Have a dinosaur-crazy kid? Here are three family-friendly dinosaur-themed activities to help keep them entertained!
1. Dino fossil cookies
Ingredients: no-spread cookie mix, cookie-cutter, toy dinosaurs
1. Make your favorite batch of no-spread cookie dough.
2. While the dough is raw, use toy dinosaurs to imprint various shapes. REMOVE the dinosaur before baking!
3. Bake cookies according to the recipe directions.
—Photos and recipe from Sarah Hauge, publisher of Macaroni Kid Englewood, Greenwood Village, Centennial Colo.
2. Dino fizzy eggs
Supplies needed: baking soda, water, gel food coloring, plastic dinosaurs
Get the step-by-step instructions!
3. Handprint Dinos
Supplies needed: paint, black permanent marker, paper, embellishments
1. Add paint to the palm of your child’s hand.
2. With fingers spread apart, gently press your child's hand onto a sheet of paper like a stamp.
3. Use extra paint and embellishments to add features like spikes or a tail.