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DINOSAURS 

This is a great theme that is very much loved by the kidz!

CRAFTS:

Bones
Make up salt dough and let the children either mold their own bones, or use bone shaped cookie cutters. Let dry.

Coffee Dough
1 cup flour
1 cup coffee grounds
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1/4 cup sand
Mix ingredients together. Shape into a ball and place thumb in center to form a hole. Place a treasure inside and cover up. Let dry 4 to 5 days. It is suppose to resemble a rock or a pumice stone. Then the child cracks it like an egg. An idea is to shape it like an egg and place a dinosaur inside. Have it crack and let the child be amazed to find a dino inside.

Cereal Apatosaurus
You'll need:
Pencil
Scissors
Dry cereal
Poster board
White crafts glue
Tempera paint
Waxed paper or newspapers
Cotton swab or paint brush
1) Draw a dinosaur outline on poster board. Cut the dinosaur out of the poster board.
2) Dab a small amount of glue onto the dino. Place cereal on the glue (as much as you like). Let glue dry for a few hours or overnight.
3) Cover your work area with newspaper or wax paper use the cotton swab as a paint brush and paint your dino. Let paint dry.

Caveman Art
This art will require sheets of fine sandpaper, crayons and access to an oven. Ask the kids to draw a crayon design on the sandpaper, pressing very hard and covering the sandpaper completely with crayon wax. Designs with large sections of colour, rather than details, work best. Put the finished drawings on cookie sheets and place on the middle shelf of an oven at 250°F for 10 - 15 seconds. Keep the door open so the kids can watch the wax melt. Remove the finished paintings and let the wax cool.

Cave Drawings
The oldest cave paintings known were created probably 20,000 years ago in France and Spain. Every continent has examples of cave painting; all feature similar styles and content. Most depict animals, but some also show hunters and even hand prints.

Your group can make its own cave mural in the ancient style established by cave dwellers. Start with a long piece of heavy brown packaging paper and thick markers or crayons. Encourage Children to draw their pets, farm livestock or any wild animals that are familiar to them. Make sure each Child gets an opportunity to leave a hand print on the mural. If your Children want to make individual murals, pass out large pieces of brown paper and let the children use their imaginations.

Caveman Face Painting 
Ask some parents, or older kids, to come and decorate the cavemen’s faces, using Halloween face paint. 

Caveman Musical Instruments
You can make a variety of instruments very simply. Make a tambourine from two foil pie plates. Put a handful of beans or macaroni in one plate, place the second plate face down over the first and tape the edges together. A drum can be made out of a coffee can with a plastic lid. Use sticks, pencils or spoons as drum sticks. A maracas can be made from any empty box or tin can partially filled with dried beans and covered securely with a lid. All these instruments will make a fine noise for the kids to play caveman music. 

Dinosaur Crowns 
Cut sponges into the shapes of tyrannosaurus dinosaur footprints. Fold paper towels in half and place them in shallow containers. Pour a small amount of brown tempera paint on top of each towel. Give the children crowns cut out of construction paper. Let the children cover their crown with dinosaur footprints by pressing the sponge stamps first into the paint and then onto their papers. When the paint has dried, write "Tyrannosaurus (child's name) on the front of each crown.

Dinosaur Collage
Put out scraps of color paper and glue and dinosaur shaped pasta and have the children make a dinosaur scene or collage.

Dino Skeleton
Provide the children with an outline of a dino. They glue on macaroni to resemble the dino skeleton.

Dino Hat
Duplicate a dinosaur pattern on construction paper for each child. Have the children decorate their dinosaur. Glue the dinosaur to a sentence-strip-shaped paper, staple ends of strip together to fit around the head. Have a dinosaur parade with children wearing their dino hats.

Dinosaur Shadow Box
Shoe box,crayons, grass (real or fake), toy dinosaurs or play dough dinosaurs that children make and rocks. Draw mountains or marsh on inside bottom of shoe box. Turn box on side and fill shadow box floor with grass, rocks and dinosaurs.

Fossils
1/4 cup of plaster of Paris
1 Cup of Vermiculite (found at gardening center)
1/2 cup of water
Measure and mix together. Put some in the bottom of a regular size paper cup. Fill about 1/4 full. Next they put in a small plastic or rubber dinosaur. Then the fun: the children bury their dinosaur completely. Don't let any part of him remain uncovered!! Set aside for 2 days. This mixture will turn hard (if measured correctly).

Fossils: 
Use small paper plates and home made play dough. Give each child a small ball of dough and a paper plate. They should first flatten the dough (with their hand) on the plate. Next they should press a small plastic dinosaur into the dough to create an impression. Use dinos that really show up: stegosaurus, dimetrodon, etc. Be sure the children press the dinos in sideways so the imprint of the dino side will show--unless you just want footprints.

Find Them Dino Bones! 
Bury small dinos in the sand table for them to find. You can also find plastic bones for them to hunt, too.

Make a Dinosaur
Provide pipe cleaners in assorted colours and sizes, as well as scissors. Ask the kids to make a skeleton of a dinosaur using the pipe cleaners. Have some pre-assembled dinosaurs on hand to spark ideas.

Pin the Tail on the T-Rex
Equipment:  paper, pencil 
How to Play:   Ask a talented leader to draw a large picture of a Tyrannosaurus-Rex dinosaur without a tail. Draw the tail on a separate piece of paper. Blindfold the Beavers, twirl them around and ask them to pin the tail on the T-Rex. Some funny looking dinosaurs will result from this activity.

Pterodactyls
Each flying lizard requires:
brown construction paper for the head, a clothespin for the body, pieces of black or brown crêpe paper for the wings, brown pipe cleaner for the tail, and black magic marker for the eyes. 
With a pattern, trace the head onto paper; then cut it out. Add eyes on both sides. 
Fold the neck up at the dotted line. Cut a piece of crêpe paper 18cm x 18cm for the wings. Pinch the paper together halfway along its length, then clip the  paper in the clothespin as far back against the spring as possible. Attach the head by “clipping” the folded edge in the jaws of the clothespin. 
Cut the pipe cleaner into a 10cm length. Form it into an “L”, and punch the short end into the spring. Gently straighten the long end of the pipe cleaner to form the tail.

Peanut Butter Dough Dinosaurs
Materials:  edible dough, 2 cups powdered dry milk, 2 cups smooth peanut butter, 1 cup honey, hard candies, chocolate chips, miniature marshmallows, and gumdrops What to Do:  Prepare this edible dough ahead of time and refrigerate until needed. Allow one cup per Beaver. Mix together 2 cups of powdered dry milk, 2 cups smooth peanut butter, and 1 cup of honey. Adjust the amount of honey according to the oiliness of the peanut butter and to suit personal taste. After all Kids have washed their hands, give them some dough, a supply of hard candies, chocolate chips, miniature marshmallows, and gumdrops. Set them to work designing their own dinosaurs. After they have admired everyone's work, they can eat them! Beware of peanut allergies!

Skeletons
Using craft sticks, children glue what they think or want a dinosaur skeleton to look like.

Sponge Painted Dinosaurs
Cut a large mountain shape (rough outline) from easel paper. The children enjoy sponge painting dinosaurs on it.

Stuffed Dinosaurs
For each child cut two dinosaur shapes out of brown paper bags or brown butcher paper. Have the children hold their shapes together while you staple together around three sides. Then let them crumple small pieces of newspaper and stuff them into their dinosaur shapes. When the shapes are full, staple the remaining sides closed. Let the children decorate their stuffed dinosaurs with paint. When the dinosaurs shapes are dry, attach loops of yarn to them and hang around the room. Variation: Punch holes around the edges of the pairs of dinosaurs and let the children lace together with yarn.

Skiing T-Rex 
Supply construction paper for the kids either to cut out dinosaur heads on their own, or so they can draw an assortment of heads, then glue them onto construction paper for stiffening. Ask a parent / helper to use a glue gun to attach a dinosaur head to the top of the pine cone and two craft sticks to the bottom of the cone (its skiis). Use pipe cleaners, chenille, or seed pods for the arms and tail. Glue toothpicks to the arms and attach to the skiis for ski poles.

Tyrannosaurus Rex Necklace
Give each child a piece of wax paper and play dough (See recipe below) about the size of an orange. Have each child make about three to six dinosaur teeth, the thicker the tooth the less chance of breakage. With a pencil the children can poke a hole in the top of each tooth. Place the completed teeth on a cookie sheet and bake at 300F for 40 minutes. When cool, have the children string them onto a piece of yarn (tooth, knot, tooth..) Make sure the necklace can slip over the child's head and knot the ends together.
BAKERS PLAY DOUGH: 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 1 cup water. Knead until smooth. Put in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap until needed.

Tyrannosaurus Rex Snouts
You'll need:
Scissors
Tape
Plastic foam or paper cup with bottom removed
Four 2 1/2 inch pieces of rick rack or zig zag pieces of material or construction paper
Two 24 inch pieces of yarn
1) Starting at the bottom of the cup cut 1 wedge out of the cup. This is 1 side of the mouth. Cut another wedge out of the cup on the side opposite the first wedge.
2) For the teeth tape rick rack to the outer edges of the mouth. Decorate the snout anyway you like.
3) Tie a piece of yarn to each corner of the mouth. Put the snout up to your nose and tie the yarn around your head.

Wearable Dinosaurs
Do dinosaur T-shirts using sponges found in local craft stores, fabric paint, whatever the imagination comes up with!

GAMES & ACTIVITIES:

Brontosaurus -- Tyrannosaurus
Equipment:  None
How to Play:  Divide the group into two teams: one being the "Brontosaurus," the other the "Tyrannosaurus."  Have the teams stand in riverbank formation about five feet apart from each other.  The leader then calls out "Hunt the Brontosaurus!" The Tyrannosaurus team chases the Brontosaurus team.  When the leader calls out "Hunt the Tyrannosaurus!" the Brontosaurus team chases the Tyrannosaurus team.  When either side catches someone, the player joins the opposite team.  Players are only safe if they touch a safe spot, such as a wall or a tree.  The game ends when all of the dinosaurs are on one team.

Class Dinosaur
How about making up a story about your "classroom dinosaur". Have the children work together to come up with a name and story for the dino.

Dragon Game
Equipment:  None 
How to Play:  Even if they can't see a Chinese New Year dragon parade, your group will enjoy playing this game from Indonesia.  Ask them to form a dragon by lining up in a single file, each holding the waist of the person in front.  The first person in line is the dragon's head and the last person is the tail.  The object of the game is for the head to catch the tail.  The tail, of course, does not want to be caught and tries to stay out of the head's grasp.  The other players, who make up the dragon's body, must help the head.  Everybody has to hold on tight so that the dragon does not break up while it twists and turns its way around the playing area.  When then head catches the tail, the tail becomes a new head.  Try to give as many children as possible a chance to be the dragon's head.

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.

Dinosaur Race
Equipment:  none How to Play:  Split into lodges. Each Lodge has the Kids sit in a circle. Choose one Beaver to be the "Kidsaurus". This pre-historic beast now starts crawling around the outside of the circle. The other Kids sing the song, "Ten Little Indians", but substitute the word dinosaur for "Indian". When they reach 10, the Kidsaurus nudges a Beaver in the back with his nose and the two of them crawl around the circle in opposite directions back to the starting point. The Beaver who was sitting in the circle now becomes the Kidsaurus and continues crawling around as the song starts again. Play until everyone has had a turn.

Dinosaur Steps
Divide the kids into groups. The first child in each group stands on the starting line with the others in a single file behind. On a signal, the first the child takes the biggest, longest step forward he or she can make. The second the child starts from that stopping point and takes a second giant step. The object is to work together to get from the start to the finish line.

Dinosaur Skeleton
Use the "bones" that the children dug up and cleaned from the Paleontologist Dig and let the build free form skeletons or build within the precut shape of a dinosaur.

Dinosaur Trek
Equipment:  Ten large dinosaur footprints made from paper, a bag of candy for the group to share How to Play:  Write a simple clue on each of the footprints so that each clue leads the group to the next footprint. Print the clues in large and simple words so that the children can read them. Tell the group that they are going on a dinosaur trek in search of a surprise. Hand the players the first footprint clue and allow them to follow the directions to the next clues. The last clue should lead to the surprise, which, of course, is the candy!

Dino Prints
Make life sized dinosaur foot prints, and see how many children will fit into it.

Dino Name tags
Make new name tags that read: Joey-o-saurus, or Sarah-o-don.

Dino Vote!
Vote for favorite dinosaur. Count the votes. You can vote by clipping a clamp type clothespin on a picture or word which you are voting for. Give a few choices.

Dinosaur Race
Split into groups. Each group has the kids sit in a circle. Choose one the child to be the “the kidsaurus”. This pre-historic beast now starts crawling around the outside of the circle. the other the kids sing the song, “Ten Little Indians”, but substitute dinosaur for “Indian”. When they reach 10, the kidsaurus nudges a the child in the back with his nose and the two of them crawl around the circle in opposite directions back to the starting point. The child who was sitting in the circle now becomes the kidsaurus and continues crawling around as the song starts again. Play until everyone has had a turn. 

Dinosaur Fact Book
Have the children take turns dictating a favorite dinosaur fact to you. Write each child's fact on a separate sheet of paper and let him or her illustrate the fact with crayons, markers or dinosaur stickers/stamps. Staple the pages together to make a Dinosaur Fact Book.

Dino Grouping
Have a large selection of plastic dinosaurs in a pile. Have the children work out a way to put these dinosaurs into groups. for example: all the long tails or all the ones with spikes, etc. They can come up with great ideas.

Feed the Dinosaur
Ask that same talented artist who drew the T-Rex to draw another dinosaur, but this one with a hole in its mouth. Give the kids bean bag “steaks” to throw through the hole to feed the dinosaur. A older child can stand behind it roaring, “the dinosaur’s hungry!”

How Many Dinosaurs Will Hatch?
Using plastic Easter eggs, put small dino figures or construction paper cutouts. Use it as an adding game, a number recognition, or a sorting activity.

Herbivore or Carnivore? 
Sort animals by herbivores or carnivores. Great opportunity to learn some fun words.

Paleontologist Dig
Pretend to be paleontologists and dig for dinosaur bones in the sandbox. (Use toothpicks/popsicle sticks/tongue depressors, etc.)

Prehistoric Parade
Play different types of instrumental music. Have the children move around the room, pretending to be the dinosaurs that the music reminds them of. For example, a march might remind them of Tyrannosauruses; light airy music, Pteranondons; slow music, Apatosauruses, munching on plants in the swamp. When you stop the music, encourage the children to tell you which dinosaurs they were.

Pin the Tail on the T-Rex
Ask a talented artist to draw a large picture of a  Tyrannosaurus-Rex dinosaur without a tail. Draw the tail on a separate piece of paper. Blindfold the kids, twirl them around and ask them to pin the tail on the T-Rex. Some funny looking dinosaurs will result from this activity. 

Scavenger Hunt
Draw simple pictures of various areas in the classroom and number from 1-?? Hide the sheets in the classroom (giving the first card to the children) so that when the children look at each card, it leads them to the next card. Have something special hiding (maybe a dinosaur book for story time??) at the last location.

Skeleton Hunt
Purchase small plastic dino skeletons, you can get them through Oriental Trading Co. catalog. Put them in the sand table with soft, small-sized paint brushes and small shovels and magnifying glasses. Pretend to be paleontologists. To change the familiar texture of the sand table, wet the sand. Easier to make impressions this way and understand fossils.

T-Rex Stomp
Equipment:  balloons paper bags How to Play:  Blow up lots of balloons for this game, and spread them around the room. Give the kids paper bags to slip over their feet. They are now Beaversauruses and are to run around stomping flat the little balloon "pests".

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.

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.

Volcano
Take an empty glass spice jar. Use play dough to surround the jar into a mountain-looking structure. Put a drop of food coloring into the spice jar about a tablespoon of baking soda and add vinegar to it to make an erupting volcano.

Which Skeleton is Mine?
Match skeletons to the pictures of dinosaurs.
 

SONGS:

Five Enormous Dinosaurs
Hold up all of the fingers on one hand and take one away with each verse said
Five enormous dinosaurs Letting out a roar. 
One went away and then there were four. 
Four enormous dinosaurs Munching on a tree. 
One went away and then there were three. 
Three enormous dinosaurs Didn't know what to do. 
One went away and then there were two. 
Two enormous dinosaurs Having lots of fun. 
One went away and then there was one. 
One enormous dinosaur Not having any fun. 
He went away and then there were none!
 

All Around The Swamp 
(Tune: "Wheels on the Bus")
The pteranodon"s wings went flap,flap,flap,
Flap,flap,flap,flap.flap,flap
The pteranodon.s wings went flap, flap, flap
All around the swamp.
The tyrannosaurus rex went grrr,grrr, grrr,
Grrr, grrr, grrr, grrr, grrr, grrr,
The tyrannosaurus rex went grr, grr, grr,
All around the swamp.
The triceratops horns went poke, poke, poke
Poke, poke, poke, poke, poke, poke,
The triceratops horns went poke, poke ,poke,
All around the swamp.
The brontosaurus went munch, munch, munch,
Munch, munch, munch, munch,munch, munch
The brontosaurus went munch, munch, munch,
All around the swamp
The stegosaurus tail went spike, spike, spike,
Spike, spike, spike, spike, spike, spike,
The stegosaurus tail went spike, spike, spike,
All around the swamp.

Dinosaur, dinosaur Where can you be? 
Dinosaur, dinosaur
Where can you be?
Hiding behind me (hands behind back)
Where you cannot see!
Now you see one (bring one hand out)
It's been waiting for you.
Here comes another (bring out other hand)
And now you see two!

Dinosaur 
(Tune: Twinkle Little Star)
Dinosaurs lived long ago,
Some swam, some walked,
Some flew, you know.
Some were very big and some were small,
Some were gigantic, very tall.
Dinosaurs lived long ago,
Some walked, some swam,
Some flew, you know.

Dino the Dinosaur
(Tune: Yogi Bear)
I have a friend that you all know, Dino, Dino
I have a friend that you all know, Dino, Dino Dinosaur
Dino, Dino Dinosaur, Dino, Dino Dinosaur,
I have a friend that you all know, Dino, Dino Dinosaur
Dino has a little friend too, Itchy, Itchy
Dino has a little friend too, Itchy, Itchy Dinosaur
etc...
Dino has a girl friend too, Tizzy, Tizzy
Dino has a girl friend too, Tizzy, Tizzy Dinosaur
etc...
they all have an enemy, Caveman, Caveman
they all have an enemy, Caveman, Caveman Ugh 
etc...
they all live in Rocky Town, Rocky, Rocky
they all live in Rocky Town, Rocky, Rocky Town
etc...
Actions:
Dino - Pretend to swing a tail
Itchy - Pretend to scratch themselves
Tizzy - Spin in a circle
Caveman - Pretend to swing a club
Rocky Town - Hunch over like a rock

Five Enormous Dinosaurs 
Five enormous dinosaurs, letting out a roar,
One went away and then there were four.
Four enormous dinosaurs, munching on a tree,
One went away and then there were three.
Three enormous dinosaurs didn't know what to do,
One went away and then there were two.
Two enormous dinosaurs having lots of fun,
One went away and then there was one.
One enormous dinosaur afraid to be a hero,
He (she) went away and then there were zero.

I'm Bringing Home A Baby Dinosaur
I'm bringing home a baby dinosaur
Won't my mommy fall right through the floor
I'm bringing home a baby dinosaur
Ouch! He squished me!
Flat as a pancake!
I'm bringing home a baby dinosaur
Won't my mommy hide behind the door
I'm bringing home a baby dinosaur
Tromp! Tromp! Tromp! Tromp!

The T-Rex Went Over the Mountain
(Tune: the Bear Went Over the Mountain)
The T-Rex went over the mountain,
The T-Rex went over the mountain,
The T-Rex went over the mountain,
To see what he could see.
And all that he could see,
And all that he could see,
Was the other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
Was all that he could see.

Ten Big Dinosaurs 
(Tune: 10 Little Indians)
1 big, 2 big, 3 big dinosaurs,
4 big, 5 big, 6 big dinosaurs,
7 big, 8 big, 9 big dinosaurs,
10 big dinosaurs!
They all lived a long , long time ago.
They all lived a long, long time ago.
They all lived a long, long time ago.
Now there are no more.

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FOOD SUGGESTIONS:

Delicious Dinosaur Eggs.
What you will need:
4 hard cooked eggs
a small bowl
3 cups COOL water
1 envelope of unsweetened soft drink (brightly colored)
Clear plastic wrap
Step 1
Gently tap the shell over until the shells crack. Do NOT take the shell off.
Step 2
In a small bowl stir together water & soft drink mix. Add cracked eggs to the colored water
Step 3
Cover the small bowl with plastic wrap. Place it in the refrigerator. Leave it in for 1-2 days. Remove the eggs and throw away the colored water. Peel the shells off the eggs. Your dinosaur eggs are ready to eat

Dinosaur Egg Jigglers 
2 1/2 cups boiling water
2 pkgs (8 oz serving size) of Lime flavored gelatin
1 cup cold milk
1 pkg (4 oz. serving size) vanilla flavor instant pudding mix
1/2 Tsp. ground cinnamon or cocoa
Stir boiling water into gelatin in large bowl 3 min. or until completely dissolved. Cool 30 min. at room temperature. Meanwhile, prepare egg mold, use paper towel dipped in vegetable oil to lightly wipe inside of both sides of eggs mold and along rims. Close egg mold, matching up the rims of the egg halves. Pour milk into medium. bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 1 min. Quickly pour into cooled gelatin. Stir with wire whisk until well blended. Pour gelatin-pudding mixture into measuring cup with pour spout. Immediately pour into eggs until each egg is filled to the top of the egg shape. Pour remaining mixture into 8 inch square pan. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or until firm. Open egg mold using a dull flat knife to gently pry between each egg. Turn egg mold over and shake gently to unmold eggs. Dip bottom of 8 inch pan into warm water about 15 seconds. Cut into decorative shapes with cookie cutters all the way through gelatin. Lift from pan. Makes 6 eggs and about 12 Jigglers pieces.

Dino Lunch
A suggestion for a Dinosaur lunch is:
Dino legs (chicken legs)
Tree tops (broccoli)
Quicksand (apple sauce)
Dino bread (Dinosaur shaped graham crackers)

Dinosaur Delight
1/4C dirt(cocoa)
1/2C swamp water (milk with green food coloring)
2C crushed bones (sugar)
1/2C fat(butter)
2C dead grass (uncooked oatmeal)
1/2C squashed bugs(peanut butter)
Mix cocoa & milk. Add sugar and butter. Boil about 3 min. Add peanut butter and oatmeal and stir until melted. Remove from heat and stir until mixture begins to thicken, Drop by tablespoonful onto waxed paper cool, eat and enjoy.

Dippy Diplodocus Dip
1 cup of plain yogurt
1 cup of sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tbs. chopped onion
2 tbs. parsley
1 Tsp. dill weed
salt and pepper to taste
Mix everything together in a medium bowl. chill for 1 hour. Cut up some fresh broccoli. pretend you are a diplodocus munching on treetops as you dip the broccoli into the dip.

Dinosaur Crumble
Gather a package of graham crackers and chewy candy dinos. Crumble the crackers and mix in candy. Place a scoop of the mixture in a cup for each child and using a spoon they have to hunt for dinos.

Oog Juice
You can call any kind of punch mixture “Oog juice”. Make a warm drink by heating equal amounts of grape juice and red fruit punch. Add raisins and slivered almonds. Enjoy! 

Peanut Butter Dough Dinosaurs 
Prepare this edible dough ahead of time and refrigerate until needed. Allow one cup per child. Mix together 2 cups of powdered dry milk, 2 cups smooth peanut butter, and 1 cup of honey. Adjust the amount of honey according to the oiliness of the peanut butter and to suit personal taste. After all the kids have washed their hands, give them some dough, a supply of hard candies, chocolate chips, miniature marshmallows, and gumdrops. Set them to work designing their own dinosaurs. After they have admired everyone’s work, they can eat them!

Swampy Salad
2 cups applesauce
1/2 cup peanuts
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
Mix everything together in a medium bowl. Pretend you are a Brachiosaurus hiding in a swamp from a fierce meat-eating dinosaur.

Stone Age Shakes (Frosty banana milkshakes)
Prep time: 15 min.
2 C milk
2 ripe bananas
1 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 pt vanilla frozen low-fat yogurt
Mix all in blender and pour into paper cups. For that added touch, add green food coloring.

Thunder Roll-ups
1 1/2 cups coconut
1 cup peanut butter
1/3 raisins
1 Tsp. vanilla
Spread the coconut on a sheet of waxed paper. Mix everything else together in a medium bowl Roll a spoonful of the mixture into the coconut. Chill for 1 hour. Stomp around like a thunder-lizard while you eat them.

TIPS/NOTES:

Dinosaurs
Tyrannosaurus was a beast that had no friends to say the least. It ruled the ancient out-of-doors and hunted other dinosaurs. Brontosaurus had little to doubt stand with its head in the treetops and chew. It nibbled the leaves that were tender and green, it was a giant eating machine. Allosaurus liked to bite. Its teeth were sharp as sabres. It frequently, with great delight, made mincemeat of its neighbors.