold fingers 2+3 and 4+5 together when you press down). In the oven, they puffed up funny like there was a big air bubble where he pushed his palm in. Hopefully next time, we can perfect the process. Still fun!
Little buddies are ready to bake! They turned out pretty cute. We even painted a few, but I either didn't get pictures or haven't pulled them off a card yet.
A few things we'll do different next time.
- include Max - he would have loved this! It was fast enough to start, finish and clean up during nap time though so he missed out.
- roll the dough thin, cut into shapes and them form the fossil. I thought they should be thicker to get more of the creature pressed in, but they would likely have baked better had they been flatter.
- adjust baking time, they were still a little soft in the center and probably should have been baked a bit longer.
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