The big activity for our dinosaur day is always a fossil dig. This is a more advanced version of the basic fossil dig activity where your kids will need to extract fossils from a rock matrix rather than sift them from dirt. Pick a spot in you garden or yard that you don't mind digging up. I usually reserve someplace where I know I'm going to have to reseed/patch or a spot in the garden I'm going to want to till and replant. This activity takes more patience so it isn't always best for the younger ones - we spent 4 hours excavating. It gives your kids a bit more of an appreciation for how painstaking fossil excavation work can be without being so difficult that it loses their interest.
What you'll need
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Setting up
Set up when the kinds aren't watching. I usually do it at night after they've gone to bed. It is a bit of a pain, especially if it is dark, but having them wake up to a prepared dig site adds to the excitement.
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The dig
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