This week's theme is dinosaurs! I know everyone is going to

love it! There are so many different activities you can do and

things to find out. Here are your activity ideas to go along

with the theme. Feel free to make up your own though!

Firstly, this website is a fantastic resource to find out about lots of different

dinosaurs! Can you find out about one you haven’t heard of before?

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/dinosaurs-and-prehistoric-life/dinosaurs/

Can you create your own dinosaur Top Trumps cards and play with

your family?

Design and create your own dinosaur. Is it a herbivore or carnivore?

Is it armour plated? Can it fly?

Create a dinosaur mask or headdress.

Go on a virtual tour of the natural history museum. Follow the links to explore a dino

dig and even a 3D model of Dippy the dinosaur’s skull!

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/virtual-museum.html

Find out how big dinosaurs really were!

Measure out on a floor a dinosaur footprint e.g. T-Rex 1m by 46 cm.

Make the area look like a footprint- mark the edges with string or

even lego blocks! How many of your footprints would fit inside? How

many of your family footprints can you fit inside?

What would you find in a dinosaur’s lair? Make a list/ draw a picture/ make a

dinosaur’s lair using junk modelling materials or lego. You could even make your own

junk model dinosaur to live there!

Have a go at your own dinosaur excavation!

Details on how to create your fossils below.

Explore this interactive globe of the ancient world. How has the

Earth changed?

https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#240

What does the word 'extinct' mean? How could we help animals

who are endangered now?

Create a dinosaur’s skeleton picture

out of pasta, or Cotton Buds!

Mary Anning was an incredible fossil hunter! What can

you find out about her life? Why not imagine you are a

journalist and interview someone in your family

pretending to be Mary Anning? Explore these links to find

out lots about her.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd8fv9q/articles/zf6vb82

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNOh-85_Dmc

Innovate a story you know to create your own dinosaur story! We all know the

story, 'The Tiger who came to tea' but what if a dinosaur came to tea?! How could

you change the words in this story to make it about what might happen if a dinosaur

came to tea?

What about ‘We’re all going on a dinosaur hunt?’

You could act out your new story or write it down.

Make edible Dinosaur Eggs!

You will need:

3 tablespoons of butter—melted

5 cups of mini marshmallows—melted with butter

gently in microwave

6 cups of Rice Krispies

6 small cookies—broken into chunks

Combine wet and dry ingredients. Shape into eggs.

While they are cooling, get your dinosaurs ready to display with them.

Eat and enjoy!

Dinosaur footprint biscuits!

https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/dinosaur-biscuits.html

DIY Dinosaur Excavation Kit You will need:

Flour

Salt

Water

Food Colouring

Sand or Soil

Paint Brush

Small Tray

1. Mix together 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt and 1 cup of water.

2. Knead the dough for 2 minutes or until it is firm.

3. Create dinosaur bones with the salt dough. (There is no wrong or right way to do

this, just have fun! Be silly and creative.)

4. Use a bit of food colouring to give the bones some age before baking them.

5. Bake the dinosaur bones for about 30 minutes

6. Take the bones out of the oven and allow them to cool completely.

7. Add the bones into a tray with sand or soil. Invite your little ones to dig through

the sand to find the bones.

8. Add in a dry paint brush to sweep the sand off the bones.

Then have fun playing!