CRAFTivities- Dinosaurs

DINOSAURS

Zorro is 29 Months
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Scripture Repeat/Story :
Job 40:15-24 (New International Version)

"Look at the behemoth,
which I made along with you
and which feeds on grass like an ox."

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We watched Starfall


LETTER D and reviewed A.

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D Coloring Sheet
here

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PRINT OUTS

We used this Dino template here for most activities because it was not scary dino.

There's TONS of Dino printouts and info from Enchanted Learning here and here

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Land Before Time Movie
Movie Night

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SHAPE-A-SAURUS
Activity Cost: $0

TOOLS: Paint, plates or paint dishes, scissors, assorted paper, sponges, googly eye, marker, glue

I got the Shape-A-Saurus
This is by far one of my favorite crafts that we've done. He did AMAZING on it and I think it looks beautiful.

We changed it up a bit by painting the background to create the "environment" with sponges that I cut into a rectangle and circle to create trees. Zorro picked the colors and he stamped them on.I also changed it up by cutting out shapes in different color paper instead of a solid color and adding a tail. I cut and he glued.

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GROW A DINO
Activity Cost: $1

He TRANSFERRED the water.

After Grown


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STUFFED DINO
Activity Cost $0

TOOLS: Paint, brush/sponge, template, paint dish, stuffing (shredded paper, TP etc...), stapler, paper towel.

I used the dino template listed above and cut around the dino leaving about an inch from the line. after he painted and it was just starting to dry I blotted it with s paper towel. The texture gave it a scale like appearance. I thought it looked pretty cool.

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BUILD A DINO
Activity Cost $1- Michael's





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DINO BONE EXCAVATION Sensory Tub
Activity Cost: $1 -Bones

TOOLS: Tub, Dirt (or rice, beans, sand, etc), bones of some sort, shovel

In the Theme/School Box there was a shovel (he got from kids meal at Chik-fil-a). I saved it and planned to use it for this activity.

I bought Plaster of Paris to make the bones myself then I realized that I didn't want to take the time or spend the money ($6) so we used "milk bones" instead. Why not?!
Zorro LOVED this!

Digging for bones


Making fossils in the "buildings"

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STUFF-A-SAURUS
Activity Cost $2- J0-Ann's Clearance




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BLANKET MAKING ACTIVITY
This week's fabric:

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DINO STICKERS
Activity Cost $1

I have Zorro do "free art time" several times week and he loved using the sponges that he chose to use them again with the same colors but played with the sponges more this time to create a fun design.
I used that paper to have him stick his stickers on. Less waste and makes for a fun place to put the stickers.




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SCRAP-A-SAURUS

Ya, I know you're sick of reading "blank-a-saurus" but COME ON! You almost HAVE to call everything that!

Zorro worked on CUTTING and with the scraps from that I used the dino template at top for him to glue them into. I think it was a pretty ingenious idea myself. :)







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DINO TRACKS
everything that!

I loved this activity that I saw on Totally Tots



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CLOTHES PEN DINO

We didn't get to this but it's prepped and ready to go for a later activity!

Clothes Pen Dino
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PAPER MACHE DINO EGG

We didn't get to this but it's prepped and ready to go for a later activity!

Dino egg

Other activity Ideas:
Dino Egg Hunt (using Easter eggs)
Land Before Time activities

FOR MORE DINO THEMED LINKS CHECK OUT THESE LABELS:

THEME/SCHOOL BOX- Our planned curriculum for the week
CRAFTivities -A photo walk through of our week
BOOK TREE- Our picks from the local library
FIELD TRIP- Theme related outings in Orange County, CA
COOKIE CUTTER LUNCH- Themed lunch using cookie cutters

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