In this tutorial, we’ll be teaching your kids how to draw a dinosaur that looks like a T-rex or a velociraptor – two of the most popular dinosaurs out there. *This post contains affiliate links* How to Draw a Dinosaur Step by Step Talking about dinosaurs is fun, but drawing a dinosaur can be even more fun! We’ve yet to meet a kid that doesn’t love a dinosaur, or they weren’t obsessed with dinosaurs at one point in their lives. We love reading and i’m a firm believer that expanding the book through craft, art or an activity helps to enhance a child’s understanding of a book/idea/theme, as well as their imagination and of course is great for stimulating creative thinking.If you have a dinosaur loving kid in your home, they are going to love this how to draw a dinosaur guide, an easy step by step tutorial that will have them draw a t-rex looking dinosaur in no time. In my house, craft and books come hand in hand. Depending on the shape of your dino’s head, you may need some extra paper! Step 3:įinish your paper plate dinosaur with eyes, teeth and horns and start roaring! While the paper plate is drying, using the cut offs of the paper plate, create teeth, eyes and horns.

Stick the ‘mouth’ onto the ‘head’ and paint – This is time to get creative with bright colours and patterns!

TIP: Place the folded paper plate onto the bottom half the ‘head’ and trim to size. More information can be found in our disclosure statement.Ĭut one paper plate to create a ‘head like’ shape and remove the perforated rim of the other and fold it in half – this will become the dinosaurs mouth. Only quality and relevant products are recommended. However you choose to make the paper plate dinosaurs, I’m sure the kids will love them. The folding mouth works so well and is great for inspiring play.Īs an adaptation, the eyes could be replaced by holes to become face masks. These paper plate dinosaurs are a consequence of the dino mania that has taken hold of my kids and we had a great time making them, improving the paper plate triceratops we made last year. We’ve watched documentaries about them and pretended to be stomping chomping T-Rex’s roaming around the house. We’ve read a ton of books about dinosaurs. Following a recent visit to the Natural History Museum in London, the girls became dino mad!

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