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!



 

Our Dino Dig

 

My son wanted to a dino dig, so I decided to put a small one together for him. I combined sand and coffee grinds in a container and then hid some dinosaur skeletons in the mixture. I gave him a paintbrush to help dust the bones off after he found them.

 

 

He had a lot of fun digging for dinosaurs over and over again! I love when an activity that takes me minutes to throw together brings hours of fun!

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!

Easy Peasy Dinosaur Bones

 

Check out our dinosaur bones! These were so simple and fun to make! My little guy really enjoyed making these for our dinosaur sensory tote.

 

 

To make these, I mixed some Elmer's School glue with water and cut out bone shapes out of cardstock.

We crumbled small pieces of toilet, soaked them in the glue solution, and squeezed them to release the excess water.

 

We then placed the pieces on the cardstock. 

 

When we were finished we let them air dry. When they dry, they dry hard like a paper mache. Dry time depends on the weather and the humidity, ours took about 4 days to dry out completely and harden.