Days and Days of Dinos

We've been in and out of town all summer, but when we're home, all Rowin wants to do is play dinosaurs. I hear, "Mommy, do you want to play dinosaurs with me?!" about 37 times a day. In fact, at dinner tonight, we asked Rowin what he wants to be when he grows up and he said he wants to be a dinosaur. Not exactly sure how he pictures that working out...but that's beside the point.

Here are some of the dino activities that have been keeping us busy this summer.

Play Paleontologist

I poured kinetic sand inside a cookie sheet and spread it out so that it was smooth. I picked about six different dinosaurs and put them out so that Rowin could see them. I made him leave the room and then I'd use one dinosaur to make "fossils" in the sand by pushing it's body into the sand and making footprints. When he came back in the room, he used his magnifying glass (because, why not?) and had to figure out which dinosaur matched the fossils in the sand. He LOVED this!

Hatch Baby Dinos

I found these "Grow Capsules" in the $1 bin at Target. Remember these!? You put them in water and then they grow and turn into little sponges. Another hit. Thanks Target.

Dig for Dino Doodoo

We used the Rah-Rah Raisins Girl Scout cookies and toothpicks for this activity. This time, I told Ro he had to be an archeologist and dig for dinosaur bones. He used the toothpicks as his digging tools. The little nuts in the cookies were bones and the raisins were doodoo. :) He had to extract the fossils without breaking them.

Build a Jurassic World

This time we set up all of his dinos in the water table. You could use a sandbox, a bin of rice or beans, the bathtub, or just in the grass.

Dino Stickers

I realize this is very unimpressive, but that's ok. I bought some foam dino stickers-another $1 find at Target. I drew a big dino scene (volcano, lake, trees, rocks, etc.). At three years old, he still thinks I'm a great artist. :) Then he just had fun playing and sticking the dinosaurs all over the paper.

For those of you with dino-loving boys, I found a couple cute dinosaur crafts on Pinterest that I want to try, so stay tuned... :)