Digging for dinosaurs would be a fun way to keep bored grade school age kids occupied this summer and with the DIY tutorial from Paper Vine using Plaster of Paris, a hammer, cheap safety glasses some dollar store dinosaurs you can create the same experience with your youngster.
The above a "sandpit" method where the mixture is poured in the sand with the plastic dinosaurs and it took the blogger's son nearly a week to chisel through. Or if you are an don't have space or you just want to occupy a few children for a few hours you can use smaller molds and put a dinosaur in each mold.
