Your child will love this Dinosaur birthday party adventure with birthday party games, activities, and party treats to entertain and satisfy your favorite junior paleontologists.
For easy party planning, order Dinosaur party supplies online from Birthday in a Box; then, use this birthday party guide to plan your dinosaur-themed decorations, party games and kid-friendly activities.
DINOSAUR BIRTHDAY PARTY INVITATIONS
Make your own invites with cardstock paper, stickers, and markers. Using pre-cut dinosaur shapes from a teacher supply or craft store will make the job even easier. If hand delivery is possible, fold a small paper invitation and place it into a plastic egg with some rock candy. Print this on each invite:
Don't be extinct! Come to ______'s dino-mite dinosaur birthday party!
Then, include the party details and a suggestion to wear play clothes.
Or, purchase these Dinosaur birthday party invitations from Birthday in a Box:
DINOSAUR BIRTHDAY PARTY DECORATIONS
Cover the party table with a white sheet and paper dinosaur foot prints. Scatter the table top with rock candy and dinosaur fruit snacks. Make a simple centerpiece by tying a bouquet of helium balloons to a large plastic or plush dinosaur. Tape dinosaur footprints on the walls and floor. Create a jungle effect by hanging strips of green streamers in varying lengths from the ceiling. Place plastic and plush dinosaurs throughout the party area. For advanced decorating, use large sheets of butcher paper to make a jungle and/or paint a dinosaur or two. Enlist a talented teen for this job!
Purchase these dinosaur party decorations form Birthday in a Box:
- Dinosaur Party Banner:
- Dinosaur Table Cover:
- Dinosaur Party Plates:
- Dinosaur Party Cup:
- Dinosaur Beverage Napkins:
- Dinosaur Party Box:
DINOSAUR BIRTHDAY PARTY GAMES & ACTIVITIES
Face Painting
As the party guests arrive paint small dinosaurs or dinosaur footprints onto their cheeks or hands. Use this face paint recipe.
Tip: Hire a teenager for this job, so you can be available to the children.
Pin the Horn on the Triceratops
This game is a twist on the traditional Pin the Tail on the Donkey. For this game, draw or purchase a poster with stegosaurus before the party. Make simple horns with paper. Adhere double sided tape, or "sticky-tack" to to the back of each horn. At the party, blindfold the kids (or have them close their eyes, if they don't want to be blindfolded). Whoever is the sticks the horns in the correct spot (or the closest to that spot) wins!
Ring Toss with Dinosaurs
Use solid, heavy plastic dinosaurs as the targets for this game. Rings can be purchased or easily made with heavy rope and duct tape. Play just as you would horse shoes or Ring Toss. Take turns and reward each child for a job well done!
Dig Time The Real Memory Maker!
Fill a small pool with dirt or sand to create the excavation site, orr use construction tape to designate a dig area in your yard. Bury any these items before the party: real or plastic bones, popsicle sticks, small dinosaur toys, or old coins. Equip each little paleontologist with a small shovel or soup spoon and a paint brush they can use to clean their finds (optional). Have fun with this activity by sharing a tale of buried items or relics from the past.
You can also make your own fossils with coffee grounds; here's how:
- 1 cup of used coffee grounds
- 1/2 cup of cold coffee
- 1 cup of flour
- 1/2 cup of salt
- wax or parchment paper
- mixing bowl
- small objects to make impressions in the dough (optional)
- cookie cutter or butter knife
Directions: Stir the together the coffee grounds, cold coffee, flour, and salt until well mixed. Knead the dough together and then flatten it out onto the waxed paper. Cut pieces for your fossils using cookie cutters or a butter knife. You can create fossil impressions using objects pressed into the dough, or make bones, dinosaur teeth, etc. Let the fossils dry over night or place in a low heat oven for a few hours. Drying times vary on the thickness, so keep watching. Bury the fossils and bones before the party.
Bowling Bones
Use empty pop cans and a ball to make a bone bowling game! Cover 10 cans with paper, and draw a simple bone on each can. Every player should take a few turns and receive a small prize.
"Lost World" Obstacle Course
Only do this if you have the space! Set up the course in your garage, covered patio or back yard. Mark a starting point and an end. Suggested obstacles: tires to jump through, "Dino Swamp," stones to hop on, sticks to navigate, and dinosaur footprints made with craft foam sheets. At the end of the course, each player will receive a small prize. If the prizes are small (like candy, chocolate coins, stickers) the children can run the course several times!
Dinosaur Seek and Find
Before the party trace and cut several dinosaurs from construction paper or craft foam. Then, cut the dinosaurs into two puzzle pieces. Hide the pieces in the party area. At game time, the children will each find one piece. then they must find the player with the matching pieces.
Try these party games for kids at your party.
DINOSAUR BIRTHDAY PARTY ARTS & CRAFTS
Dinosaur Scene
Use dinosaur paint sponges and kid friendly paint to make a dinosaur scene to take home. Don't forget to cover your art area and to provide large shirt smocks. Use dinosaur cookie cutters and play dough. Cut a paper dinosaur shape for each child. Supply tissue paper and white school glue. Show the children how to tear and crinkle pieces of the tissue paper and then glue it on the dinosaur. Repeat until your dinosaur is filled with color.
Or, purchase this Dinosaur party craft project from Birthday in a Box:
- Color Your Own Dinosaur:
- Dinosaur Sticker Scene:
Try these arts and crafts project for kids at your party.
DINOSAUR BIRTHDAY PARTY FOOD
This very active party doesn't have much time for a meal, so serving quick snacks during games and play time are fine. Provide pretzels, popcorn, fruit, and sandwiches cut with a bone or dinosaur shaped cookie cutter.
Dirt in a Cup
Make this fun treat before or during the party; the kids will enjoy making their own treat and you'll have another fun party activity!
Materials:
- chocolate cookie crumbs
- chocolate pudding
- gummi worms
- rock candy
- "dino eggs"
- clear plastic cups
Directions: Spoon a layer of pudding into clear plastic cups. Add a few gummi worms and then a layer of cookie crumbs. Repeat this process and top with some worms and dinosaur eggs.
Bake a Dinosaur Cake in this dinosaur-shaped cake pan:
These party cake and cupcake recipes are sure to be a hit among your little guests.
DINOSAUR BIRTHDAY PARTY FAVORS
Send your guests home with a unique thank-you token to match your dinosaur party theme. Before the party, spray paint large plastic eggs with textured speckled paint. Fill each eggs with a plastic dinosaur toy, stickers, and a bag of dinosaur fruit snacks.
Or, purchase any of these Dinosaur party favors:
- Dinosaur Tatoos:
- Dinosaur Finger Puppets:
- Dinosaur Personalized Luggage Tag:
- Dinosaur Lunch Box:
- Dinosaur Windup Toys:
- Dinosaur Deluxe Party Favor Set:
- Dinosaur Ultimate Birthday Party Box:
