Feel the earth shake & let out a great big “ROAR” – here comes the Dinosaur Birthday Party Theme!
Whether you are hosting a super cute Barney Dino themed party for your favorite toddler or are planning the Ultimate Dinosaur Birthday Party Bash, there are endless dinosaur party supplies to turn your venue into the wildest dinosaur prehistoric park .
All you really need is some fantastic dino decorations, a little bit of imagination and the desire to host the Best Dino Birthday Party Ever!
Take a look at some dinosaur party ideas on this page that will help get your party started and your party guests “roaring” with excitement.
Almost all of the dinosaurs lived in warm climates so try to focus on that when coming up with your décor theme. Cluster your larger house plants together to create a lush, tropical feeling. If your party is taking place outside, buy some annual flowering plants to create the tropical theme. Stagger them around the party area – if you are hosting a large party then designate different areas of the party by using flowers of the same color. Then, when the party’s over, you can plant them in your flowerbeds or pots to enjoy all season.
Use various shades of green as your main color. Drape crepe paper streamers to create the jungle canopy and use curling ribbons to create the vines than hang down. Cover the table surface with the Dinosaur green and sprinkle Dinosaur confetti all over. Dinosaur place mats, cups, plates, invitations and so much more can be found in the 
Dinosaur Birthday Party Supplies Kit.
If the party is inside, order the Dinosaurs Giant Wall Decals. Perfect as a back drop for the party photos or as an area for the kids to play, these easily removable decals can be re-located to your child’s room after the party.
You can also host a Scavenger/Treasure Hunt if you have the room. Prepare Dinosaur trivia clues that will lead the guests to the next hidden item. Make the prize at the end something exciting like the Dinosaur Appliqué Activity kit where guests can color their own dinosaur design and then iron it on to a T-shirt. What a fantastic party souvenir!
Dino Food & Dino Drinks
A Dinosaur Birthday Party menu should reflect the dinosaur theme. If possible, serve barbequed foods like spare ribs, shish kabobs or burgers. Create a prehistoric salad by using a variety of lettuce leaves topped with your child’s favorite vegetables.
Potato salad, veggies & dip and other picnic style foods can be served. Another simple suggestion is “Ants on a Log” with celery, peanut butter or Cheez Whiz and raisins. No matter what you decide to serve, try to keep the foods you serve simple and not fussy. Remember that it should be something than cavemen could have potential eaten back in the day.
Serve a fierce Dino Drink Punch by placing a half gallon of rainbow sorbet in the bottom of a punch bowl. Slowly pour 2 liters of ginger ale over top. Add small ice cubes and maraschino cherries just before serving. Order the cool Dinosaur Egg Cup with Straw for guests to drink out of. It’s also a great keepsake for party guests to take home. For the adults, serve ice cold beer & pop.
Dinosaur Birthday Cake and Dino Cake Pans
For the all important Dinosaur birthday cake, there are many options. To keep things simple, bake or buy a simple sheet cake, use green icing and add the Dinosaur & Volcano Cake topper.
If you are feeling a little more adventurous, again start with a sheet cake, but then create your own tropical wilderness with a river, add the Dinosaur & Volcano cake topper and then place additional dinosaurs around the area to create a Dinosaur village.
To add an element of humor, build or buy little villagers that live within the shadows of the dinosaurs. Decorate the villagers to look like the party guests. There is also a Dinosaur cake pan you can order to make things simple and easy – it’s got an outline of a cute dinosaur so it’s perfect for the younger crowd.
Dinosaur Party Invitations
When deciding on what to do with the invitations, there are a couple of options. Many of the dinosaur birthday party kits have invitations included in them to make things quick and easy. If you are more of a “do it yourself-er”, you can go online to find photos or graphics of dinosaurs to print on the front of the invitation. Be creative with your wording – use phrases like “Calling all Dinosaurs”, “Get Ready to Roar!” or go with the classic “Dino-MITE”. If you are a totally organized party planner, order the Dinosaur costume for your child, photograph them wearing it and use that image for the invitations
This is an easy one. All you need to decide is how far you want to go with it. On the easy side of things, ask guests to
dress in t-shirts and shorts. Purchase some small pieces of faux fur from your local fabric store and make accent pieces (bracelets, anklets or shoulder patches) that guests can pin onto their clothes to become Cavemen and Cavewomen. Or you can order Pith (safari) hats for the guests to wear.
If you are an “all in” kind of host or hostess, check out the awesome costumes that are available. From the adorable fuzzy dinosaur costume to the fierce Sleestak Adult Costume, there is an outfit for everyone. And if your child’s birthday falls close to Halloween, you can use their Dinosaur costume for that as well.
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Dinosaur Party Game Ideas
Get everyone’s blood racing with a cool Dinosaur piñata. The piñata provides great entertainment for the guests and once it’s been split open the candy inside also works as party favors.
There are two types of pinatas, a whack em style pinata where the guests take a turn to swing a small stick to hit the pinata or a pull string pinata which is not as fun as the whack em style but still fun.
To get everyone involved (even the shy ones) order the Dino Noses set. These rubber face masks will help everyone get into character of being a dinosaur and again they make a great party keepsake.
Create Your Own Dinosaur Birthday Cake
Dinosaur’s are interesting creatures that roamed the earth thousands of years ago. They bring an essence of intrigue and curiosity since we really do not know a whole lot about them other than digging up the dino bones and learning what we can from them. Answering many questions about the dinosaur diets, dinosaur sizes and shapes and the dinosaur life cycles. There were many different types of dinosaurs that have been dug up all over the world including meat eating dino’s, plant eating dinosaurs and flying dinosaurs. To hard to imagine, but impossible to disregard their grand size and the impact on the earth during their days.
Try downloading dinosaur sounds to be played over an MP3 stereo sytem on a loop to give the effect the dino’s are right there watching the party guests. Play the Jurrasic Park movie for everyone to enjoy as it plays in the background. Remember that there is a character called Barney the Purple Dinosaur that kids just love, this may be a great dinosaur party theme to throw!
There are many dinosaur party supplies available to take your dino birthday party over the top. Print off some dinosaur photos and post them on the walls for the guests to view the many types of dinosaurs. Have a craft table where the younger guests can learn how to draw a dinosaur and make sure you download the dinosaurs and make real life looking (not size) dinosaur paper models. The T-Rex ( Tyrannosaurus rex), Triceratops, Brachiosaurus and the Anchiceratops are some of the more poplular dinosaurs that many remember from school. Place the 3-D dino paper models in the flower beds outside, behind plants inside and scattered throughout the party scene.
Create your own dinosaur bone dig by making a few dinosaur bones, hide them and let the little archeologists out to uncover them. Set up a dig site with a archeologist string grid to create the dino party theme, buy some cheap pottery pots and break them into pieces having them sticking out of the ground in key areas and arrange dino fun games to play with the guests. Arrange for a group tour of a dino museum or dino park if one is in your local area, some areas even have live dino shows that everyone of all ages enjoy. Finish the party off with a unique dinosaur birthday cake, the guests will devour it until nothing is left.