Make a Fossil



Category Crafts
Time to allocate (mins) 30
Outcome Cubs will be able to make plaster of paris moulds - useful for Naturalist badge
Resources

Tubs/polystyrene plates  
Sand  (kiddie's play sand is ideal)
Plaster of Paris (mixed up with brown paint and water)

Items that look like fossils that can be used to create mould/pictures of fossils for children to create own

Instructions

Cubs to put sand in their containers (slightly damp) and then mould their fossil shapes.  Once complete, pour in the plaster of paris and put aside to harden.  Once hard, take plaster of paris out of sand.



Entry written by Sharon Venn of 1st Randburg