Dinosaur Easter Egg Craft
Blend Easter fun with a cute prehistoric twist in this easy dinosaur Easter egg craft, where kids create a baby dinosaur hatching from a decorated egg using simple cutting and gluing.
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Little hands will exercise fine motor control when they cut, glue, and decorate their paper dinosaur craft, and their imaginations will grow through storytelling and pretend play." player-type="default" override-embed="default"]
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- White Crayola Bold & Bright Marker
- Dinosaur Easter Egg Template
Instructions
- Print the template and gather the materials for this fun activity.
- Begin by gluing the eye below the eyebrow.
- Look for the cheek and glue it below the eye.
- Glue the spines onto the back and side of the dinosaur’s head and neck, lining them up along the curved edge.
- Glue the shell to the bottom of the body.
- Take the back of shell and glue it behind the body to match the front shell.
- Glue the shell stripes and spots onto the egg.
- Glue the arms along the top edge of the egg, just below the dinosaur's body.
- Finally, color in the nails on each arm with a marker.