Learn somethingGood for siblings
Animal Footprint Fossils
Walk animals through flat dough and guess who left each track.
- Ages
- 2–7 yrs
- Play
- 10–30 min
- Prep
- 2 min
- Mess
- some
- Energy
- calm
- Where
- at the table
You’ll need
Mostly things you probably have at home.
- play doughGet it on Amazon
- toy animals or dinosaursGet it on Amazon
Optional
- a rolling pinGet it on Amazon
- a magnifying glassGet it on Amazon
How to play
Roll the dough out flat, like soft mud.
Walk one animal across it and lift it off. Look at the tracks.
Do the same with a second animal on another patch.
Turn away while they make a track, then guess which animal made it.
Swap. You make a track, and they play the scientist.
What it helps with
Keep it safe
- Small figures and dough are choking hazards for under-3s.
Make it different next time
- Press the animals in whole and let air-dry clay harden into a fossil to keep.
- Make a trail where two animals walked side by side and tell the story.
Cleanup: Wipe the animals with a damp cloth before they go back in the bin.
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- water
- a container to freeze in
