Paleontologist Starter Kit
Discover the ins-and-outs of a career in prehistoric exploration! Use tools to excavate bones, then assemble them into a dinosaur skeleton display. Make amazingly detailed fossil impressions with a set of mini dinosaurs, modeling clay, and plaster. Read about the geologic timescale, how fossils are formed, and the on-the-job adventures of a real paleontologist. Then hang up a poster featuring colossal fossil facts and some of the most dazzling dinosaurs of prehistory. Ready to dig in to all things dino?
Why it’s awesome
Dig into dinos
What’s inside? Excavate the dino bones and find out!
Hands-on science
Work with a real chisel, hammer, and mold-making material.
Colossal fossils
Discover some amazing prehistoric creatures.
What’s included?

Topics explored
Prehistoric creatures
Fossil formation
STEM professions
Additional details
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“We knew we HAD to have a dino dig! We're really happy with how it turned out. This is one of my all-time favorite crates.”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
34
Number of T. rexes excavated
1!
Real-life paleontologists interviewed
Reviews
4.9
46 reviews
Customer images

Ben
04/07/2023
My 5 year old daughter loved this kit! She enjoyed the excavation the most. The paleontologist notebook was also really cool! We also enjoyed making the dinosaur imprints.

Chris
02/15/2023
My nephew loved this kit!

Shaun
01/28/2023
This was hands down my kid’s favorite kit so far. She normally discards the books and gets right into it. She couldn’t get enough! I even had fun getting whacked with the mallet. She loved the book and chart. Especially the one that showed the size difference between kids and dinos.

Julie
01/22/2023
In the 2 years we have gotten Kiwi boxes this was by far the best!! She loved every second of completing this box!!! 10/10 loved this box!!

Katie's Grandma
01/03/2023
The rubber dinosaur parts don't stay together especially the feet but otherwise really cute

Thomas
12/27/2022
My 5 year old received this for Christmas and loved it! He needed help with the fossils and putting the dinosaur together but was able to dig up all the bones independently
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