How to Make Dinosaur Feet
By: Highlights Editorial
Pretend-play and crafting skills are the focus here: be the first to roam the earth—or the first to roam the house in the morning—wearing these three-toed dinosaur feet. This dinosaur feet craft is sure to be a family favorite for years to come!
What You'll Need
What to Do
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Use a pencil to draw two big dinosaur feet on the craft foam. (Dinos had three toes.) Cut a 2-inch X near the “heel” of each foot, for your child’s foot to go through.
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Cut out the feet and paint them; let them dry completely.
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Glue small pieces of craft foam on the feet as “toenails.” Let dry.
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Slip your child’s feet through the X’s, adjust the foam around his ankles, and let him stomp around like a dinosaur!
Extend the Fun
For younger kids: Birds are modern-day descendants of dinosaurs! But dinos couldn’t grip branches as birds can. Birds developed a fourth toe that allows them to do this. Do a bit of bird-watching and imagine the birds as prehistoric dinosaurs. Can you see any resemblance?
For older kids: Five feet nine inches is the longest dinosaur footprint discovered so far. Using chalk, draw a dinosaur foot on a driveway, the sidewalk or a lawn, and outline the footprint with rocks. Add three more footprints and you can imagine how big the dinosaurs were when they roamed the earth.
