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The awesome frozen dino excavation activity is super simple and an awesome sensory play experience. Ice play in general, is an absolute favourite sensory and science activity for small kids to explore! We have often enjoyed freezing and thawing objects, trying to work out how to release them from the ice blocks and as an added bonus, cooling down from the heat of the day!
Making Frozen Eggs
Making prehistoric eggs is super simple.We added our small dinosaurs (and a few random sea creature toys) to the inside of the balloons (this was a two person job) and then filled the balloons with water to be frozen over night. Be very careful adding the dinos- we had several balloons rip before we worked out a good system. You can add your balloons to a cookie sheet in the freezer if you don’t want the ice eggs to have weird shapes.
Once frozen simply cut the balloons off the ice and you are ready to play!
Pro-Tips:
●Inflate your balloons a few times to stretch them out, making it easier to add the dinos.
●When you tie off your balloons, try to let all the air out of the balloon.
Excavation
For excavating, your imagination is the limit. This is also a great time to give them a problem solving question: “Oh no! The dinosaurs are trapped in the ice eggs. How can we help them to hatch out?!” You can ask your children to work together to try and come up with some methods and materials they might need, then see what they try out.
Within a matter of minutes, we had a collection of random items. Everything from warm salt water, a mallet, hammer, rocks, rolling pin, pipettes, forks, and spray bottles were brought out. We even threw a few off the porch to break them into smaller pieces.
It wasn’t long until the first dinosaurs started to emerge from their frozen eggs, amidst excited shouts. Once they were freed they continued to work away at the ice eggs, chiselling and melting them down to small blocks. I was surprised that they worked through all 8 eggs that I had made. It took them over an hour to excavate all the dinos, all while providing a ton of heavy work, motor skill practice, and problem solving skills.
We used other small ocean animals for some extra fun, but honestly you could really have fun with what you add to your balloon eggs. Mix it up with food coloring, glitter, grass and twigs, and so on.
For more dino fun, check out my Free Dino Pictionary blog!
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It’s no secret, my boys are dino obsessed! My house is full of roaring and stomping sounds on a daily basis, and I’ve stepped, (quite painfully), on more dinos than I’d like to admit.
I’m always trying to find exciting and new activities for the boys and adventures to take them on that incorporate their favorite items. However, today we are just focusing on dinos! We’ve done a lot of cool activities that use slimes, dino footprints, excavating activites, and dino egg hatching.
We’ve even visited all manner of places where they can see dinos up close. They love our dino adventures. They will look at all the cool bones for hours and fully immerse themselves in the entire dino experience.
Dinosaur Pictionary
Honestly though, dinosaurs are so universally awesome and fun, it’s no shock that so many kiddos are obsessed with them. With the variety of personalities that have been attributed to T-rexes, pteranodons, and triceratops, it’s no wonder kids all have a favorite one! This pictionary game is perfect for birthday parties but is also great for learning all about dinos!
Open The Imagination
I think one of the best parts of this game is that it gives your children the ability to really use their imaginations. So many activities these days don’t allow kids to really think.Video games and cartoons have their place, but rarely give way to creativity. This game is structured enough that it gives kids good direction and then sets them free to draw what makes sense to them.
Learn All The Time
One of my favorite parts about this game is that it is highly educational. Your children likely have an idea of which dinosaurs are which. But do they know the difference between the triassic period and the mesozoic era? Do they know all the shapes of the different body types of dinosaurs? Kids can learn new vocabulary and concepts while playing and not even realize it!
Life of the Party
While it’s true that a highlight of this game is that it gives way to creativity and is very educational, let’s not forget that it is also fun! Your children and their friends will enjoy trying their hand at sketching their favorite dinosaurs and coming up with ways to represent different eras and concepts. Really, this could keep them busy for hours and hours.
How To Play:
Just print out the dinosaur pictionary game, then cut out each individual card and either place them in a pile or put them in a cup. Players can take turns pulling a card, but they must not show it to the other players. Then, they do their best to draw what’s on their card!
I hope your family enjoys this game as much as mine does!Click Here To Download
Want more prehistoric fun? Check out Dinosaur Quotes for a Toddler Bedroom by the super rad Fort Birthday!
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