In total, you will need 70 small fossils, 60 medium fossils, 25 large fossils and 25 plant fossils. We are also visiting other areas in the Black Hills which were popular sites for finding fossils. If you're opening your museum to the public, you will probably need to hire a security guard. All contents © 2020 The Slate Group LLC. Marveling at How Quickly We Got to This “Space”. When titanosaurs roamed the earth, they weighed about 70 tons. You can visit science museums, natural history sites and even use the sandbox in your own backyard for a dino dig. Bury plastic dinosaur bones or other neat items in a sandbox or at the beach. During our upcoming summer vacation, we will be visiting Mammoth Site in South Dakota and my daughter will be participating in the Jr. paleontology dig (she’s very excited). Here are a few things we learned as we read: I’m sure you’re dying to know if we found anything. Don’t let the kids see where you place them so that they will be surprised when they ‘unearth’ the items. Today we’re featuring our book/activity idea for the Poppins Book Nook, a monthly book club that introduces new books and hands-on fun for your kids. You can visit science museums, natural history sites and even use the sandbox in your own backyard for a dino dig. We use cookies to make wikiHow great. We know ads can be annoying, but they’re what allow us to make all of wikiHow available for free. From there, the styrofoam replicas were used to make casts of fiberglass. Tracking a herbiboar's tracks in the Mushroom Forest. To begin our dig, we decided to use the 10 feet of dirt that was dumped on our back patio during some recent and not-so-welcome work on our house. There are many places where kids can pretend to be paleontologists and dig up dinosaur bones. If you do not live near any of these you can wait for a trip, collect everyday use rocks such a coal and limestone, or go to a special rock shop or gem show. Maybe have a donation box, instead of priced tickets. I remembered about that encounter, and what I theorized it could be. Looting giant clam shells and treasure chests underwater. You can also visit a number of locations that host fossil digs. Here's an example of one that we've used (please note - this is an affiliate link):  Smithsonian Diggin' Up Dinosaurs T-Rex. Go outside and find some weird looking rocks or find mud or clay and make your own weird shaped rock. We did find some really cool rocks but we’re not sure if any are actually fossils (there’s one potential in the bunch so I’m going to take it to someone who might know more). {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/a\/a6\/Create-a-Home-Museum-Step-1.jpg\/v4-460px-Create-a-Home-Museum-Step-1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/a\/a6\/Create-a-Home-Museum-Step-1.jpg\/aid5293374-v4-728px-Create-a-Home-Museum-Step-1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"