DIY Craft: Fun Dinosaur Themed Activities for Your Little Paleontologist

Do you have a dinosaur obsessed kid? I do! And because of that, we’ve done quite a number of dinosaur-related activities.

Sharing with you guys some ideas for fun dinosaur activities that your little paleontologist would surely enjoy!

1. Archaeological Dig at Home

What you need:

• Sand (Kinetic sand will be perfect)
• Box / Sand box / Sand table
• Small dinosaur figures: Got ours from @thecrafterteacher
• Brush and digging tools

How:

• Bury all the small dinosaur
• Let your child look for the items using the digging tools
• TIP: Include other fun objects to discover like small gems, trinkets and play jewelry. Or maybe even some fossils (see next activity!)

2. Salt Dough Fossils

What you need:

• 1/2 cup Salt
• 2.5 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 cup Water
• Small dinosaur figures: Used the same ones from @thecrafterteacher

How:

• Add all ingredients into a bowl and mix.
• Knead with your hands until you get it feels like clay 😀
• Since this is a homemade recipe, please try to adjust water, flour and salt amounts until you get it just right. Hehe. Tip: Add more flour if it gets too sticky.
• Make round balls and flatten them a bit.
• Press the dinosaur toys (kids love this part!)
• Put them all on a cookie tray and bake! We had ours at 350 degrees for 45 minutes following a recipe on Pinterest.

3. Dinosaur Ice Excavation

What you need:

• A container that will fit the dinosaurs (I used a baby food plastic container)
• Dinosaur toys
• Water
• “Excavating tools” (I just used chopsticks hehe.)

How:

• Put the dinosaur in the container
• Fill it with water
• Freeze!
• Take it out and let your kid excavate the ice block using his tools.

4. Dinosaur Terrarium

What you need:

• A glass jar
• Dinosaur toys
• Rocks, sand and/or pebbles
• Leaves and plants

How:

• Put all the items inside and decorate as you please!

Fun Books on Dinosaurs

These are some of our favorite dinosaur books!

• If Dinosaurs Came to Town by Dom Mansel
• Oh Say Can You Say Dinosaur: Cat in the Hat Learning Library
• The Magic School Bus In the Time of the Dinosaurs
• Usborne My Very First Dinosaur Book (I got ours locally from Rooke and Reese)

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