Skullduggery Eyewitness Kit Fossilworks Casting Kit

by Skullduggery

Product Features

• Learn about fossils
• Comes with molds, casting material, paints, paint brush, glue, magnets and educational material
• Learn while having fun
• Make it yourself
• Display your creation

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 2.5 x 7.2 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000ISEL
• Item model number: 0540
• Manufacturer recommended age: 6 - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,612 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Kids can use this Eyewitness Kit to create four 3-D sea fossils from the Paleozoic era: a marine mollusk, a shark tooth, an ancient sea creature, and a marine animal that looks like a flower. Everything you need is included--an information booklet with instructions and lots of fun fossil facts, casting material, molding trays, paints, a paintbrush, glue, and magnets. Add magnets to the finished creations to make unusual refrigerator decorations. Younger kids will need a little help mixing up the casting medium, but older kids can handle this kit by themselves. A fun and educational way to combine crafts and science with A+ results! --Marcie Bovetz

Product Description

Fossilworks is an exciting activity kit that will help foster awareness and appreciation of the Earth's history. Discover how fossils are formed. Learn why fossils are important and what they can tell us about the Earth's past. Cast and finish four magnificent fossils, then display them on your refrigerator with the supplied magnets or glue the fossils on a surface of your choice. Comes with molds, casting material, paints, paint brush, glue, magnets and educational materials.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great classroom project - fun for the students, July 11, 2011

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Chanda Lowe (Moreno Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Skullduggery Eyewitness Kit Fossilworks Casting Kit (Toy)

Although the plastic tray seemed pretty lightweight and flimsy when I first opened the box, I have to say that I've really gotten my money's worth out of it. I've used this mold at least 30 or 40 times over the past year or so, and it's holding up great. I teach a summer school class on dinosaurs and fossils, and I use this kit as one of our activities to demonstrate mold/cast fossil formation. I make the plaster fossils, then give them to the children to paint and take home. They love it. I haven't actually opened the baggie of plaster that came with the set because it's far too small for the quantity of casts that I make. I've been using plaster of paris and mixing in a little bit of powdered LaHabra stucco color (available in a variety of colors) to tint the plaster, and it really turns out nice.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A bit expensive for what you get., July 6, 2010

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Laura K. Hewgley "LKH" (LKH) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Skullduggery Eyewitness Kit Fossilworks Casting Kit (Toy)

This was just a plastic tray with some holes in it to pour the plaster of paris into. It came with some paint and a paintbrush, but really there is not much to this kit. The book that came with it did not really seem to go with the fossils that we made.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Big Disappointment, December 21, 2009

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momoffour - See all my reviews

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Skullduggery Eyewitness Kit Fossilworks Casting Kit (Toy)

I bought this thinking it had somewhat durable molds to make plaster casts of fossils. The molds are cheap plastic and though it did make a decent cast it wasn't worth the money in my opinion.