How to Entertain Kids at a Dinosaur Theme Birthday Party

The key to any successful party for kids is to keep them busy. Most classic games and activities can be adapted to a dinosaur theme with a little planning and imagination. Since dinosaurs appeal to kids of all ages, you can use these ideas to entertain your guests no matter what their age. Follow these steps to find out how.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Plaster of paris
• Craft glue
• Foam picture frames
• Glitter glue pens
• Paper mache mix
• Green tissue paper
• Small Toys
• Balloons
• Paint and brushes
• Digital camera
• Plastic dinosaurs

1. Write short, funny tongue twisters before the party that include the names of dinosaurs. One example is the following: "A Triceratops teeth chew tough treats." Have kids sit in a circle while you pick one of the sentences and whisper it only once to one of the players. That player whispers what they think was said to the person to their right; and the new person tells another person until everyone in the circle hears it. The last person says aloud what they think they heard, and then reads the original sentence. You will laugh yourself silly at what you hear.
2. Make some dinosaur eggs out of balloons and paper mache. You can mix flour and water for your own recipe, or just use wallpaper paste. When they dry, pop the balloon and fill the eggs with small toys. Then paint and decorate the eggs and place them on shredded green tissue paper designed to look like a nest. Kids will love cracking these party favors open to reveal the hidden prize.
3. Hide plastic dinosaurs around the house or yard, and have the kids search for as many as they can find. If you have several different species, instruct the kids to find one of each type of dinosaur. If they find a species they already have, they get to place the duplicate dinosaur in a new hiding place.
4. Make fossil prints using plaster of paris and water mixed to a very thick consistency. Have the kids gently push a small plastic dinosaur into a dollop of the plaster to make an imprint. Let dry for about an hour, and have the kids take their fossils home as party favors.
5. Take pictures of the kids dressed like a paleontologist or holding a dinosaur egg using a digital camera. Print the pictures and glue them onto a foam picture frame. Let the kids decorate them using glitter glue or foam dinosaur shapes.

Tips & Warnings

• Plan more activities than you will plan to use. They often don't last as long as you thought they would.
• Take lots of candid pictures rather than have children pose. Catching kids being kids and having fun makes for much more interesting pictures.
• Limit the party time to two hours for children less than five years of age. Three hours is fine for older children.

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