Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas

Tyrannosaurus rex, Plesiosaurus, Styracosaurus, and Velociraptor Dinosaurs -- Are they close friends with your family? Well, then pull on your nap-sack and hiking shoes, the jungle of ideas below should help you plan a super dinosaur birthday party adventure!

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Ideas for Dinosaur Party Invitations:

• Invitations: I made my own invitations using white card stock overlaying green card stock, cut in the shape of an egg, with the two layers connected with two brad fasteners (one on the left lower side and on the right lower side). The wording on the white egg said "Breaking news!" When you cracked open the egg and pulled apart the two halves of the white egg, it revealed the green egg, which read "Dinosaurs have been spotted at Daniel's house! Laura in Columbia, MO USA  #11796

• I painted them with poster paint, filled in details with black Sharpie markers and attached magnets to the back (Orientaltrading.com or OTC). The first dino had party time etc. and was sent with the invite. The second had child's name on it and was a place card. The third said Thanks for a dino-mite day and was sent with the thank you. Rebecca in Ventura, CA, USA #10651

• "Congratulations! Excavation accomplished! Therefore, (my son's name) invites you to join him and other expert paleontologists for a Birthday Dinosaur Expedition on (date and time) at (our last name) Cave and Quarry, located at (our address). You'll be sure to uncover a dino-mite time Mary in North Ridgeville, Ohio, USA  #2479

Ideas for Dinosaur Party Decorations:

• Volcano: We made a volcano out of two tomato stands wired together it was 3 1/2 feet tall,we then tinfoiled it and took newspaper stripes and dipped them into diluted plaster of paris. We then painted it when dry (24 hr). Sam in Scottsdale, Az  #12784

• We stapled dinosaur paper cut outs downloaded from the internet onto the walls and hung orange and lime coloured balloons and streamers from the ceiling to match the green and orange dinosaur cake. Monica in Auckland, New Zealand  #11543

• We made vines out of strips of brown paper bags twisted and taped together with packing tape. The leaves were cut from green party streamers with the veins drawn with black Sharpie marker. (They look realistic as they flutter in the breeze.) I cut out large dino footprints from black HEFTY trash bags and taped them to the cement leading up to the house with Poster tape. It really held,was rainsafe,not slippery and easy to cut large number at a time. Rebecca in Ventura, CA, USA #10651

• We then began making large dinosaurs from cardboard wardrobe boxes we had. We made a total of 4. Stegosaur, Tricertop, Brontosaur and T-Rex. They turned out good, I spent a little more time on the T-Rex one because I was going to have the kids take their picture and then send home with thank you cards. Sam in Scottsdale, Az  #12784

Ideas for Dinosaur Party Food & Cakes:

• We had food for the herbivores. That included a Velociraptor nest which was a bowl filled with grapes and melon balls and a Hadrosaur nest which was a platter surrounded by broccoli heads and filled with baby carrots in concentric circles around the dip. We also had food for the carnivores. That of course was dinosaur hatchlings, better known as dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets. Anna in Shreveport, Louisiana  #12416

• The dessert was lime sherbet with dinosaur sprinkles, which I had dipped the night before the party into cupcake liners to save scooping time at the party. And the cake (served on dinosaur-themed plates) was a sheet cake iced with green icing and topped with a plastic volcano, plastic palm trees, plastic dinosaurs, and chocolate rocks.  Laura in Columbia, MO USA  #11796

• I made impressions of dinosaur "scales" by pressing down on the icing with the tip of a butter knife - eyes, nose and claws were cut out from black jelly beans and the mouth was lined with crushed red candy). Monica in Auckland, New Zealand  #11543

• Provided meatballs w/ ketchup or T-Rex Treats; Celery & Carrot sticks with dip or Stegasaurous Sticks; Chips and Dip or Chasmosaurus Crisps; Deviled Eggs or Pteradactyl eggs; and Prehistoric Pesto Pinwheels or cream cheese and pesto rolled up in tortillas and cut in 1" bite-sized sections. Lava juice to drink which was either Fanta berry or Cranberry Juice. Jennifer in US Embassy, Nicosia, Cyprus  #9391

• The cake was the 3-D head of a T-rex protruding out of a sheet cake covered in chocolate cream frosting. The dino had its mouth wide open to reveal large, sharp white teeth we piped out of royal icing and let harden a few days before inserting.  Jennifer in US Embassy, Nicosia, Cyprus  #9391

Ideas for Dinosaur Party Activities:

• On the patio we had a plastic swimming pool covered first with a green sheet then filled with 3 50lb bags of play sand. After assembly the dinosaurs stood about 15 to 25 inches tall depending on the kind. I took 3 of them apart and hid their pieces in the sand. I placed medium to large paint brushes out there to encourage the children to dig carefully for the "bones." Anna in Shreveport, Louisiana  #12416

• Dino Toss using some stuffed dinosaurs (Dollar Tree/$1.00 each)which the child tossed into a volcano (made by my brother-in-law) and whoever got the most in won.  Jeri Lynn in Thibodaux, Louisiana USA  #12293

• I hid dinosaur eggs (OTC assortment)--one egg for each child. The eggs were plastic bumpy eggs with tiny plastic dinosaurs inside. I had written the a number with a sharpie marker on the outside of each egg. The numbers were 2-12. I intentionally left out #1. The numbers represented the order for the pinata. Heidi in Goleta, CA, USA  #11760

• Then the hunt was on and once each child had accumulated their "quota" of eggs, I suggested they break open the eggs to see if there was really a "baby dinosaur" inside - they just loved "hatching" their eggs and discovering the little baby dinos! Monica in Auckland, New Zealand #11543

Ideas for Dinosaur Party Favors:

• I made dinosaur eggs using a 9 inch balloon and used a paper mache on them out of newspaper and flour. I then painted them and speckled them with paint. When dry I stuffed them with all sorts of thing from the OTC and candy.Sam in Scottsdale, Az  #12784

• I handed out the goody bags as well as a dinosaur grabber. The grabber is where you hold it in your hand and your fingers trigger the mouth to open and close. Once again I found these from Oriental Trading Company. angela in gaithersburg, MD USA b #10514
   

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