5 Dinosaur activities for toddlers

Ahead: You will find 5 fun and interactive dinosaur themed activities for your little Dino lover! Each activity has the steps and supplies you will need to set it up. You can also click the title to watch a short video of each activity.

1. Dinos in the mud!

This is a fun sensory and art activity you can do with your babies or toddlers at home.

Supplies needed:

• Toy Dinosaurs – Pick dinosaurs with a variety of different shapes and sizes of feet. This will help the art portion of the activity.
• A small tub (We just used a small cake pan)
• Water and dish soap
• Tools to clean the dinos with we have used toothbrushes, small doll mops, and a small rag.
• Paper
• Paper plate
• Brown paint or natural mud

Steps:

1. Put brown paint or mud on a paper plate to make a big muddy puddle
2. Have your little one play with the dinos and get their feet all muddy and messy!
3. Then let them stomp on the paper to make a fun dino footprint painting.
4. Once the dinosaurs are all messy have them hop in their bubble bath to get scrubbed all clean and start over again!
5. See dino activity two for another fun activity we like to add on with this set same setup.

2. Bubble-Blowing Dinos!

This is a fun toddler sensory activity that will help develop your child’s hand strength and fine motor skills.

Supplies needed:

• Toy Dinosaurs – They need to have a hole in the mouth. Bath toys are great for this and you could use any animal you like!
• Water
• Dish Soap or actual bubbles

Steps:

1. Place a small amount of dish soap directly into the mouth of the dinosaur making sure to cover the hole.
2. lightly dip your dinos head into the water
3. Squeezeeeee and watch your dino blow bubbles!
4. Get your hands nice and soapy and have the dino blow the bubbles and stack them into your hand or have another dino pop them while pretending to eat the bubbles!
5. Educational twist teach your little one to count how many bubbles the dino can stack on their hand!

3. Fizzy Dinosaur Eggs!

This is a great toddler dinosaur sensory play science experiment. Perfect for preschoolers!

Supplies needed:

• Toy Dinosaurs – You want to use small hard plastic dinosaurs for this activity
• Baking soda
• Vinegar
• Food Coloring
• Water
• Jumbo droppers (We use these for so many activities)
• Bowl for mixing
• Baking Dish for freezing eggs and playing

Steps:

1. In a bowl mix together baking soda and water until you get a thick consistency then add in food coloring.
2. Take a handful of the mixture and place a dino in the middler then mold the baking soda around the dino. (Repeat this for as many dinos as you want!)
3. Freeze the eggs for about an hour
4. Fill a small bowl with vinegar and a dropper (This is so they can transfer the vinegar the eggs)
5. Optional use a second bowl with warm water to do the same.
6. Add a few more dino toys in to help dig out the baby dinos.

4. Kinetic Sand Dinosaur Fossils!

This is a fun and simple dinosaur fossil activity to keep your dino lover busy!

Supplies needed:

• Kinetic Sand– This is the kinetic sand we always use. I have found that the colored sand is much more fine and messy.
• Dinosaur Fossil Molds– I got ours from the dollar tree but these are very similar if you can’t find them there.
• Sensory Play Tray– We use this multiple times a week. It is the perfect size for sensory activities.

Steps:

1. Put Kinetic sand in sensory play tray.
2. Add Fossil molds.
3. Watch the fun began!

5. Dinosaur Ice Rescue Sensory Activity!

This is a great sensory activity to encourage determination and patience.

Supplies needed:

• Water and freezer
• Dinosaur Fossil Molds– I got ours from the dollar tree but these are very similar if you can’t find them there. This set also comes with digging tools.
• Sensory Play Tray– We use this multiple times a week. It is the perfect size for sensory activities.
• Jumbo droppers (We use these for so many activities)
• Bowl and warm water

Steps:

1. Put fossil molds in tray and add a small amount of water. you want the fossils to be resting on the bottom of the tray not floating.
2. Freeze for about and hour then add a little more water. (The more water you add the harder it will be for them to get them out.)
3. Once the water is frozen set them out on a table with droppers, bowl of warm water, shovel, rake and anything else you want to add.
4. Let you little one transfer the warm water to the fossils until the ice begins to melt and they can start digging them out.

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As always please use parental discretion when doing these activities. You know your child best and how to keep them safe and having fun while doing activities. 

XO,

Diy Mama Kayleen