30 Fun Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas to Keep Your Social Status from Extinction

Struggling to find some dino-mite dinosaur birthday party ideas? Below you can find tons of easy and fun ideas for inspiration. Whether you have a huge or small budget, a few or a thousand guests, and a bunch of toddlers or ninety-five-year-olds to feed, this is the place to be! Many ideas could be made DIY with a bit of ambition and construction paper/art supplies, if you want to go the creative route. Or you can be like me and choose the time-saving option of buying what you need! Either way, have fun and happy planning.

Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas: Decorations

1. Dino Footprints

Let your guests know the theme before they even get inside. Cut out your own dino footprints from construction paper or draw them with chalk if you’re going the DIY route. Put them on the walkway leading into the house and guests will be so excited to walk amongst their extinct brothers from other mothers.

2. Dino Balloons

What better decoration than a themed balloon? Feel free to get creative and use any kind of balloon - they could be dino-shaped, but if you really want to be funny, get brown balloons and make them meteors.

3. Pterodactyls Flying Around

Hanging some fake pterodactyls from your ceiling will be quite the spectacle for your guests and will definitely wow them. Just watch out in case they sweep you up.

4. Dino Eggs

Whether mini or super large eggs, they make for great decorations. There could be a corner of the party area dedicated to the dino’s nest; that’s where you place all the little eggs or you can scatter them around the party and make it almost a scavenger hunt! You could even decorate them as Sid did in Ice Age for a little goofy easter egg (literally).

5. Warning: Meteors Ahead Sign

Maybe if they had a warning, the dinosaurs would still be here today. Of course, I’m kidding, but we all know the story of how the dinosaurs got taken out, and I think enough time has passed that we can make some jokes about it with a fun “warning” sign.

Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas: Favors

6. Mini Dino Action Figures

Mini dinos are a must because they’re relatively cheap and provide lots of fun for kids receiving them. You can even encourage the kids to give it a name!

7. Candy Eggs

Diving deeper into the idea of utilizing eggs, candy eggs are a great favor because they are little, in theme, and delicious. You can get a variety of favors - or if it’s near a holiday you can get the high-class Christmas ones stuffed with marshmallows or something fun like that.

8. Grow your Own Dino

Truly nothing excited me more as a child than getting to put some random little animal sponge-type thing into the water and watching it grow. It brought me and my sister so much joy just standing over our cup of water and seeing it come to life. I encourage these as a favor because they’re so clearly in theme, but also a lot of fun!

9. Dinosaur Bubbles

Bubbles always bring me back to frolicking in my backyard during a party when I got bored of all the activities. They may be a little messy but they are a fun activity and distraction to try to keep kids busy. There are tons of bubble makers in the shape of dinosaurs available to use too!

10. Dino Temporary Tattoos

These will make kids feel bad to the bone. Temporary tattoos are easily washed off and very easy to apply, so they’re perfect for kids. I would always put on as many as I could find all the way up my arm at parties. I was a wild kid (in case you couldn't tell).

Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas: Food

11. Herbivore veggie tray

Of course, you need options for the herbivores of the world. You can set up a beautiful tray of veggies with some sort of dip in the middle and there you go - a healthy, dinosaur birthday party snack! Another fun option would be to decorate cookies like veggies and use them as dessert.

12. Dino nuggets

These classic snacks are definitely a sight for “saur” eyes. No party is complete without some dino nuggies, dinosaur party themed or not!

13. Carnivore Sliders

Make sure you cook them medium rawr. Cook them however you’d like actually, it’s your party. This snack option is for all those carnivores out there. They come in small portions so people will keep coming back for more!

14. Dinosaur cake topper

If you don’t want to spend hours decorating the cake, just cut out the middleman and use a cake topper for the pizzaz! It looks very professional and is quite a time saver. You don’t even have to make a cake, you can always go to your local bakery and buy one and add the cake topper - no baking or decorating necessary for you!

15. Rice Krispy Dino Nests

These are a little complicated but allow me to explain. It requires some hands-on work so feel free to pass and just hand out Rice Krispy treats if you prefer. Get a box of Rice Krispies cereal and whip up the Krispies treat recipe on the box. Next, mold a ball of mix into a short cylinder of sorts. You really just want to mold it into a nest-like shape and then use your thumbs to create an indent in the top. You can then place little jelly beans or “eggs” inside it.

Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas: Games/Activities

16. Pin the Tail on the Dino

I know you’ve heard of the pin the tail on the donkey game, but let me introduce you to pin the tail on the dino. Find something fun to use as the tail whether it’s a piece of cloth or a full-blown stuffed dino tale; have fun with it. Then, of course, find a large image or cutout of a dinosaur to turn this modern game, prehistoric.

17. Flying Pterodactyl Piñata

Maybe you’ve had enough of flying pterodactyls for the day, but I don’t think I have. Getting a themed pinata is one of the best dinosaur birthday party ideas because you can see a real dinosaur fly around hanging from the ceiling!

18. Dino Tail Limbo

Get a long wooden pole or even a broom and paint or decorate it so you can call it a dino tail. Play some fun music, maybe even the (incredible) Jurassic Park theme song, and have everyone limbo under the dino tail to see if they would’ve survived coexisting with the dinos.

19. Dino Ring toss

You will have these rings dino-soaring across the yard. Ring toss is awesome because it’s more of a time for the parents to show off their skill. The kids stand no chance against the parents on this one. Find more dinosaur birthday party ideas for games here!

20. Dino Egg Spoon Race

A spoon race is definitely an intense choice and will probably require an outside venue (or one that can be moved outside), but it is super entertaining. Make sure they’re fresh eggs or else you might just put the stink back into extinction; no one wants that.

Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas: Supplies

21. Grass tablecloth

You want guests to see the theme everywhere they look, not just in the decorations. A tablecloth is a perfect way to liven things up and remind everyone promptly of the theme. A grass tablecloth may be fun to bring people into an outdoor environment, or you could do a tablecloth with dino footprints for more fun!

22. Dino Cups

A plastic cup will always be useful at a party and can help inspire more dinosaur birthday party ideas. You can put supplies in them easily and store some sharpies for everyone to write their name on their own cup. Another use for cups is to give the party favors out in them and wrap them up with plastic wrap or similar.

23. Dino tails

If you're looking to find some more tail-related dinosaur birthday party ideas, invest in some stuffed dino tails. If you tape them to your wall, it gives the allusion that a dino is stuck in your wall.

24. Green silverware

If the silverware doesn’t blend in with the theme, it will stick out like a “saur” thumb, and no one wants that. Green silverware will fit the grass tablecloth, but the color should be altered accordingly with the rest of the tableware to make sure everything looks great!

25. Dinosaur Birthday Party Plates

Adding in-theme plates to your catalog of dinosaur birthday party ideas is a great idea because they are super festive and can get kids racing to finish their food to see the wonderful design on the bottom.

Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas: Invitations

26. Jurassic Park Theme

There's no more classic dinosaur movie than Jurassic Park. Perhaps you are hosting a movie marathon in which these invitations would be more than perfect! Or if you just love the movies, which is great too, these invitations are great dinosaur birthday party ideas.

27. Stomp, Chomp, and Roar

You've heard of stop, drop, and roll, but have you heard of its much cooler cousin: stomp, chomp, and roar? This invitation is super creative and will definitely get people pumped for your amazing dinosaur birthday party ideas.

28. Lets Party Like it's 100,000,000 BC

This invitation adds that fun element of historical accuracy. This may inspire you to lay out some fake trees or leaves around the house to try to really set the stage for 100,000,000BC. You could also hang a sign up that shows all the different types of dinosaurs from history and teach everyone a little something too!

29. Classic Dino

This invitation is super colorful and leaves you lots of room to provide clear instructions and details about the party! There's also tons more like it here!

30. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Invitation

I would be remiss if I didn't discuss the best dinosaur movie of all time - Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. If you choose this theme, the invitation below would be perfect, and you can definitely decorate accordingly with fake ice out on the table or some cardboard cutouts of the characters!

Bonus

You simply cannot generate your dinosaur birthday party ideas without having someone running around in this hilarious suit. It will be great for photos, and people will all be begging for a turn to run around with it on.

Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas: Conclusion

I hope you were able to find some awesome dinosaur birthday party ideas, and I hope your party is not a complete tyrannosaurus wreck! The bonus is, now you know tons of terrible puns to either impress or completely scare away your guests. Happy planning!

Written by Ashley Cimarolli