Prehistoric Arts & Craft
Dates
17 December – 31 January | 10am – 3pm
Free - $4
Suitable for all ages
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Discover amazing animal adaptations, and peculiar lifecycles, and marvel at the scale and variety of animals past and present.
Fascinating fossils from the Museum’s collection sit side by side with children’s activities in the Prehistoric Precinct. Construct a dinosaur mask, reconstruct a mystery animal from a bag of bones and explore dinosaur storybooks.
Lots of immersive, hands-on fun at the Museum of the Great Southern these summer school holidays.
Dinosaur Hand Puppet:
Cut, score, staple, and fold to make a colourful dinosaur hand puppet.
Prehistoric Plasters:
Use your creative flair to paint a Trilobite, Tyrannosurs rex, or a Stegosaurus. Fossils come in all shapes and sizes. Find out how scientists are trying to investigate what colours dinosaurs might have been.
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145–66 million years ago, the Earth was a very different place. With your cameras at the ready, prepare to enter a world ruled by dinosaurs!