These are a favorite to make in our house. The kids love to do them because they are easy and you can make fossils of anything you want. Since they are mixed and made into a dough it makes them easy to work with and shape into anything.
Materials Needed:
- 1 cup of used coffee grounds
- 1/2 cup of cold coffee
- 1 cup of flour
- 1/2 cup of salt
- Wax paper
- Mixing bowl
- Some small objects to make impressions in the dough
- Empty can or a butter knife
- Toothpicks, optional
- String to hang your fossil, optional
Instructions:
- Stir the together the coffee grounds, cold coffee, flour, and salt until well mixed.
- Knead the dough together and then flatten it out onto the waxed paper.
- Use the can to cut out circles of the dough or use the dull knife to cut slabs large enough to fit your fossil objects.
- Press your objects firmly into the dough. When you take the object out, you have your fossil. If you want to hang the fossil, poke holes into the edge to hold the string.
- Let the fossil dry up to two days and then hang it if you wish.
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This is a wonderful example of how versatile salt dough can be. I love coffee and my granddaughter loves playing with salt dough, so I will leave some coffee in the pot to make this for her. Thanks for sharing the recipe and the great photo.
this is the first time i ever seen a use to coffee ground except the compost. im not drinking coffee myself but i know where to get it when i want to try it.
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