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Build a Dinosaur Nobody Has Ever Seen
What if the next dinosaur discovery came from your imagination?
LOOK CLOSELY
What could this shape become?
Point to a shape. Could it be a tail, a tooth, a foot—or something nobody has seen?
Video coming soon. Explore the activity below.
Gather what you need
Paper, crayons, glue, and paper shapes torn or cut with grown-up help.
For your grown-up: A grown-up can help with scissors. This is an invented dinosaur; it does not have to match a real species.
Let’s see what happens.
- Explore a few shapes. Turn them around and try different arrangements.
- Build an invented dinosaur from your shapes. Choose its body, feet, head, and surprising features.
- Think about its world. How could one feature help it move, eat, or stay comfortable?
- Give your new species a name. Tell someone what makes it different.
Your ideas belong here too.
Choose a shape for its feet. Would your dinosaur tiptoe, stomp, or do something else?
Tell me about your making.
Which shape became something you didn’t expect?
What would you try next?
“I’ll show you how I did mine. Yours doesn’t have to look like mine.”
For grown-ups · lesson notes
For grown-ups: open the little lesson plan →
Elements of Art focus: Shape. Turn and arrange flat shapes to invent a dinosaur. Meet the seven art ideas →
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A Dinosaur Nobody Knows
Turn and arrange flat shapes to invent a dinosaur.
Art ideas: Shape. One playful connection to this project.
Find this resource again: mrrichiecreates.com/episodes/invent-a-dinosaur