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Paleontology for Kids- Digging Up Dinosaur Bones

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An paleontology project we did recently that was a lot of fun was a dinosaur dig.  It went right along with all of our ancient history studies!  If you want to dig up some dinosaur bones with your kids, you will love this cool activity!

My sister & I both homeschool, and have been trying to get together with our kids to do hands-on projects.  This is the first one that we did.  It was a great success and the kids really had fun with it.

digging for dinosaur bones- archaeology for kids

 

How to Make Dinosaur Bones:

My sister made the dinosaur bones ahead of time for our project, but don’t worry, I got all of the instructions for you!

Supplies:

Jumbo Popsicle Sticks
Cotton Balls
Masking Tape

dinosaur dig with homemade dinosaur bones

To make the dinosaur bones, you just use jumbo popsicle sticks & cotton balls and masking tape. Tape the cotton balls on with several layers of masking tape to secure them.

At this time of year you are likely to find some cheap plastic halloween style bones in the stores, if you want a short-cut version of this activity.

Once the bones were all made, we buried them in my backyard.

Give them some tools: Small shovels and paint brushes will make them feel like real archaeologists! My kids love going to our local dinosaur museum to watch real archaeologists in action.  They also have a sand box area there with bones to discover.

The kids had a great time finding them- we left a little of the bone exposed so they didn’t have too hard of a time finding them.

how to make homemade dinosaur bones

After they found them, they reburied them for each other.

digging up dinosaur bones
I do think that one was never found, however…
archaeology for kids_ digging up dinosaur bones

See Another Fun Dinosaur Bone Activity: Making Dinosaur Fossils

Or try this STEM project to go with the Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Book!

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