12 Awesome and Educational Fossil Gifts you can grab for kids any age this holiday season! Or any season! Who wouldn't love a REAL Dinosaur Bone?? I mean seriously! We've compiled a big list of 12 items that kids flip out over when they see them in our store's physical location. Be the best gift-giver ever and scroll through our gift giving guide!
Let's start with my personal favorites:
Utah Rocks! Identification Game
I love this kit because it contains real geological specimens with identification cards and a Matching Key poster that makes it easy to understand how to not only identify minerals that are in the kit, but any minerals your child might find in the future with some simple process of elimination steps. This kit is for anyone 5 years and older. You can get this here for $25
This is probably the best selling item on the In Stone Fossils website because you can feel like a real Paleontologist by excavating your very own fossil. This isn't one of those plaster-of-paris bricks that are filled with random rocks or fossils for you to pick at (But we will mention a really fun one below!) because this is a REAL fossil fish from the In Stone Fossils private quarry. All you need is a pinvice tool, or something moderately sharp. Because of this I give the kit a 9 years and older requirement because of the sharp object you'll need to purchase, but this can really be for any age old or young. Fantastic gift that will take many hours to complete! You can grab your own here starting at $19
Fossil Excavation Kit - Reveal 9 Real Fossils
These are really great for our little paleontologists and geologists who want to experience what real fossil digging is all about! Reveal 9 REAL fossils with a picking chisel and brush to carve away the matrix (plaster) and brush away any grit to reveal your real fossils aging from the Devonian to the Paleocene! Get it here for $18
This one is super great, you get all the popular fossils a kid would ever want! A shark tooth, a trilobite, ammonite, and fossil fish! And you can grab it here for $18
How cool is that? Hold your own REAL dinosaur bone in your hands!! We love this gift because when that moment finally dawns on the gift recipient... "WOW a REAL Dinosaur BONE?!" Yes. You can get yours here and it's only $5 and comes with an identification card!
These were squid that lived during the Devonian period (around 370 Million Years Ago, 300 Million Years before Dinosaurs). Orthoceras are extinct "straight" cephalopods that lived inside of their shell, had tentacles they could use to grab food and used jet propulsion, squirting water to move. These are an awesome inexpensive gift you can get here for just $9
Wear a piece of ancient history! Lower Cretaceous (145 to 100 million years old) and was collected near Toliara (Tulear) in Southwestern Madagascar. Perfect for anyone who would be proud to wear their fossil obsession! You can grab one here for just $9
Break your own geode offers fun for everyone and suspense as you wait to see what is revealed inside your very own geode! You can get these here for just $3 each!
Tumbled Stones Starter Kit includes Mineral Identification Poster
These are great for little first time rock hounders just getting interested in stones. Receive a tube of random tumbled stones complete with identification chart. Expand your education into geology and mineral identification with this fun starter kit. You can get these here for $12
Last but not least...
How about a tooth that once belonged to the LARGEST species of shark to ever hunt the oceans... MEGALODON! You can look through what's available here
O. megalodon was not only the biggest shark in the world, but one of the largest fish ever to exist. Estimates suggest it grew to between 15 and 18 meters in length, three times longer than the largest recorded great white shark.
We hope you loved our favorite gifts for those who are so interested in the natural world!