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children
through crafts and activities. You will find hundreds of inexpensive crafts
and activities for children. Most
of
the crafts and activities on this site are Bible-based and are great to use
in Sunday School, Vacation Bible
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Dinosaur Crafts for Kids
What you will need: Two plastic milk jugs, sharp pointy scissors, tape, dry erase marker, printer paper, fine sand paper, hot melt glue gun, low temp. glue sticks, and acrylic paint. What to do: 1. Carefully peel off the labels on the front of the milk jugs. Wash out the insides of the jugs and let them dry.
3. Cut the pteranodon out, but don't cut all the way through where the top of the wings meets the neck. Cut all the way through the top of the handle and all the way through under the top of the handle. You should have a rectangle peace on the top of the wings only connected by a 1/4" of an inch at the base of the neck.
4.Fold the rectangle piece back under the pteranodon's body and roll it up so that it forms a cylinder shape under the body as shown in the diagram at the left. Use a glue gun to glue the cylinder in place. A children can stick their fingers in the cylinder to hold the pteranodon.
7. Use acrylic paint to paint your pteranodon. Copyright Notice - Even though many of the crafts on this site are free, they are still copyrighted. They are for personal use only. They may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, except for local church, school, group, or home use. You may not copy this material and publish it on another web site, newsgroup, bulletin board, etc. The copyright notice must be included on all copies. To request permission to copy this material for any other use contact me by email. Learn More About Pterosaurs ("Winged Lizards") - The University of California, Berkeley has some good pictures of pterosaur skulls on this page: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/pterosauria.html
What you will need: A one-gallon empty milk carton, white paint, dry erase marker, and white spray paint. What to do: 1. Clean and dry your empty milk carton. Copyright Notice - Even though many of the crafts on this site are free, they are still copyrighted. They are for personal use only. They may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, except for local church, school, group, or home use. You may not copy this material and publish it on another web site, newsgroup, bulletin board, etc. The copyright notice must be included on all copies. To request permission to copy this material for any other use contact me by email. This color sheet is available on The Resource Room for members only.
Cornflake Stegosaurus Activity Sheet for Children
Children color the stegosaurus and then glue cornflakes to its back to make the bony plates. This activity sheets is available on The Resource Room to members only.
Textured Dinosaur and Baby Activity Sheet
What you will need: Crayons, and course sandpaper sheets. What to do: 1. Print out the dinosaur activity sheet (Available to members only) or use other dinosaur pictures. 2. Color the picture with crayons or colored pencils. Then place course sand paper sheets underneath the pictures and rub with the long side of a crayon over the picture where you would like texture. (Remove the paper wrapper from the crayon before rubbing.)
4. Cut little “V” shapes at the bottom of the legs and draw lines all the way up to the top of the legs to make the legs look separate. 5. Cut a center bumps out of the egg cartons leaving them attached to each other. Separate one bump to use as the head. Glue it to the neck. 6. Use the other row of bumps for the dinosaurs bony plates. Glue them along the top of the next and body. I added more bumps from the other egg carton to make it a little longer. 7. Paint the dinosaur.
What you will need: Rocks in the shape of dinosaur parts, paint, and black permanent markers. What to do: Copyright Notice - Even though many of the crafts on this site are free, they are still copyrighted. They are for personal use only. They may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, except for local church, school, group, or home use. You may not copy this material and publish it on another web site, newsgroup, bulletin board, etc. The copyright notice must be included on all copies. To request permission to copy this material for any other use contact me by email.
What you will need: Shoe box size boxes, paint, fun foam, glue gun, knife, newspaper, and duck tape. What to do:
Make dinosaur claws from typing paper to go along with your dinosaur feet. Go to Danielle's Designs Page for directions.
Note: Instead of making a small game board, you can make a large game board on the floor using much larger prints. The children will be the game pieces. Copyright Notice - Even though many of the crafts on this site are free, they are still copyrighted. They are for personal use only. They may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, except for local church, school, group, or home use. You may not copy this material and publish it on another web site, newsgroup, bulletin board, etc. The copyright notice must be included on all copies. To request permission to copy this material for any other use contact me by email.
What you will need: Foam core board, markers, dinosaurs, paint and sponge. What to do to make the players: What to do to make the game:
4. Have your child help you draw pictures of a volcano erupting, a Rex, mud, etc. on the board next to the appropriate directions. Links * * * The following links are not Christian sites and have information that does not coincide with the teachings in the bible, however, they have some great information and activities and are worth checking out. * * *Children’s Sermons - Here is a sermon about God creating the dinosaurs. Download a Dinosaur - Thirteen dinosaurs you can print out, cut out, and fold to make standing dinosaurs.ZoomDinosaurs.com - Here’s a great dinosaur page with lots of printouts, crafts and activities for different ages, and links to other dinosaur pages. Dinosaur Party Ideas - Cakes, clip art, links, games, and decorations
Dinosaur Posters from AllPosters.com
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Milk Jug Pteranodon Craft - Dinosaur Craft for Kids 
2. Print out the 
the milk carton is the pteranodon's neck. The wings should behind the milk jug handle or the bottom of the neck. Draw the rectangle shape above the wings as shown in the diagram to the left. The rectangle should connect under the top of the handle as shown in the diagram. 
5. The head is made out of the second milk jug. Use the diagram to the right as your guide. The beak of the bird is part of the handle. Cut the lower beak a little shorter than the top beak. Use a glue gun at low temperature to glue the head to the body. 
6. Use a paper towel to wipe off the dry erase marker. Use fine sand paper to rough up the entire surface of the pteranodon so that the paint will stick better.
This color sheet is available on 
Dinosaur Claws 
Dinosaur Review Board Game - This game can be used to review many different things. You can review dinosaur facts, math facts, spelling words, etc.
Dinosaur Board Game
While most children in Christian families recognize that God made the different animals and plants, they do not think about God creating the dinosaurs. This is no wonder, due to the fact that almost all children's books about dinosaurs teach that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago before man existed which does not follow Biblical teaching.
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