Dino-Mite Dinosaur Activities for Toddlers to Try Today!
Looking for some engaging and fun dinosaur activities for toddlers? Look no further! These dino-mite dinosaur activities will be so much fun for the dinosaur lovers in your life!
Using dinosaurs as a theme to guide learning and play is so much fun! Having children participate in activities and learning that interest them is key to building a lifelong love of learning and exploration! If your child is anything like mine then they have a BIG interest in dinosaurs right now, which will make these dinosaur activities for toddlers and preschoolers perfect for you!
You are going to learn about some of the best dinosaur activities for toddlers, dinosaur toddler books, dinosaur toys for toddlers and more!
This post is all about engaging and fun dinosaur activities for toddlers to try today!
Dinosaur Activities
Dinosaur Prints
Looking for a simple and fun way to practice letters while playing and having fun with dinosaurs? Try this dinosaur prints activity! This activity makes a perfect way to practice letter D.
Dinosaur Foam and Water Activity
Try this activity if you are looking for some dinosaur fun outside!
Dino Dig Sensory Bin
This easy dinosaur themed sensory bin will be perfect if you are looking for a super simple way to try out sensory bins! Use cereal from around your house and turn it into a dinosaur dig sensory bin your littles will love!
Dinosaur Water Table Activity
Looking for more outside fun? We loved filling our water table with dinosaurs and doing a little fine motor practice with this activity!
Dinosaur Book-tivity (Book + Activity) “Dinosaur Bath”
This is the perfect way to incorporate books with learning through play! We read two super cute dinosaur books and then completed a “dinosaur bath” activity that went perfectly paired with the books. This activity uses shaving cream which adds to the messy sensory fun!
Dinosaur Crafts
Dinosaur Handprints Craft
If you are looking for a simple dinosaur toddler craft this is it! Just use your child’s hand to create a cute dinosaur they will love seeing hung up on the wall or fridge!
Dinosaur Watercolor Painting
We love to practice painting with watercolors. Any coloring page works great to gain this extra practice! We loved using this free coloring page.
Printable Dinosaur Activities
Baby Dinosaur Letter Activity
This free printable dinosaur activity will be great if you are looking to practice letters. You can easily work on letter names and sounds, matching upper and lowercase letters and can fit in a little fine motor practice with crayons and markers!
D is for Dinosaur page
Practice the letter d with this fun dinosaur themed page. Go over the letter d and sound that it makes. Then, count the dinosaurs! Let your little ones have fun looking at the dinosaurs and coloring them in. Click below to use and print out this freebie!
Dinosaur Colors Book
This dinosaur themed book activity is perfect if you are looking for a fun way to practice color words and sight words! We would simply pull out a color card, read the page and the would color it in. At the end, we had a fun little dinosaur book to continue practicing colors with!
Dinosaur Books
These are some of the cutest dinosaur books! They all would make great bedtime stories or are just good anytime dinosaur reads. This is a little list of books dinosaur lovers are sure to appreciate!
Dinosnores and Dinosaur Dance are two simple and cute board books you will love reading! They both feature rhyming text and have the best illustrations!
Dini Dinosaur makes a great before bath and bedtime story! It features a cute little dinosaur who gets dirty and needs to take a bath!
I’m a Dirty Dinosaur is another good book about a dinosaur getting dirty and leads to great discussion and practice with parts of the body.
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
This book makes a perfect bedtime behavior teaching book! It has cute illustrations and is a fun read before bed!
Dinosaur Toys
We have absolutely loved these toys! They will be perfect if you have a dinosaur lover in your life too!
Melissa and Doug Dinosaur Magnets-
These dinosaur magnets make the perfect “while you are cooking dinner” activity! With them being magnetic they will stick to most refrigerators or dishwashers! I also like to flip over a baking pan and sticking the magnets to those works perfectly too!
Check out the cute dinosaur magnets HERE!
This little dancing dinosaur is the cutest! You insert a tile from the dino egg and the dinosaur sings and dances! It is like having your very own little dancing dino!
Check out this fun Mix and Match-a-Saurus Dancing Dino HERE!
We have had so much fun with this little dinosaur! It has a remote and your child can pretend their dinosaur is a pet and take it on little walks!
Check out this walking pet dinosaur HERE!
These little dinos are too cute! They are the perfect little toy and learning resource for practicing counting, sorting, colors and shapes!
Check out these snap-n-learn Matching dinos HERE!
Dinosaur Shows
These dinosaur shows were so fun to watch together or for when you just need a minute (Am I right Mama?)! They include learning facts and songs and are definitely ones to check out!
- Ms. Rachel Dinosaurs Episode– This features cute dinosaurs songs and facts and was a fun addition to our dinosaur activities!
- Bubble Guppies Season 1 Episode 18 “Can You Dig It?”- This is a cute animated show that fits in some learning and facts. Its a good one to watch together. We can usually watch it included with our Amazon Prime subscription.
- Blippi Dinosaurs Episode– This one also features some songs and facts about dinosaurs and works great if you just want to watch a few minutes at a time of dinosaur fun.
Dinosaur Songs
Songs are the perfect way to add in learning and themed fun! We enjoyed listening to these songs as we did many of these dinosaur activities.
- “We Are The Dinosaurs” By The Laurie Berkner Band– This song was by far our favorite one to listen to during the dinosaur activities! It was the perfect addition to our dinosaur fun!
- “10 Little Dinosaurs” By Super Simple Songs– We always love Super Simple Songs and this song is so cute! Its a great way to fit in a little counting practice with a cute dinosaur theme!
- Blippi Dinosaur Song
Other Dinosaur Fun
Dinosaur Splash Pad- This is the perfect addition when having some outside dinosaur fun! We loved being able to run through the water and go stomping on the dinosaurs!
Check out this Dinosaur Splash Pad HERE!
Dinosaur and cute design cups- These cups are so cute! The dinosaur themed cup was a big hit and perfect for bringing excitement to water drinking (no easy task with a busy toddler!).
Check out these cute cups HERE!
This post was all about engaging and fun dinosaur activities for toddlers to try today!
My hope is that you found some dino-mite ways to have fun with your littles through this fun dinosaur theme! Happy teaching, learning and playing!
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