7 Dinosaur Themed Preschool Activities

Dinosaurs are a popular theme for kids everywhere to fall in love with. Their gigantic size is simply amazing to those little ones, and learning about the prehistoric creatures can easily become a fascination in and of itself. These 7 ideas are fun little crafts and activities you can do with your little ones. They are themed and geared toward a younger age group, but I’m sure kids of all ages would enjoy them as well.

Dinosaur crafts are a great way of teaching whilst playing and crafting. All of these Dinosaur crafts have little Palaeontologists in mind. These activities could also be used for a Dinosaur party or Lesson plan idea.

1- Dino Dirt Cups from Glorious Treats

2- Sensory Play from Still Playing School

3- Dino Egg Nest from Thoughtful Spot Daycare

4- DIY Dino Fossils from Moon Frye

5- Dino Matching Game from My Delicious Ambiguity

6- Dinosaur Hunting With Paint from Powerful Mothering

7- Fossil Rock Crafts from Curious Little Kid

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With summer coming on in the Northern Hemisphere, I feel like we all need some fun activities we can do with one kid at home or a bunch in a classroom when it’s too hot to go outside (I guess you can say the same for if it’s too cold to go out in the Southern Hemisphere, too).

This disaster island Lego challenge from Lego Librarian was designed to be done with a Lego club, but you can do it in a classroom if you have bricks handy, or at home with one or two kids.

The idea is that first the kids each design their own island, with a given amount of time where that is the only prompt.

Then each person draws a disaster card. You can use the ones from Lego Librarian or make up your own. These are things like there’s a storm coming so you need to build a strong shelter, or there’s a rescue plane so you need to build something so they will see you.

There’s a whole bunch of ideas, which should get kids thinking creatively about ways to alter their islands for whatever situations you throw at them.

If you’re doing this with just one or two kids, the idea is the same, or you could have them draw several cards over a session if they want to keep the fun going.

This is a great low prep STEM activity for kids that should get them thinking creatively about how to solve problems. It’s a great idea to have the kids explain what they did to solve their particular problem, too, and why they think that will help.

Even though it won’t be a surprise what’s going to happen after the first time you play it, this is one you can do again and again because the kids will probably draw different cards.

Get all the details and a printable list of challenge prompts at Lego Librarian.

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