How Do You Make A Fossil At Home?
Making fossils at home combines arts and crafts with science for an interesting activity. Adults create beautiful and interesting works of art with this activity when completing it as a grown-up craft. With children, you might also include math and discuss the ratios required when measuring and mixing the plaster. Initiate discussions about the consistencies of liquids, different types of art model making materials, and the science of archeology with this fun fossil making craft. Pour about an inch of sand into each of the bowls in which you want to make a fossil. Use a spoon to smooth out the sand and make a small depression in it. Place your object from nature gently on the depression in the sand. Mix the Plaster of Paris solution in a bowl or container. A container with a spout works best for pouring into the bowls. Use a mixture of half water and half Plaster of Paris. Stir with an old spoon until it dissolves and begins to thicken to the consistency of buttermilk or eggnog. Carefu
