Dinosaur camp: A free printable PDF full of dinosaur activities for preschoolers to do at home each day.
Here are our favorite songs, stories, books, art and craft projects, science activities, etc. divided up into days so that you can have a super fun camp at home with your little dino lover!
Download the free PDF below, or scroll down to find the full list of links that go along with this guide.
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Download Dinosaur Camp (dinosaur activities for preschoolers) here!
I recommend both printing this document and saving it (or bookmarking this page) so that you can come back and click on the links.
What’s in the guide and what you’ll need:
Songs/movement:
For each day of the week, we picked a different Youtube song that also includes motions or dance moves, to get our kids moving. You don’t need any additional supplies for this part of dinosaur camp.
- I’m bringing home a baby dinosaur
- Dinosaur Stomp
- We are the Dinosaurs
- The Dinosaur Dance
- Move like the Dinosaurs
The ultimate preschool planner
Dozens of colorful planner pages to help you stay organized as you teach preschool at home:
- 4 different planning page options
- Weekly theme planner
- Schedule planner
- Evening, morning, and preschool routine planner
- To do list, library check-out list, supply list, notes page
- 2 choices of calendar pages
Dinosaur picture books
I picked out 5 of our favorite dinosaur books for this week. But you can use any dinosaur-themed book you want. There are lots!
The first day, I included Little Kids First Big Book of Dinosaurs, which is probably too long to read all in one day, but is a great reference book to page through and explore.
| Preview | Product | Price | |
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National Geographic Little Kids First… |
$9.42 |
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We Don’t Eat Our Classmates: A Penelope… |
$11.86 |
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Dini Dinosaur paperback | $6.03 | Buy on Amazon |
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If I Had a Dinosaur (If I Had… |
$15.17 |
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Brontorina |
$6.29 |
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Activities
For each day, I included 2 different dinosaur themed activities you can do with your preschooler. We had a blast trying all of these out!
- Art: Geometric watercolor dinosaurs
- Sensory play: Dinosaur ice eggs
- Craft: Dinosaur headband
- Sensory play: Dinosaur play dough mats
- Craft: Salt painting the letter “D”
- Science: Make fizzy dinosaur eggs
- Sensory art: Paint the dinosaurs
- Science: Chocolate chip dino dig
No-prep dinosaur play and activities
If you’re looking for dinosaur activities that don’t require any preparation on your part, here are a few things that our dino-obsessed boys absolutely love.
The Craftikit, especially, has been a huge hit. It’s a huge box full of no-prep dinosaur crafts with directions easy enough for my kids to follow by themselves.
And, of course, anything by Melissa & Doug is always worth your money. This puzzle is fantastic for little hands.
| Preview | Product | Price | |
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Craftikit® 20 Award-Winning Dinosaur… |
$29.99 |
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MAGNA-TILES Dinos 5-Piece Magnetic… |
$39.00 |
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PLAYVIBE Dinosaur Toys for Kids 3-5 –… |
$19.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Wooden Stamp Set:… |
$15.99 |
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Melissa & Doug Land of Dinosaurs Floor… |
$15.10 |
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