Keeping and Displaying Your Fossils
There are many ways of displaying
the fossils that you have dug up. For
example, you can place them in a
display case on a piece of black or
white paper or a piece of black velvet.
Real fossil collectors, though, save
their treasures individually in small
boxes and also label them with their
correct names.
You can easily make boxes like these
yourself. You just need a sheet of
heavy paper (ideally 32-lb paper
from the stationery store, although
printer paper works too), scissors, and
a ruler.
1. For each box, cut a piece of paper 10
cm by 10 cm (4 in. by 4 in.) in size.
2. Fold the sheet diagonally, or from
one corner to the opposite corner, and
then fold the paper back again.
3. Fold each corner to the center and
leave folded.
4. Fold one side to the center and then
do the same with the opposite side.
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