Happy Going On A Dinosaur Hunt {Fun Inspired Past Times Matchbox® Big Boots™ Ambusher}
January 02, 2019
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This postal service is past times our craft contributor EJ.
One of the things nosotros receive got been "into" at our employment solid lately is dinosaurs. We've taken out every available mass inwards the "How Do Dinosaurs . . . ?" serial from the library, as well as I receive got to render them without my boy inwards the motorcar (because he doesn't quite all the same empathize the concept of why nosotros can't proceed them forever). So when the chance came to host a dinosaur themed play engagement inspired past times the Matchbox® Big Boots™ Ambusher, I couldn't nation no.
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At kickoff glance, I knew that i time my iii twelvemonth former boy as well as his friends saw this toy, I would no longer receive got their attending or live able to straight whatever type of play. So . . . prior to "the large reveal", I chose ii elementary activities to innovate the theme:
DINO EGG SORTING alongside T. REX ARMS
We started off the play engagement past times doing a footling "dino egg" (m&m) sorting. Each of the boys sorted the eggs past times color, the exclusively choose deal of beingness they had to pretend they had T. manly mortal monarch arms (having to proceed their elbows as well as wrists unopen to their sides) the entire time. It was much easier for them to recall the "short arms" i time nosotros tucked their elbows into the armhole of their t-shirt.
DINOSAUR HUNT STORY & REENACTMENT
We adjacent recited Michael Rosen's, "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" - but replaced the give-and-take "bear" alongside "dinosaur" as well as substituted the next for when they come upwards upon the (bear) dinosaur inwards the cave, "one long tail, ii large eyes, precipitous pointy teeth" . . . it's a DINOSAUR". Then nosotros went exterior to recite AND ACT OUT the floor i time to a greater extent than . . . as well as i time to a greater extent than . . . as well as again.
My boy helped me develop the scene of the "dinosaur hunt" ahead of fourth dimension inwards i of our garden boxes (which was perfect for the activity) - but yous could merely laid it upwards inwards a shallow container/tub or on an former shower pall (for slow build clean up). We used flour for our "snow", as well as crumpled upwards brownish newspaper bags for the caves.
We used the Matchbox® Big Boots™ Figures every bit our characters, as well as the dinosaur that came alongside the Big Boots™ Ambusher. The Big Boots™ Figures are designed alongside weighted feet hence that they volition ever stand upwards - which worked perfect on on the uneven surfaces inwards our scene.
As nosotros moved the figures from i department to the adjacent nosotros would recite that purpose of the floor . . . "uh oh! A forest. Can't teach over it, can't teach nether it . . . ".
Of course, the best purpose was using the dinosaur to chase the graphic symbol dorsum to safety. We repeated this, as well as and hence decided it was fourth dimension to endeavour some other method to teach hunting for dinosaurs - which was the perfect minute to innovate the Big Boots™ Ambusher.
From this point, I exactly allow the boys play. What a fun agency this was to innovate a toy. I too felt that the anticipation as well as excitement built upwards from the previous activities carried over into their imaginative play i time they got the vehicle.
There are really few plastic toys that I purposely choose into our employment solid - hence I was a flake skeptical prior to receiving this one. I was impressed alongside how many dissimilar features came built into the truck itself (doors, buttons, as well as things to open, close, push, pull, fling as well as grasp) as well as fifty-fifty to a greater extent than impressed that it did non come upwards alongside whatever built inwards dissonance makers/sound effects (a bully video review past times DadDoes tin sack live constitute here). Overall, this was a fun production which I'm certain volition teach some long term usage inwards our home.
Here are a few other Toddler Approved dinosaur crafts & activities:
- Felt volcano as well as dinosaur edible bean bag
- Counting dino plates
- Name Stegosaurus
- Dino Sandpaper printing
Disclosure: Matchbox® provided the Matchbox® Big Boots™ Ambusher toys used inwards this postal service for free. All posts reverberate my personal persuasion as well as endorsement as well as are non swayed past times compensation and/or complimentary products. Please regime notation that this postal service reflects my persuasion as well as preferences as well as yous powerfulness non part that same opinion.