DINOSAUR GAMES

Dinosaur charades:

• Write out the names of different dinosaurs on individual pieces of paper.
• Fold them and place them in a hat or bowl.
• Picks a piece of paper and then acts out the characteristics of his particular dinosaur. -
• For younger children that aren't yet reading, you could tear out pages from a dinosaur coloring book and use them instead of the written word.

Hatching dinosaur egg:

This game is similar to hot potato.

• Stand in a circle.
• One child is handed either a water balloon or a real egg to represent a dinosaur egg.
• Starts the music and the pass the balloon/egg to the next child.
• When the music is stopped the child holding the egg is out of the game.
• Continue playing until there is only one child left.

Make your own Dinosaur egg

This is a simple and fun recipe for dinosaur eggs that you can make at home.

You will need:

• 1 cup flour
• ½ cup salt
• ¼ cup sand
• 1 cup used coffee grinds
• ¾ cup water
• Fun dinosaur egg surprise (e.g. small dinosaur, toy or other treat)
• Mix flour, salt, sand the used coffee grinds together in a bowl.
• Slowly add water to the dry mixture and mix. knead
• Knead dough into a ball and roll to baseball size
• In the centre of the ball make a small hole to fill with treasure
• Cover the hole and the surprise, protecting it from the warm oven
• Bake in the oven at 300 for 15-20 minutes

POURING A CAST:

Just as the student participants in the Tumbler Ridge Dino Camps, you too can create a plaster cast using a few easy to find items and by following these instructions.

Casts can be made a number of ways using pre-made molds, by creating your own molds, or by even finding animal or human tracks in the sand. Two methods are described below. Both use many of the same materials the chief difference being that in the first the cast is made of a found footprint, preferably left in damp sand. The second suggests a method of creating a mold in which the cast is then poured.

You will need:

• Plaster of Paris
• Water
• Container for mixing plaster (cup, bowl or basin)
• Strips of cardboard

What you do:

For a found footprint or track

1	Make a collar around the print by carefully placing strips of cardboard around the print. You should press the strips into the sand. The collar will help to keep the plaster in and will make removing the cast a little easier.
2	The best tracks will be found in damp (not wet) sand or around a mud puddle that has begun to dry. These prints will be well defined and should cast easily.
3	Mix the plaster according to manufacturers instructions. The mixture should be about as thick as a milkshake.
4	Pour plaster evenly over the track to a depth of about 3-5 cm (1 / 1 1/2 inch).
5	Leave plaster to set, until hard enough to remove from sand. (this will vary according to plaster instructions)
6	Once you have removed the cast from the sand a gentle cleaning might be necessary. Use soft brushes or a rag.
7	Identify your track searching books and internet sources on animal tracks and foot prints.

If creating your own mold

You will also need: (these items are in addition to the list above)

• Plasticene
• Suggested items to make a mold from:
• Plastic specimens such as small animals or dinosaurs
• Chicken bones
• Shells

If you do not have a footprint or track-way to cast you can make a mold of just about any object using plasticene.

1. Carefully press your animal, shell or object into the plasticene so that a relief image of the object remains when pulled carefully away.
2. Now you have a relief mold of the object in which you can pour plaster and make a cast.
3. Following the pouring and casting instructions as above.

GOOD LUCK!