Dinosaurs
Who doesn't like a Dinosaur? They make interesting art projects for the pre-school through Middle School crowd. If you have seen "Night at the Museum" you will know how much a dinosaur can add to your program.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has a wonderful instruction sheet for creating a paper mache dinosaur
Children's Museum of Indianapolis-Kinetosaur Paper Mache Sculpture
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/special_exhibits/kinetosaur/c1.html
Putting Together a Dinosaur
Here is a fun game. Give your group the parts of a dinosaur and ask them to put it together using tape, construction paper, paint, glue, and their imaginations. You will be surprised at how many interesting dinos they will create. Allow children to create their own style and visual language. Emphasis the importance of developing one's own unique style.
Pre-school children can create a Dinosaur Hat with instructions from Enchanted Learning. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/activities/Dinohat.shtml
and a Stuffed Paper Dinosaur at the same website. Enchanted Learning Stuffed Dino
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/activities/Stuffeddinos.shtml
Enchanted Learning also offers an nice selection of Dinosaur print-outs for puppets or other projects.
Enchanted Learning Dinosaur Print-outs
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/printouts/a.shtml
For Tweens and Teens
For the Ecologically Aware
Build a Trashasauras Rex-Kid at Art Website
I suggest tight newspaper rather than wire for the skeleton.
http://www.kid-at-art.com/htdoc/lesson22.html
Need a variety of paper dinosaurs fast? You will find it at download a Dinosaur website at the Rain.Org website
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