Frozen Dinosaur Eggs!
To make your own you will need:...
Balloons (the larger sized ones work best – we used 30cm rounds)
Small Plastic Dinosaur Toys
Water
Food dye (optional)
Hammer
Safety goggles
Step 1
Take your toy Dinosaurs and insert them into the balloons…at first this will seem difficult, but once you get onto the second one it’s very easy! Just gradually worm the balloon over the Dinosaur ensuring to be a little gentle as you don’t want to pierce the balloon with any spiky dino parts.
Step 2
Take your Dino-stuffed balloon and fill it with water!
You can also add a few drops of food colouring at this point for extra effect!
Step 3
Transport your future frozen fossils (or FFF’s as we call them in the business ; ) to the freezer and let them freeze over night.
Step 4
Once frozen, pull the balloon off the frozen egg…you might need scissors to get it started, but once it starts coming off, it’s really quite easy.
Step 5
Take a hammer and start excavating to get to those Dinosaurs!
We started out with some very child friendly plastic hammers, but they were really not doing the job! So then we tried using a standard ‘Dad’ hammer and it worked a treat! (please note, I gave strict instructions to Master 5 before he started and we also used safety goggles – I highly recommend you do the same…there is no fun in injuries!)
http://pagingfunmums.com/2013/09/30/frozen-dinosaur-eggs/
Small Plastic Dinosaur Toys
Water
Food dye (optional)
Hammer
Safety goggles
Step 1
Take your toy Dinosaurs and insert them into the balloons…at first this will seem difficult, but once you get onto the second one it’s very easy! Just gradually worm the balloon over the Dinosaur ensuring to be a little gentle as you don’t want to pierce the balloon with any spiky dino parts.
Step 2
Take your Dino-stuffed balloon and fill it with water!
You can also add a few drops of food colouring at this point for extra effect!
Step 3
Transport your future frozen fossils (or FFF’s as we call them in the business ; ) to the freezer and let them freeze over night.
Step 4
Once frozen, pull the balloon off the frozen egg…you might need scissors to get it started, but once it starts coming off, it’s really quite easy.
Step 5
Take a hammer and start excavating to get to those Dinosaurs!
We started out with some very child friendly plastic hammers, but they were really not doing the job! So then we tried using a standard ‘Dad’ hammer and it worked a treat! (please note, I gave strict instructions to Master 5 before he started and we also used safety goggles – I highly recommend you do the same…there is no fun in injuries!)
http://pagingfunmums.com/2013/09/30/frozen-dinosaur-eggs/