School is officially out. And while I’m loving the lazy summer mornings spent snuggling with the kiddos, as soon as they’ve had their breakfast, the youngest is ready to start his day. After a year of an amazing pre-K program, that means it’s craft time. I’m seriously having to wrack my brain to come up with fun ideas that not only capture his attention but that draw on the things that he’s currently loving. Because I know that when it comes to craft time, my little is all about dinosaurs, I decided we’d spend the afternoon bringing a dinosaur to life with a fun tissue paper dinosaur craft.
What You Will Need:
An Old Piece of Cardboard
Scissors
Pen or Markers
Glue
Tissue Paper (in Colors of Your Choice)
How to Make It:
To start this simple dinosaur craft, I decided with my little guy which of the dinosaurs we wanted to make. Then I quickly drew it out on my cardboard and cut it out. *Tip: If you’re not comfortable drawing it by hand, you can print out a picture online and trace it. Once the dinosaur was cut out, my job was done and it was time to put my little guy to work.
To turn his cardboard cutout into a super cool tissue paper dinosaur, I handed him tissue paper in the color of his choice and showed him how to tear off small pieces (if your child is super young, you may want to pre-cut small tissue paper squares). Then I spread glue onto the cardboard cutout and allowed him to roll the pieces of tissue paper between his hands, crumpling them up.
As soon as the small pieces were balled up, he placed them on the glue, pushing them together so that they covered all of his dinosaur.
As an added bonus, by sitting him near me in the kitchen, I was able to get chores around the house done while he worked on his creation and with so much room to cover, it took quite a bit of time. He was thrilled as the green tissue paper began to cover his dinosaur and it started to look exactly like he had imagined.
After adding a blue eye to his green tissue paper dinosaur and ensuring that all of his cardboard was covered, we let his creation dry and then he was ready to play.
His fun craft quickly took on a life of it’s own and I loved watching how proud he was to have made this special craft that he adores. In fact, he kept taking it to his daddy and brother and proudly boasting “Look what I did all by myself!”
If you’re looking for a fun and crafty way to spend the morning (or afternoon) with your little one, try out this easy idea that not only keeps them entertained but allows them to get creative in a big way.
Happy crafting!
Oh my goodness, how cute is that? My youngest son would love to make one of these.
What a fun craft for kids. Both of my kids used to be obsessed with dinosaurs so they would have loved this.
That dinosaur came out really cute. My kids really love doing arts & crafts, so I think they would love to make a tissue paper dinosaur like this. Thanks for the inspiration.
This is such a neat idea and it sounds and looks so easy! I can’t wait until my grand babies are born and are old enough to do project like this!
This is adorable! My boys right now are really into Dinosaurs. They’d love something like this. We’d have so much fun making this!
This is a great craft and really cheap. I will do this with my daughter this summer, she would like it. Not a dinosaur but maybe a cut flower.
Your son did a great job.
That’s the cutest dinosaur I’ve ever seen. What a fun summertime craft. I had my grandchildren making sock puppets yesterday. Crafts a fun thing to do in the summer.
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The dinosaur is adorable. My daughter teachers preschool and this would be a great project for her to do with her class. I will share it with her. Thank You !
That looks amazing! What a fun craft. I think this would be a really fun project for the kids!
What a fun project! This is sure to keep little ones busy and they will have a craft project to take home as well.
What a fun craft to do, I wonder if my toddler niece would love this. I know I want to make it just because tissue paper is fun!
How cute! Your little one is adorable making this craft, I love the shade of green you used!
That is too cute and what a fun idea! Perfect craft for this super hot afternoons that are coming!
This is super adorable! I love how easy and fun it would be for kids to put them together!
Oh my gosh what a fun craft to make!! My son would love to make this, he has been on a dinosaur kick this year
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This craft looks quite doable! My daughter would love this type of project. Pinning for summer projects!
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That is totally adorable! I love that it’s an affordable craft, it’s perfect for a rainy day.
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Oh I absolutely love this!! I think we will have to make one with Liam – he loves dinosaurs!!
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That is such a cute project! My girls would have a lot of fun making one of these. I use to love making items with tissue paper when I was young. I’m sure my girls would love it too.
And you can use different cutouts and colored paper to create a whole dinosaur family. Looks like all 3 of you (don’t want to leave out your new friend) had a great time.
So easy and cute! My boys would love to make this. 🙂
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This is going to be a fun rainy day craft. I love this cute design. My friends kids are going to love it.
How fun! I remember doing tissue paper crafts when I was a kid. What a fun way to make a textured craft.
I remember making a craft like this in elementary school. I had completely forgotten about it, my kids would love this!
This looks awesome! I am so pinching this idea for when my girls are older. The Toddler already loves dinosaurs.
How fun! My oldest would love to make one of these!
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This is seriously so cute. I remember doing crafts like this when I was little. =) I think I should do this with my son. He’d enjoy it that’s for sure. Such a cute Dino.
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An excellent kid’s craft that can easily be translated to other holidays and/or shapes. A great BOY craft too.
I love hands on projects like this for the kids. I’ll have to stock up on some tissue paper and let the kids try to make their own cute dinosaur.
So super cute! I remember making tissue paper crafts when I was younger. So much fun for the kids!
This is so cute! I know that my kids would love this kind of art because it is unconventional.