The Power of Parenting
Saturday, 20 March 2010
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Making a fossil from clay and plaster will inspire your child’s curiosity about the natural world. Here is an unusual craft that invites you to spend some Comfort, Play & Teach™ time being creative together!
You will need:
- Clay or firm modeling dough
- Small objects to press into the clay (e.g., pine cone, rock, twigs, toy dinosaurs)
- 2 cups Plaster of Paris
- 1 ¼ cups water
- Empty margarine container
Instructions:
- Press some clay or modeling dough into the bottom of the margarine container, to form a thick layer.
- Press different objects into the clay and then remove these once you are satisfied with the design you made.
- Combine the Plaster of Paris with water and then pour the mixture into the margarine container, completely covering the clay.
- When the Plaster of Paris has hardened, remove it from the margarine container. You will have created a fossil from the impressions made in the clay.
Enjoy this more with Comfort, Play & Teach™:
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Comfort:Involve your child in selecting a place to proudly display the fossil she made. Family members will have the chance to admire it and to ask about how she created it.
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Play:Go on a treasure hunt to find interesting materials to use for creating a fossil. What kinds of household objects or nature items will make interesting impressions in the clay?
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Teach:Visit a museum and look at actual prehistoric fossils. Talk about how fossils are created in nature and what they tell us about plants and creatures that lived long ago.
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