Hobbies And Interests
Dinosaur Stomp
Children can stomp around the back yard with dinosaur feet using an idea adapted from MakingFriends.com. Enlarge the openings in two rectangular tissue boxes so that children's feet can fit inside. Coat the boxes with green paint and let them dry. Cut round or triangle shapes from white craft foam and glue them onto one end of the box for toenails. Add spots to the dinosaur's feet using colored circles made from construction paper or craft foam. Children can wear the dinosaur feet while clomping around to music or stomping through a relay race.
Dinosaur Puppet Show
Make simple dinosaur sock puppets. Slide an adult-sized sock over a child's arm, adjusting the end so that it looks like a moving mouth when the child wiggles her thumb. Glue a red felt tongue to the bottom of the mouth, and glue two wiggly eyes to the part of the sock on top of the child's hand. Glue on two small buttons or circles cut from black felt for nostrils. Cut six identical triangles from colored felt. Glue two triangles together, leaving the wide, bottom part unglued. Place the triangle on top of the sock behind the eyes. Glue it in place, spreading the bottom parts of the triangle apart so that the triangle stands up to make a spike. Repeat with the remaining triangle shapes. Glue arms made from felt or extra sock material to the sides. Remove the sock from the child's arm and pull it over a small plastic bottle to dry. Children can use the puppets in a dinosaur-themed puppet show.
Dinosaur Bones
You can use a few everyday items to create dinosaur bones. Draw bone and skull shapes onto cardboard and cut them out. Make a variety of sizes and shapes of bones. Mix equal parts water and school glue in a small bowl. Crumple pieces of toilet tissue into balls. Dip the toilet tissue into the glue mixture and press them onto the cardboard bones. When the bones have dried, hide them around the house for a paleontology hunt or glue them onto poster board to create a dinosaur skeleton.