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20 Ideas For An Amazing Dinosaur Themed Party for kids – Take a look at the coolest ideas for decorations, printables, games, party foods, cakes and more
Is your child’s birthday around the corner and you’re confused what theme to follow this year? How about throwing a prehistoric birthday bash for the little paleontologist in hands?

Dinosaur themed parties are a roaring success with children. There’s something about these prehistoric creatures that make the kids go mad for them, so there are high possibilities that your child will ask for a dinosaur themed party sometime or the other. But preparing for it won’t be easy. Don’t worry; you’re in luck as you’ve landed at the right place.

20 Ideas For An Amazing Dinosaur Themed Party

Dinosaur Themed Party Invites

We found this cutesy dinosaur themed party invitation ideas at blog.stephbond.com. And with a little effort and imagination, even you can make these invites easily at home.

Dinosaur Themed Party Decor

1. A Rainforest Backdrop:

To create a rainforest backdrop as seen at craftsbycourtney.com, purchase a tropical themed paper and line it with ribbon. Using wooden blocks for displaying foods and goodies is also an excellent idea.

2. Dinosaur Tails For Table Setting:

We absolutely love the idea of using dinosaur tails for the table settings, as seen on catchmyparty.com.

3. Dinosaur Themed Party For Girls:

Who said a dinosaur themed party is only for boys? Even girls can demand a roaring party, and you have to be well prepared for it. You can take some ideas from pizzazzerie.com, where Courtney opted for cute and unique purple, turquoise and green color palette for the party.

4. Dinosaur Footprints:

Design a jungle type feel with lots of green and brown. Live plants give a really nice feel and fill in the rest with green “jungle-vine” streamers, banana leaf on the platters, Hessian material decorations. Print a dinosaur footprint template and then cut the prints out of black paper and then laminated them for durability. Add them from the driveway and went up into the house like learn with play at home.

5. Jurassic Park Themed Party:

This Jurassic Park themed party will have the kids roaring with delight. The jungle backdrop, the jeep toy and toy-dinosaur decorations are adding to the ambiance. Thanks to karaspartyideas.com for the idea.

Dinosaur Themed Party Food Ideas

1. Dinosaur Themed Cake: 

How can you not include a dinosaur themed cake at a dinosaur party? This bright and beautiful dinosaur Rex, the dinosaur cake from bettycrocker.com would be ideal for a preschooler’s or an elementary school goer’s party.

2. Dirt, Worms, and Dinosaurs:

We know it sounds gross, but these dessert cups are way flavorful than you can imagine. It’s made using crushed Oreo cookies, chocolate pudding, chocolate rocks, gummy worms and toy dinosaurs for presentation. For complete instructions, visit glorioustreats.com.

3. Dinosaur Cookies:

Don’t think children will be intimidated seeing these dinosaur skeleton cookies. On the contrary, they’ll grin ear to ear seeing these unique cookies. To make it even more fun, bury the cookies in brown sugar and have the children unearth them. Head to thebearfootbaker.com for the recipe.

4. Dinosaur Rice Krispie Treats:

These dinosaur rice crispy treats, courtesy mamamiss.com, would also make an excellent addition to the snack table. Use different colors to make this treats even more appealing.

5. Dinosaur Snack Plate:

These dinosaur snack plates from notimeforflashcards.com are perfect for serving goodies to the children. Do not forget to line the plates with wax paper for oily or wet foods.

Dinosaur Themed Party Activities and Games

1. Dinosaur Egg Ice Smash Game:

When you’re organizing a dinosaur themed party, you have to arrange for some games and activities too! parenting chaos has given us an excellent game idea, dinosaur egg ice smash. Just fill colorful balloons with colored water and freeze them for 48 hours. Hide the eggs in the backyard and ask the children the find them before they melt.

2. Egg Carton and Cupcake Liner Dinosaur Craft:

If you want to make your child’s birthday both fun and educational, set up a craft station and have the kids make cute carton and cupcake liner dinosaurs. You can take the idea from stillplayingschool.com.

3. Dino Bones:

Why didn’t it occur to us before? We’re talking about using plain pretzel sticks as dinosaur bones. Children will be thrilled. Thanks to placeofmystaste.com for this idea.

4. Dinosaur Gross Motor Movement Game:

Get the kiddos moving with this super enjoyable dinosaur gross motor movement game from ottoolbox.com. As the title says, the game will hone children’s gross motor skills.

5. DIY Paper Dinosaur Hat:

How can a party be complete without a hat? Here’s an easy to follow DIY from cuttingtinybites.com to help you make innovative dinosaur party hats.

6. Dinosaur Mask:

Kids will have lots of fun playing with these printable dinosaur masks from Easy Peasy & Fun! She has  Triceratops and T-rex (well it can be used as a raptor too!).

7. Find The Dino Eggs Game:

How about setting up a find the dino eggs treasure hunt game? Just hide the chocolate eggs, painted eggs or favor filled eggs in the party venue and ask the little guests to uncover. Get the game at Amazon.

Dinosaur Themed Party Favors

1. Dinosaur Fossil Soap:

These DIY dinosaur fossil soaps from simplisticallyliving.com would make excellent party favors. And it’s cost-effective, considering you can make these soaps at home with just a few, frugal ingredients.

2. Dinosaur Goodie Bag:

Now that the party favor is decided, you need a goody bag toys. Take some inspiration from some fun Items on Amazon.com

The idea of a Dinosaur themed party is excellent, but you must tailor it to suit the age of your children. If you’re organizing a dinosaur themed party for toddlers, go high on colors and bling, but if the party is for a tween, you should try to be as realistic as possible. So why wait? Start planning for your dinosaur themed party right away!