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Dinosaur Week Activities

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Is it Dinosaur Week?

I get asked this question almost every night at bedtime.

No, I reply.  Dinosaur was 3 weeks ago.  This week is {insert theme here} week.

“Oh”, I inevitably hear. “Can we do Dinosaur Week again?”

“Sure.”  I agree, “We’ll do it again soon”

A young child with blonde hair in a ponytail paints a paper with blue paint while sitting at a wooden table. The child is wearing a black shirt with a green dinosaur on it. The room has a beige carpet and some scattered toys in the background.

Are you kids as crazy about dinosaurs as mine?  It seems like they can’t get enough.  Every day we have to dance to “Dinosaur Walk”.  Every night we have to read the Dinosaur Encyclopedia (zzzzz).    I buy practically every dinosaur shirt I find.

Just in case your kids are crazy about dinosaurs too — here’s another easy dinosaur craft for you!

What You Need:

  • Paper Plate, cut in half
  • Paints and brush
  • Scissors
  • Construction Paper

What You Do:

After cutting paper plate in half, cut little triangles out of the top (rounded) edge to make Stegosaurus spikes.  Cut out a head and little feet (I just did it freehand) and attach to dinosaur (tape, glue, staple).

Step-by-step paper craft tutorial: Paper plate folded in half to resemble a hedgehog. Blue paper shapes arranged for feet and spikes. Final image shows multiple completed hedgehog crafts on a wooden surface.

For the littlest ones, I swirled a bit of paint directly onto the dinosaur.  For the older kids (2+) I put some paint on the extra 1/2 of paper plate.

A hedgehog craft made of paper and blue paint sits on a baking tray. A paintbrush with an orange handle is placed beside it. The paper is shaped like a hedgehog with spines and painted blue stripes.

Painting away! Of course, it won’t be long before he tries to eat that paint!

A toddler seated at a table paints a paper cutout with blue paint on a black tray. The child is wearing a striped shirt and a bib, holding a brush in their right hand. A wooden chair and plates are on the table nearby.

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Fortunately, Chipmunk is past the whole “eating paint” thing.  She usually opts for painting her whole body while I’m not looking instead!

Three images of a young child painting a white paper plate with blue paint using a brush. The child is focused on the activity, sitting at a wooden table in a room with a couch and toys in the background.

Finished!

Two paper cutouts shaped like dinosaurs are painted in blue, lying on a wooden surface. Each has three triangular spikes on their backs and small rectangular legs, decorated with blue paint splatters.

 

More Dinosaur Resources

Dinosaur Word Games and Worksheets from ABC Teach

Dinosaur Pre-K Packet

Dinosaur (HUGE) Feet Craft by ItMom

Clothespin Stegosauras by No Time for FlashCards

 

DON’T FORGET TO GRAB THESE FREE DINO PRINTABLES FROM KELLI!

Dinosaur Counting Sheet

Dinosaur Finger Puppets

 Hope you have a roaring good time!

 

About the Author

Lindsey Whitney is a blogger over at Growing Kids Ministry.  A blog designed to help parents, teachers, and Children’s Ministry workers who want to help the kids they love grow in their faith.   You can connect with her via twitter or on facebook.

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