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              Dinosaur Game Ideas   
Dinosaur Bone Hunt
Cut out dinosaur bone shapes from cardboard and hide bones around the
room.  
 Click here for pattern.  Let the children pretend they are
paleontologists. 
  
Dinosaur Fishing
Cut out colored eggs from construction paper.  You can attach small
dinosaur 
 stickers.  Attach small paper clips.  Use dowel rods that
have an attached 
 string with a magnet on the end for fishing pole.  -OR- To
make the fishing 
 pole, you will need to purchase a 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) dowel rod
at a craft 
 or hardware store.  Cut a groove around one end of the dowel rod
about 
 one inch (2.5 cm) from the end.  Tie a short length of yarn into the
groove. 
  Tie a small magnet onto the other end. 
  (Magnetic strips are
available at craft stores.) 
  
Dino Memory 
Make a  dino memory game from dino stickers put 
 on juice can
lids or small poster board squares. 
  
Dinosaur Directions 
This game will help your children learn to follow
directions.  Give each child 
 a toy or construction paper dinosaur. 
Ask the children to place their 
 dinosaurs on their laps, feet, heads, hands,
backs, stomachs, etc. 
  
Dinosaur Bingo 
Make four bingo boards from tag board and 36
dinosaur stickers (four each of nine 
 different dinosaurs).  Divide 
each board into nine boxes.  Put a different dinosaur 
 sticker in each
box.  Make sure none of the boards have the same arrangement 
 of
stickers.  Use a spinner from another game.  Make a new
"face" for the 
 spinner from a circular piece of paper divided into
nine sections.  Place the  
same nine stickers you used on your game boards
on the new face.  Slip it 
 under the spinner arrow and tape it down. 
Provide small plastic dinosaur 
 figures, small pebbles, or buttons as
markers.  Spin the arrow.  The children 
 locate the corresponding
dinosaur on their game board and cover it with a marker.  
 Emphasize the
identification process rather than who gets "bingo" first. 
  
Paleontologist Dig 
Pretend to be paleontologists and dig for dinosaur bones in the 
 sandbox.
(Use toothpicks/popsicle sticks/tongue depressors, etc.) 
  
Tyrannosaurus Toss 
Draw a picture of a large Tyrannosaurus head on a piece of sturdy
cardboard. 
 Use a sharp knife to cut the dinosaur's mouth including lots of teeth. Then 
 prop the cardboard Tyrannosaurus head against a chair or
secure it with tape 
 across a doorway. Give the children bean bags and let them take turns 
 "feeding the dinosaur" by tossing the bean bags into
its mouth. 
  
Dinosaur is Sleeping  
One child is Dinosaur who pretends to be asleep while everyone else
hides. 
 The everyone yells "Wake up, dinosaur." Dinosaur wakes up 
 and tries to find everyone. Let children take turns being dinosaur. 
  
Tyrannosaurus Rex Tag 
Use Hula Hoops to define the water and let children act out the various 
 plant-eating dinosaurs. When you call out "T. Rex" they scramble to their 
 safe zones inside the hoops. Whoever is tagged gets to act out the next
dinosaur. 
  
Dizzy Dinosaurs 
Children are divided into groups (Stegosaurus, Brontosauruses, Triceratops, 
 and
                                               Pterodactyls. Enough chairs are placed in a large
                                               circle (facing toward the 
 center) to
                                               accommodate all but one child, who will play it. The child who is IT 
 stands in the
                                               center of the circle and announces the dino of his choice (from 
 the four categories).
                                               All the Triceratops must scramble to change their sets 
 with one another while IT also
                                               rushes to get an empty seat. If IT fails to get a 
 seat, he or she becomes a Triceratops
                                               and the displaced dinosaur becomes IT. 
  
Tar Pit Toss 
Cover a wastebasket with black or brown
construction paper.  Tape some 
 plastic ferns to it.  Challenge the
children to toss small plastic dinosaurs into it. 
        
                
              
               
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                                I do not claim any of these as my own ideas.   
                                They are shared from friends and fellow group 
              members.   
              Thanks for sharing all your great ideas! 
                       
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