Dinosaur Birthday Party Ideas

What kid doesn’t love dinosaurs? A few of ours could say pachycephalosaurs before their own name. Because of those Dino-loving kids of ours, we have thrown a few different dinosaur themed birthday parties and we are here to share all of our dinosaur birthday party ideas for throwing the best dinosaur birthday party for any age of dinosaur lover!

The first stop on the party planning tour is to invite your friends on your Jurassic adventure! We found some cute invites on Etsy for our party but you could also create one on Canva. Either way, invites show off the theme and give your guests all of the information.

Now, as you plan your party, you are going to want to order supplies well in advance to be sure that everything comes on time.

For our dinosaur party decorations, we started with balloons. We love using balloons at birthday parties. They are festive and you can do so much with them! For our dinosaur themed birthday party, we ordered Mylar dinosaur balloons because it is a fun way to add some dinos to your decor without taking up tons of space. You can also put them anywhere! A little tape goes a long way with these!

We also ordered this Happy Birthday balloon banner from Amazon and hung it on a plastic green tablecloth attached to the wall. It made a great backdrop for all of the festivities.

In addition to the Mylar balloons, we love adding balloon arches to our parties. They always add another dimension to the space. Balloon arches also can be added to any theme and are always impressive. Behind our balloon arch, we added a green, shiny backdrop. It was perfect for photos. We also added a number balloon.

We had a pack of Monstera leaves to add to our Jurassic vibe at the party. The leaves were placed around the house on tables, mixed into the balloon arch, and hung like a garland above doorways. It amplified the dinosaur theme, making it feel like a dinosaur jungle.

As you looked around the party, you could find some dinosaurs or maybe even bones around as decorations.

Dinosaur activities are easy to come by. Thinking up activities that match your child’s age and abilities is key to a great birthday party!

A classic party activity with a dinosaur twist. Grab a dinosaur-shaped piñata and fill it with candy. We ordered this cute dinosaur from Amazon. 

We bought some Dig eggs and let the kids have at it! They got to find their own dinosaurs and they were so excited about it! The eggs come with all of the tools you need to dig for your dinosaurs.

We highly suggest doing this activity outside. It is really messy. One party we did it inside on a table and dust/chunks of egg got everywhere. This activity can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. If you have little kids, they will need help.

Need a wiggle break? This song is perfect for your dinosaur party. It is a great addition to a party for preschool-aged kids. Ask Alexa to play Dinosaur Stomp by Mother Goose Club. You can also find it on Apple Music or Spotify.

This is a fun activity that our kids love. We bought these dinosaur-shaped scratch art papers. It was such a great activity for all ages! The big kids were able to make artistic dinosaurs while the little kids had a blast making their own designs on their scratch art sheets. It was fun to see everyone’s creativity.

One of the dinosaur themed birthday parties we have thrown throughout the years was near Easter. It opened the perfect opportunity to buy some speckled Easter eggs and put them around the yard. We filled them with candy or small dinosaur toys. Then we let the kids find “dinosaur eggs.”

There are many more activities that could be done at a dinosaur themed birthday party. We would love to hear about other ideas you have done.

Another great part of hosting a party is the food. Collecting ideas for the perfect party food is so much fun! On-theme food adds so much to a birthday party. We have some great dinosaur themed food at our parties. You can even get dino paper plates and dinosaur paper cups to really carry your birthday party to the next level!

Serving a meal at your party? Tacos are inexpensive, versatile, and can go with any theme! For one of our dinosaur themed birthday parties, we had a taco bar. We made some cute food labels with different dinosaurs on them such as salsa-raptors, dip-lodicus, tricera-toppers, and ptaco-dactyl sauce. You could also simply do the food labels we used for other things that are labeled “Plant Eating Dinos” and “Meat Eating Dinos.”

A simple meal that the kids are going to love! Grab yourself some Dino nuggets and serve an easy, on-theme meal.

A perfect side for a party. Build a tray of fruit that has a variety for guests to choose from. To make this side dinosaur themed you can put a food label near it that says “Plant Eating Dinos” or you can do what we did! We presented our fruit as a work of art—making a picture of a dinosaur!

Another “Plant Eating Dino” side for your party. We made veggie cups instead of a tray and it was a hit! They looked great and were easy for our guests to grab.

A party is never completely without treats. At one of our parties, we made dinosaur-shaped rice crispy treats. We simply used the same recipe as our Pumpkin Patch Puffs, but used green candy melts instead of orange. Then after making the treats, we used these cookie cutters to make them shaped like dinosaurs. Not only were they delicious, but who doesn’t like to eat fun-shaped treats!?

For a different party, we made dinosaur bone cookies with these impression cookie cutters. They were awesome cookies. These cookies took an extra effort, but if you are going in the direction of dinosaur bones at your party, these cookies are totally worth it! We made them using this chocolate sugar cookie recipe. Then we filled the bone impressions with white chocolate.

Speaking of dinosaur bones, white chocolate-covered pretzels are the perfect quick addition to your party treats! They look like bones and they are delicious.

We made some mud cups (also called dirt cups) with chocolate pudding and crushed Oreos. But instead of using gummy worms, we made some dinosaur bones out of white chocolate using this mold. Then we added some different bones to our mud cups. Making each cup its own paleontology discovery!

With throwing multiple dinosaur themed birthday parties so far, we have done a couple of different cake ideas.

One way you could do a dinosaur themed cake is to bake a chocolate cake, frost it with chocolate, and sprinkle it with Oreo crumbs. Before you finish sprinkling the top with Oreos, add a white chocolate dinosaur skeleton. We made it from these molds and then constructed the dinosaur on top of the cake. Then sprinkle the rest of the Oreo on top of the cake and around the dinosaur bones.

The simpler option of birthday cake would be to buy or make a simple cake. Frost it in the color scheme of your birthday party. Add some dinosaur figures to the top of the cake and voila! You have a dinosaur themed cake!

You could also do cupcakes using either of these ideas.

If you're setting up a taco bar for your dinosaur-themed birthday party, you can download and print these food labels for free.

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Putting together a dinosaur themed birthday party can be just as fun as planning it. From themed invites to creative snacks, every detail counts in making the day unforgettable. We hope these ideas inspire you to throw an epic dinosaur themed party of your own. Remember, the most important part is to create lasting memories with your dinosaur lover!

Looking for more birthday party ideas? Check out our Science Sleepover or our Robot Party. Both were a blast!