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• Party invitations • Partygames • Partyfood
Read on for awesome ideas on how to throw a Dinosaur Cove birthday party:
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Get the children to explore Dinosaur Cove just like Jamie and Tom with a fun fossil treasure hunt game. (You could even make card fossil finders if you have time!) • Theaimofthetreasurehuntistofindclues
whichhelpleadthechildrentothetreasure.Anadultgivesthechildrenthefirstclue,whichleadsthechildrentoalocation,whichhasaclueleadingtoanotherlocation,andsoonuntiltheyreachthetreasure.
• Thecluesarewrittenon‘fossils’tofitwiththethemeoftheDinosaurCoveparty.
• Thetreasurehuntcouldtakeplaceinside,outside,orboth,dependingonthelocationandtimeofyear.
• Printoutthefossilimageprovidedonthenextpage,andwriteyourcluesontheback.Itworkswellifthecluesrhyme,e.g.‘Wherecouldyourfirstcluebe?Lookbythetree.’
• Aimforaround10clues,andhidethemaroundthehouse/garden.Remembernottohidethemtoohighupforlittlearmstoreach!
• It’sagoodideatosplitthechildrenintoteamsifitisalargegroup.
• Thefinal‘treasure’shouldbesomethingallthechildrencanenjoy,e.g.chocolatecoins.
Party Games
AddaDinosaurCovetwisttoclassicpasstheparcel.Wraptheparcelwithdinosaurwrappingpaperandusedinosaur-themedprizeswithinyourlayers,suchasdinosaur-shapedsweetsandsmalltoys.
A Dinosaur Cove twist on the classic ‘Simon Says…’ party game. • Oneplayerstandsatthefrontandactsas
JamieorTom.• Theytelltherestoftheplayerstoactout
variousdinosaurmovements(e.g.puttingyourclawsup,roaring,stomping).Theplayersshouldonlyfollowtheinstructionifitisprecededbythephrase‘Jamie/Tomsays…’
For example, if the player at the front says: ‘Jamie says…flap your wings like a pterodactyl’ then the rest of the players should follow the instruction. Any player who doesn’t follow the instruction is out of the game.
If the player at the front only says: ‘flap your wings like a pterodactyl’ then the rest of the players should NOT follow the instruction. Any player who does follow the instruction is out of the game.
• Thegamecanbemadeharderbygivingtheinstructionsveryquicklyoneaftertheother.
Checklist:•Largesheetofpaper•Colouringmaterialstodraw
theT-Rexandhistail•Self-adhesivetack•Blindfold/scarf
•GetcreativeanddrawabigpictureofaT-Rexontoalargesheetofpaper(minusitstail).Ifyoudon’thavetime,usetheT-Reximagewe’veprovidedonthenextpage.
•Stickthisonthewall.•Thendrawitstailonaseparatepieceofpaper
withablobofself-adhesivetackatthebase.•Duringthegame,blindfoldthechildren,spin
themaroundthreetimes,andthengetthemtostickthetailontoyourT-Rexwheretheythinkitshouldgo.
•Markeachchild’splacewithacrossandtheirinitials,andwhoeverisclosesttoplacingitcorrectlywins!
PinthetailontheT-Rex
PASSTHEPARCEL
FOSSILTREASUREHUNT
Jamie/TomSays...
Pinthetail ontheT-Rex Template
Use this fossil image to create your Dinosaur Cove fossil treasure hunt:
• Printoutthissheet10times.
• Cutthefossilshapesout.
• Writeyourcluesontheback.
• Hidethemaroundthehouse/garden.
Fossiltreasurehunt
Party Foodfitforaravenousraptor
•Makearegularbiscuitmixofyourchoice.
•Onceyouhavedividedthemixtureintobiscuitsizedpiecesandflattenedthemreadyfortheoven,pressplasticinsectshapesintothedough,thenremovethemtoleaveinsectimpressions.•Chillinthefridgefor
30minutesbeforebaking.
Fossilbiscuits
You will need: •100gplainchocolate •50gmargarine
•2tablespoonsgoldensyrup •150gplaindigestivebiscuits
To make the dinosaur poo:
•Putthebiscuitsinalargefreezerbagandtiethebagshut.Usingarollingpin,bashthebiscuitsintocrumbs.•Breakupthechocolateintopiecesandputtheminasaucepan.Heatthepanonalowtemperatureuntilthechocolatehasmelted.•Stirthemargarineandsyrupintothemeltedchocolate.•Takethesaucepanofftheheat.Pourthebiscuitcrumbsintothechocolatemixtureandstirtogether.•Scoopuphandfulsofthemixtureandshape
themtolooklikedroppings.Placethemonabakingtrayandchillforanhour
inthefridge.
•Makeasandwichofyourchoice.•Cutinhalfdiagonally,usingazigzagcutting
patterntomakethestegosaurusback‘spikes’.•Arrangethetwohalvesintoastegosaurusshape.
•Makeasmallholeforthestegosauruseye.•Addcarrotsticksforlegs!
Stegosaurus sandwiches
eDIBledinosaurpoo!
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