7 ideas for a successful dinosaur birthday party

See how others made it. Below you will find examples of successful dinosaur birthday parties, with a list of party activities, food ideas and decorations.

A dynamite dinosaur birthday party

• long list of sweet treats:
  • a fun plate with dino nuggets, broccoli imitating trees and eggs made of olives
  • a Jurassic Park cake
  • dino cookies
  • pterodactyl chocolate pops
  • dinosaur pretzels
• the table was decorated using dinosaur figures, edible dinosaur eggs and pterodactyl pops
• activities: dinosaur dig, dino egg hunting, Color a Dino Station

See a list of resources under the article.

Ryan’s Dino-mite Dinosaur Party

• party toys: dinosaur confetti, mini plastic dinosaur toys, a dinosaur bucket and dinosaur masks, dinosaur birthday shirts
• food ideas:
  • sandwiches,
  • dinosaur eggs (meatballs),
  • “pterodactyl wings” (chicken fingers with dipping sauces),
  • dino bones (pretzels),
  • “Brontosaurus Bites” (a veggie platter),
  • a dinosaur cake
• decoration: dinosaur twirly banners, decorations made of a dinosaur birthday crêpe paper, green paper lanterns, streamers
• other ideas: water bottles decorated using dinosaur printables

Dinosaur Themed Party Ideas

• decorations: rocks, wood boxes, tree trunks, egg shells, safari hats, binoculars and, of course, dinosaur toys
• activities: dinosaur egg hunting game, dinosaur dig
• a great collections of photos, decoration ideas, plus, at the bottom of the page, a direct link to free dinosaur party printables.

Dinosaur Party!

Fourteen photos and some recipes:

• a dinosaur egg recipe
• a volcano cake made of four stacked boxed cakes
• a couple of ideas for party snacks: Bugles (“Dino Claws”), cheetos (“Dino Bones”), red licorice (“Dino Tongues”) and powdered donuts (“Dino Eyeballs”).

Other ideas: snack labels (printable collection is available for download), dinosaur masks, water balloon fight.

A Dinosaur Party To Remember

Selected party ideas:

• an unexpected visitor dressed in a dinosaur suit,
• a colouring in pages activity table and a play dough table,
• dinosaur party hats, dinosaur themed invites, plates and table cloths.

{Whimsical Feature} Dinosaur Party

This blog post contains over 20 photos. See also a list of useful links at the bottom of the page.

Selected party ideas:

• the dinosaur printable iron on graphic made on a plain white shirt,
• dinosaur water bottle labels,
• dinosaur cupcake toppers,
• a plain cake was decorated using a cake bunting to create a dinosaur birthday cake.

Dinosaur party!

• activities: children excavate bones from chalk, learn the names of dinosaurs and watch the eruption of a volcano,
• decorations: colorful dinosaurs on the cup cakes.