Dinosaur Rescue

Materials Needed:
Plastic containers (e.g. ice cream, sour cream, cool whip)
Plastic dinosaurs (small)
Salt
Eyedroppers
Food coloring

What to Do:
Freeze approximately two inches of water in assorted size containers.
Place small plastic dinosaurs on top of frozen water.
Add two more inches of water on top of frozen water and dinosaurs and freeze again.
Add another layer of dinosaurs and keep repeating the process until the containers are full.
Remove frozen ice blocks from containers and place in sensory table.
Mix water, salt, and food coloring in small containers.
Provide children with craftsticks and eye droppers and invite children to drip the colored salt water using the eye droppers onto the ice blocks to help "rescue" the dinosaurs. The craft sticks can be used to help with the digging through the ice.

* Notes: Plan ahead! While this activity takes some advance preperation time, in our experience the end results were well worth the investment! You may choose to let the children keep the dinosaurs that they "rescue".