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Buddy loves his dinosaurs, so this summer, I made a dinosaur dig for him. I originally saw the idea for dinosaur archaeology on Busy Toddler’s blog. As soon as I read that blog post, I knew I needed to try it!

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The dinosaur dig was made with cloud dough, which is a 8:1 flour to oil ratio. I used four cups of flour and a half cup of canola oil. After I mixed everything together, I didn’t feel like it was firm enough, so I added a little more oil. Then I buried five of Buddy’s small dinosaurs in the cloud dough, and set out a spoon for digging and a paint brush for dusting off the dinosaurs.

Buddy was so excited to find the buried dinos! He dug around with his spoon until he hit something. Then he dug it out and brushed it off carefully with the paint brush. 

Once Buddy found all of the dinosaurs, he wanted to keep playing. So he buried the dinosaurs again and dug them out… over and over! I gave Buddy a small paper cup and showed him how to make “sand castles” with it. That added an extra layer of fun to the activity. 
Eventually, Buddy asked for his large dinosaurs to join the party. Because when you’re three, more dinosaurs = more fun. 

Buddy played with the dinosaurs and the cloud dough for more than an hour. By the time we were done, it was a huge mess. But it was worth it because Buddy had so much fun! We put the cloud dough away in a Tupperware container, and I hope we will be able to reuse it again in the future.

Do you have any other ideas for sensory play? Please share in the comments.