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It can be problematic for Mums and Dads to keep up with the busy social lives of the young charges when they get to school age.  For most there is the almost weekly ordeal of getting to take their children to a classmate’s birthday party.  With class sizes in many cases exceeding 30 pupils, there could be a party to wait every weekend and then of course you are faced with the process of reciprocating when it is your child’s birthday.  However, help is at hand as with the assistance of my colleagues, a few of whom actually study fossils and dig up dinosaurs, we can hopefully, pass on some tips to simply help ensure a dinosaur themed party is a roaring success.  We all know how much of challenging organising a children’s party can be.  However, we can help when it comes to a dinosaur themed party, hopefully taking out a few of the strain and worry.

Dinosaurs and prehistoric animals are universally well-liked by young children.  Indeed, the Order Dinosauria seems to have captured the imagination of the general public almost from its inception in the early 1840’s by the anatomist Sir Richard Owen.  As a teacher, I have already been in a position to blend in dinosaurs into all sorts of teaching activities and with only a little imagination the sorts of exercises carried out in the classroom can be adapted to simply help spark young children’s imaginations at a dinosaur themed birthday party.

Choosing inexpensive Dinosaur Models as Party Gifts

A relatively inexpensive range of plastic dinosaur models may be used to complete the party gift bag, but you will want to take a while to think about the model selection and then involve the young party goers in an enjoyable to play party game to simply help them “earn” the right to have a plastic dinosaur home. what dinosaur has 500 teeth  There are a wide variety of model series from which to choose these days, most stores have packs of reasonably priced models in varying shades and colours.  However, as opposed to purchase a bunch, attempt to see if you can find any presented in a box, so that you are designed for them.  This provides you the chance to check them out, to see if they actually stand up.   Beware the bipedal (two-footed) dinosaur models, most of the cheaper sets have bipedal dinosaur models that don’t actually stand up independently two feet (as it were).  Bipedal dinosaurs include popular prehistoric animals such a Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor and it would be a shame to have to offer an event goer a dinosaur model which in fact doesn’t stand up.  We refer to these as tipsy dinosaurs, but when unsure as to what would work best for your young charges, select four-footed animals (quadrupeds), these tend to be a whole lot more stable and are extremely unlikely to fall over.

In fact, palaeontologists still marvel at how large Theropods (bipedal, meat-eaters such as for example Tyrannosaurus rex), were able to run around and generally support their great bulk whilst walking on the toes (digitigrade stance), that is one of many mysteries of the Order Dinosauria.  The structure of the ankle bones in a dinosaur is one of many main distinguishing characteristics, between dinosaurs and other ancient reptiles.  A powerful joint between the foot bones and the bones of the hind leg is a key feature of dinosaurs and this foot/limb configuration gave these creatures a distinct advantage when comparing to the locomotive abilities of other primeval reptile groups.

No real matter what your reason for selecting a specific selection of prehistoric animal models, these inexpensive items may be used as the cornerstone for an easy to organise and fun to create dinosaur game.  Why don’t you send your young party goers on the individual dinosaur hunt?

Organising a Dinosaur Party Game – A Dinosaur Hunt

Rather than merely giving only a little prehistoric animal away in your party goody bag, you will want to help the young palaeontologists to burn up some energy and have the fun of finding their own dinosaur model to get hold of?  Hide the models so that each child at the party can have a spin at hunting their own dinosaur.

This game can be adapted to be played either outdoors in indoors; we do appreciate that sometimes the current weather can dash the best-laid plans of the home party planner.

Whenever we play this game, we make a note of where we have hidden this model and then write the name of the prehistoric animal on a piece of paper with a hint concerning where in fact the dinosaur may be lurking.  All the papers are folded up and put right into a box, a hat or several other handy container. Often the dinosaur party host is a very willing helper, assisting with the writing from the names, identifying the animals using one of many ubiquitous dinosaur books generally in most young people’s collections and even helping theme up the box using stickers and dinosaur drawings.  The young dinosaur fan will without doubt provide a lot of expert opinion on dinosaur “dos and don’ts” ;. It is amazing how much knowledge children can absorb, especially if they like the topic matter.

Each child then takes it in turn to choose a piece of paper from the hat, they study the name of the dinosaur and the clue and off they’re going to test and find their prehistoric animal.  The adult supervising the game can offer some assistance and advice but this activity is great to simply help the young dinosaur fans burn up some energy because they run around attempting to be the first to ever round up their dinosaur.  Once they’ve retrieved their model, they come back to the adult with the box or hat that had been filled up with the names and attempt to pronounce the name of the prehistoric animal in question.  Pronunciation guides can be found in the glossary section of most children’s dinosaur books and the pictures provided can allow you to identify the prehistoric animals represented by the models.

Once the young budding palaeontologist has located their prehistoric animal they can have a spin at pronouncing the name.  Then it is just a case of putting the prehistoric model in to the party gift bag or gift box so that once the party is finished they can bring it home.  Make sure to check that every child features a labelled goody bag, it wouldn’t do to mix up the dinosaur models only at that stage.  Most quality gift bags have a title tag section, where each recipients name can be written clearly.  You can always print off some dinosaur pictures form the numerous web site resources and use these as innovative name tags for your party goody bags.

The overall game is straightforward to create, works effectively when you can go outside in to the yard or garden and helps children consume some of the energy before tucking in to the birthday tea.  It fits in to the dinosaur theme and will be a lot of fun to play.  We especially like the thought of being able to mix in a bit of learning regarding dinosaur models the little one has “discovered” – slipping in a bit of science and educational material with no children realising it.  If small children can spend playtime with science because they play then this has to be described as a good idea.

It can be problematic for Mums and Dads to keep up with the busy social lives of the young charges when they get to school age.  For most there is the almost weekly ordeal of getting to take their children to a classmate’s birthday party.  With class sizes in many cases exceeding 30 pupils, there…

It can be problematic for Mums and Dads to keep up with the busy social lives of the young charges when they get to school age.  For most there is the almost weekly ordeal of getting to take their children to a classmate’s birthday party.  With class sizes in many cases exceeding 30 pupils, there…