Dinosaur diorama

Dinosaur
diorama
EED:
W H AT Y O U W I L L N
Create a tiny dinosaur
landscape - inside a jar!
This challenge
also requires:
White Paper
Pencil
Ruler
Clean, dry jar with a lid (and no label)
Clay or plasticine
Leaves and twigs (either real or plastic)
Selection of small dinosaur figures
We found that
cheap dinosaur figures
were easily available
at our local £1 shop.
TIP:
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Use the lid as a base. Place it upside-down and
mould two lumps of clay inside to make a pai
‘rocks’ as the basis for the scene.
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Check that the jar
fits over the rocks before
continuing.
TIP:
Prodding small holes
with a toothpick or th
e sharp
end of a pencil will he
lp you to
position them securely.
TIP:
2
Push twigs and leaves into the clay ‘rocks’ so
they look like trees and bushes.
A LT E R N AT I V
E : If you
don’t have any plastic
plants
you could use real ones
from
your garden or local pa
rk.
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3
Add your dinosaurs to the scene by arranging
them into a dramatic pose.
TIP:
Push them into the
clay a little bit so that they
don’t fall over.
4
If you’re using the template background at the
end of these instructions, print it out and place
on a table. Using the jar as a guide, mark out with
a pencil and ruler a rectangle to fit inside the jar.
Instead of
uld draw
the template you co
or cut one
your own background
out of a magazine.
A LT E R N AT I
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Cut out your background. Put it inside the jar so
that it curls around the back, with the picture
facing inwards.
If your background is
too big for your jar remar
k and
recut the rectangle small
er.
TIP:
6
Carefully lower the jar over the rocks and tighten
the lid, making sure the paper background
doesn’t cover up your dramatic scene!
If you used wet
clay, you might want to
wait until it dries.
TIP:
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COM PL ET E D!
Once finished, you can use the diorama as a
paper-weight, or simply admire it on a shelf in
your room.
If you have another spare jar, and more
dinosaurs, you could make another dramatic,
dino scene.
DID YOU KNOW?
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for
over 160 million years
Don’t forge
t to show yo
ur
grandparen
t you did th
e
challenge b
y taking a p
hoto and
sending the
picture bac
k to them
using the G
ingersnap A
pp.
What do you call a
dinosaur with one eye?
Doyouthinkhesawus!
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Background template
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