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!



 

Make Your Own Dinosaur Fossils!

 

My son and I had a lot of fun making dinosaur fossils for his DINO-mite dinosaur party. This was a great craft for us to do together because they are very easy and  inexpensive to make. You really can't mess them up! We hid some fossils in the plastic eggs for our dinosaur egg hunt and placed the others on the tables for added decoration. 

 

 

All you need to make these is a container of play sand, some plastic dinosaurs, and plaster of paris. 

 

 

The sand should be about an inch to an inch and a half deep.

Mix in a small amount of water to moisten the sand and make it hold the shape of whatever you push into it. Once your sand is prepared, prepare your plaster of paris by following the directions on the package.

Lightly push a plastic dinosaur into the sand and carefully remove it.

 

 

It should leave the imprint of the dinosaur behind, if it doesn't, mix a little more water into the sand and try it again.

 

 

Using a spoon, spoon enough plaster of paris to fill the indents I the sand.

 

 

Repeat each step for each fossil, moving quickly so that the plaster of paris doesn't start to dry out and thicken. If the plaster of paris in the bowl begins to thicken, you can add a little more water to thin it out. Once you are finished, let the plaster of paris dry completely, I let them sit for a few hours to be safe.

 

 

Remove the dried globs of plaster of paris from the sand.

 

Using a paint brush, brush off all of the excess sand.

 

 

Look at those fossils!

You could make these using anything you like to make the imprint and create fossils of all types of things! Think animals, footprints, sea shells, leaves, and more!

 

 

A Long Time Ago, Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth... Today, They Are Roaming My Wreath... A Dinosaur Wreath!

 

A long time ago, the dinosaurs roamed the Earth... Today, they are roaming my wreath!

I put this simple wreath together for my son's dinosaur birthday party.

It was super simple and quick to make. I picked up a green foam wreath from the craft store (you could use white too, but I really like the green, it looks like they are really roaming the land lol). Using my low temp hot glue gun, I glued a bunch of little plastic dinosaurs on it in no particular order. It's that simple and too cute! This wreath will be on display in my house for his party, I have another one that I am working on for the front door.

 

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!!