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Coffee Ground Fossils

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of used coffee grounds
  • 1/2 cup of cold coffee
  • 1 cup of flour
  • 1/2 cup of salt
  • Small dinosaur figurines

Directions:

  1. Stir ingredients until well mixed.
  2. Knead the dough together.
  3. Mold dough around a dinosaur figurine, covering it completely.
  4. Press your dinosaurs firmly into the dough.
  5. The boys should carefully pull the "dirt" away from their "fossil" using toothpicks or a toothbrush and water.
  6. For harder products, let the fossil dry overnight; it will still be slightly soft (not rock hard).
  7. For softer products, place them in a sealed container until used.
 

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