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Make Your Own Dinosaur out of Chicken Bones: Foolproof Instructions for Budding Paleontologists

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A wonderful project, and a clear and well-written book. Do not expect to finish quickly -- we spent many hours over many months cleaning, sorting, cutting, and assembling a beautiful 'apatosaurus.' Kids of all ages (mine are 3 and 5) can get involved, from enthusiastically finishing their chicken dinners to cleaning and sorting and assembling the new family pet.

I should note that if you have a Dremel or similar moto-tool, you'll find a lot of the cutting and sanding easier (and you'll have less bone-boiling).

I am a 21 year old biology major and this is one of the best science books I've ever purchased. I have always loved books that involved cut-and-paste but this one is the best. You end up with an actual model of a dinosaur as well as extensive knowledge of skeletal anatomy, dinosaur and bird facts, and how to roast a chicken!

This book is a bit of a read for younger children but a great togetherness project book. This is definitely something to plan ahead for. If you have younger kids that love dinosaurs, they will love this book. It may stretch their patience but how many kids can say they have their own dinosaur skeleton. Teens will be able to put their dinosaur together by themselves. The dinosaur you build in this book is an Apatosaurus. There are recipes in the back of the book that you can use to eat up all of your chickens that you need. It takes about four young chickens to make this dinosaur. Like I said, this is a plan ahead project and takes time to complete. If you are the creative sort, you could build other dinosaurs.

14 year old grandson loved it, but may need some help creating the necessary clean, dry chicken bones. Cute idea and we will try it soon

We haven't built the model yet, but my 13 yr old is crazy for this book. Very interesting reading.