How to Make a Fossil

Fossils are precious and dead so Room 5 made our own.

You need:

Clay,

Small plastic container,

Shells,

Plaster of Paris,

Gold spray paint,

A thin piece of metal,

An old cloth.

What to do.

First press the clay into the small plastic container until it is 1½ cms deep.

Next push the shells into the clay

and pull them out.

Then make the hook.

Now ask an adult to pour the Plaster of Paris in until it is 1½-2 cms deep.

After that lightly place the hook in the Plaster of Paris so you can hang it up.

After a few days pat it on the bottom and it will fall out. When it has fallen out, peel the clay off the Plaster of Paris.

Eventually the Plaster of Paris will have dried so you can spray the gold paint on.

Finally when the gold paint has dried you can put the black paint on and quickly rub it of with the old cloth.

Now it is done so you can hang it up.