Dinosaur Party Snacks

 

I had a lot of fun putting together my son's DINO-mite party,

 especially when it came to coming up with clever dinosaur snacks that I knew the kids would eat.

 

 

I mixed a bag of mini pretzel rods and the honey wheat pretzels in a bowl and called them

"Dinosaur Bones."

 

I put a clean plastic dinosaur into a plastic cup and filled it with water and froze them.

I put the dinosaur filled ice cubes in a bowl of Hawaiian Punch to make

"Dinosaur Punch."

The kids loved it!

 

 

Bugles were

"Dinosaur Toe Nails."

 

 

 

Every kid loves goldfish so I had to figure out a way to incorporate them...

"Pteranodon's Favorite Food--Fish"

 

 

Jelly Beans were

"Dinosaur Eggs."

 

 

Potato Chips were

"Dinosaur Scales"

 

I had a ton of Conversation Hearts left over from Valentine's Day which was the week before, so I decided to put the out as

"Dinosaur Hearts."

 

 

My son loves guacamole so I decided to use it to make a

"Dinosaur Swamp"

out of it.

I just put the guacamole in a bowl and added some clean plastic dinosaurs to stomp around in it.

 

 

I made these simple

"Dinosaur Nests"

out of jelly beans and egg cartons.

 

 

I made Dinosaur Chocolates...

and lollipops.

What kid wouldn't love these?

 

 

 Last, but not least, my

"Volcano Cakes."

I love the way these came out and they were a big hit with the kids!



 

DIY Rainbow Dinosaur Crayons-- Fun Party Favors for Our DINO-Mite Dinosaur Party!

We always save our broken crayons for use in other projects. They always seem to add up pretty quickly between my kids and our play group playdates.  We decided to use this bundle of broken crayons to make rainbow dinosaur crayons for my son's dinosaur party.

I purchased a few of these silicon dinosaur trays off of Amazon to make some dinosaur chocolates and dinosaur ice cubes. They also work great to make crayons in!

 

 

I used a knife to cut the larger pieces into smaller pieces.

 

 

My son filled the silicon tray with the little crayon pieces, filling each compartment just over the top.

 

 

We put it in the oven at 230 degrees for 15 minutes.

 

 

Let the wax cool completely before removing them from the tray.

They came out absolutely adorable, don't you think?

I will be putting these little guys in the goodie bags, as well as inside of the plastic eggs for our dinosaur egg hunt!

Dinosaur Jars

 

For the last two weeks, I have been planning and working on my son's 5th DINO-Mite birthday party. To be honest, I think I am more excited than he is! I love the dinosaur theme, there is so much that you can do with it. I made these simple, inexpensive dinosaur jars for each of the kids to take home. They were so quick and easy to make! I used baby food jars that I had left over from a playdate that I hosted in December, some left over spray paint from various different projects that I have made over the last few months, and some small plastic dinosaurs that I picked up in the dollar store(a 10 pack for $1.00). I used  razor to scrape off the wrappers and glue that was on the baby food jars. I removed the lids and spray painted them. Then, I glued the plastic dinosaurs on top of the lids with my hot glue gun. I decided to fill the jars with jelly beans since they look like little dinosaur eggs plus they are very inexpensive and can be found year round unlike other little egg shaped candies.

 

I think they came out adorable! The will add a nice touch to the tables and the party, as well as being an extra goodie for the kids to take home!!

 

 

Dino Fun Sensory Tub

 

We put  together our  Dinosaur Sensory tub earlier today. It is loaded with all types of dino fun! It includes river rocks for the filler, so it is definitely our heaviest sensory tub yet! There are 4 different wooden dinosaurs that I painted, different dinosaurs in three different sizes, a wooden painted volcano, a wooden painted tree and bush, a glow in the dark dinosaur skeleton, plastic shrubbery, a T-Rex hat, artifact brushes (paint brushes), dinosaur eggs, and more! We also included some Dinosaur Fossils that we made out of coffee grinds and coffee (click here to make your own),a dinsoaur bone we made (click here to make your own),  and 2 different types of dinosaur eggs that we made (click here to make some).  We had a lot of fun putting this together and making the different items to go along with this!

Let's Make Dinosaur Eggs!!!

 

My kids and I had a blast making dinosaur eggs! These were fun, easy, and inexpensive to make. We made 2 different types of dinosaur eggs, both worked great, but this is the messier recipe of the two.

 

 You need: 1 1/4 cup dirt, 1 1/4 cup flour, 3/4 cup salt, 1/2 cup sand, water, and plastic dinosaurs.

 

 

 

Combine all of the ingredients together in a bowl.  Form eggs around little plastic dinosaurs. Let the eggs dry out and harden. Dry time depends on the humidity and weather conditions. Our eggs took days to dry out completely.

 

After they were completely dried out, I gave my kids some tools and let them have at it!