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Dinosaur Preschool Activities

The dinosaur theme in preschool is definitely a favorite among the kids and there are so many fun activities and learning experiences.  Here are just a few of the different activities on the shelves.

Dinosaur Fine Motor Activities

Dinosaur Preschool Activities - Collages
Dinosaur Preschool Activities - Collages

We made dinosaur collages using cardboard dinosaur shapes, paint sticks, stickers, tape, feathers, and googly eyes!  I love how they turned out and the kids had fun decorating and playing with them.

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Dinosaur Preschool Activities - Fine Motor Activity

Free the dinosaurs!  A great fine motor activity to strengthen finger muscles.  This was a kid’s favorite and they asked for it every day.  By the end of the week, the kids were freeing the dinosaurs really quickly and then putting the rubber bands back on again so their friends could do it!

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Q-tip painting-a fun fine motor activity.  Here is a copy of D is for Dinosaur.

Dinosaur Crafts

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Dinosaur Preschool Activities - T-Rex Craft

T-Rex is by far the favorite dinosaur and this was a quick crafty project the kids loved!

Dinosaur Preschool Activities - Stegosaurus Craft

Another quick glue project was adding the bony plates and spiky tail to the stegosaurus.

Dinosaur Scissor Activity

Dinosaur Preschool Activities - Dinosaur Cut and Color

We did this quick color-and-cut dinosaur project during group time!  We are always looking for scissor activities.   Here is a copy of the Dinosaur Scissor Activity to print.

Dinosaur Writing Fun

Dinosaur Preschool Activities

I drew a large dinosaur and hung it on our whiteboard.  During group time I asked the kids to come up and circle all of the lower case d’s.

Dinosaur Preschool Activities - Lightbox Tracing

Our lightbox is always being used.  I placed simple outlines of dinosaurs into plastic sleeves and taped them to the lightbox. The kids taped their own paper and traced. 

Dinosaur Name Craft

Dinosaur Coloring and Name Activity

This is a fun editable dinosaur name activity to do with your students!

Dinosaur Preposition Activity

Dinosaur Preschool Activities - Dinosaur and Volcano Preposition Activity

This dinosaur and volcano preposition activity is great for learning position words.   I say to the kids, “Place the dinosaur behind the volcano.  Place the dinosaur above the volcano.”  This resource can be found here in my TPT store.

Dinosaur Fossils

Dinosaur Preschool Activities - Salt Dough Dinosaurs

We made dinosaur fossils out of salt dough.  Mix 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, and 1 cup of water.  Knead and press dinosaurs into the dough.  Bake 325 until hard, about 30 minutes, depending on thickness.

Dinosaur Preschool Activities - Free the Dinosaurs!

Dinosaur Preschool Activities - Free the Dinosaurs!

For days I was making this “excavate the dinosaurs” activity.  Before the kids left each day they asked to do it again the next day.  I placed dinosaurs in mini tins, added baking soda mixed with water, and froze.  I gave the kids lots of vinegar, pipettes, and paintbrushes to free the dinosaurs.  It was a lot of fun and a bit of a mess, but totally worth the excitement when the dinosaurs were free.  On the second day of the activity, I added primary colors to the vinegar to give it a bit of extra:) Quick tip-take out the tins about a half-hour before the activity to let them thaw or warm up the vinegar a bit.

Here is a link to the toob dinosaurs that are similar to the dinos in the above pictures.

Dinosaur Preschool Activities

Pin some of these dinosaur preschool activities for later!

Looking for more themed preschool activities?  Try insects or oceans🙂

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