--- title: 10 Dinosaur Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas) description: 10 dinosaur crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture and simple steps. 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Easy ideas for ages 3 to 5 using paper, paint, and glue. [Kindergarten Prep Team](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/author/kindergarten-prep-team) Oct 11, 2026 --- Dinosaurs tend to arrive around age three and do not leave, and you may as well use them. Here are 10 dinosaur craft activities for preschoolers, each with a picture, the supplies, and the steps, from a handprint dinosaur to salt dough fossils and a pasta skeleton. A three-year-old walks the toy dinosaurs through paint and across the paper, then across the table. A five-year-old lays out the pasta bones in order and builds the craft stick stegosaurus with plates along its back. Any week works, and the roaring comes free. ## Start here: three dinosaur crafts that always work [![Dinosaur footprint painting, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C065-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C065-1.webp)**Dinosaur footprint painting***Toy dinosaurs, paint, paper, a three does it*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/dinosaur-crafts-for-preschoolers#c065)[![Tissue paper dinosaur, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C071-4.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C071-4.webp)**Tissue paper dinosaur***Scrunch and glue, nothing to cut*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/dinosaur-crafts-for-preschoolers#c071)[![Paper plate dinosaur, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C068-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C068-2.webp)**Paper plate dinosaur***The paper plate classic*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/dinosaur-crafts-for-preschoolers#c068) All 10 Easy for 3 year olds No paint ## 10 dinosaur crafts for preschoolers, with pictures [![Handprint dinosaur, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C066-6.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C066-6.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C066-6.webp) ### 1. Handprint dinosaur The child makes a sideways handprint with the thumb as the neck and adds spikes, an eye and legs. Handprint **You need:** 1 sheet of white paper, green paint, small orange paper triangles, 1 googly eye, black marker, glue How to make it 1. Paint your child's palm and fingers green. 2. Press the hand on the white paper, fingers pointing down as legs and thumb pointing out as the neck and head. 3. Let it dry, then glue orange triangles in a row along the top edge of the palm as spikes. 4. Glue the googly eye on the thumb tip and draw a small smile beside it. [![Paper plate dinosaur, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C068-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C068-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C068-2.webp) ### 2. Paper plate dinosaur The child paints half a paper plate as the body and glues on a paper head, tail, legs and triangle spikes. Paint and glue **You need:** 1 white paper plate, green paint, green construction paper, orange paper, 1 googly eye, glue How to make it 1. You cut the plate in half. Your child paints it green. Let it dry. 2. Lay it straight edge down and curved edge up, as the body. 3. You cut a green head on a short neck and a pointed tail. Glue them behind the two ends. 4. Glue 2 green rectangles under the straight edge as legs. 5. Cut orange triangles and glue them along the curved edge as spikes. Stick the eye on the head. [![Salt dough dinosaur fossils, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C070-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C070-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C070-2.webp) ### 3. Salt dough dinosaur fossils The child presses toy dinosaurs or their feet into flattened salt dough circles to leave fossil prints. **You need:** salt dough, rolling pin, small toy dinosaurs How to make it 1. Roll the salt dough flat and shape rough circles, each about the size of a jar lid. 2. Your child presses a small toy dinosaur on its side into one disc to leave a body-shaped hollow. 3. Press the feet of a toy dinosaur into the other discs to leave a line of prints. 4. Lift the toys off and let the discs dry hard. [![Letter D dinosaur, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C067-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C067-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C067-2.webp) ### 4. Letter D dinosaur The child glues a cut-out D down and adds triangle spikes, a head, legs and a tail so the curve becomes a dinosaur's back. Cut and glue **You need:** green construction paper, orange construction paper, 1 googly eye, black crayon, 1 sheet of white paper, glue stick How to make it 1. You cut a large capital D from green paper. Your child glues it upright on the white sheet. 2. Cut orange triangles. Your child glues them along the curved side, pointing outward, as spikes. 3. Glue 2 short green rectangles at the bottom of the D as legs. 4. Glue the googly eye near the top of the straight side and draw a small smile under it with the crayon. [![Tissue paper dinosaur, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C071-4.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C071-4.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C071-4.webp) ### 5. Tissue paper dinosaur The child scrunches or tears tissue paper and glues it over a dinosaur outline. Easy for 3sTear and glue **You need:** 1 sheet of white cardstock, black marker, green and light green tissue paper, 1 googly eye, white glue How to make it 1. You draw a simple long-necked dinosaur outline on the cardstock in black marker. 2. Your child tears tissue into pieces and squeezes each in a small fist. 3. Glue them inside the outline to fill the body. 4. Stick the googly eye on the head. [![Toilet paper roll dinosaur, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C072-7.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C072-7.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C072-7.webp) ### 6. Toilet paper roll dinosaur The child paints a cardboard tube and glues on a paper head, tail and spikes. Build it **You need:** 1 toilet paper roll, green paint, green construction paper, orange paper, 1 googly eye, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the roll green. Let it dry. 2. Lay it on its side. You cut a head on a long neck, a pointed tail and 4 short legs from green paper. 3. Glue the head to one end and the tail to the other, and the legs under the roll so it stands. 4. Cut orange triangles and glue them in a row along the top of the roll as spikes. 5. Stick the googly eye on the head. 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Craft stick stegosaurus The child paints craft sticks, glues them side by side as the body and adds paper plates along the back. Paint and glue **You need:** craft sticks, green poster paint, green paper, orange paper, 1 googly eye, white paper, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the craft sticks green. Let them dry. 2. Glue them side by side in the middle of the white sheet to form a rectangular body (you can lift the body off the paper by gluing it to horizontal sticks as a frame below). 3. You cut a head, a pointed tail and 2 short legs from green paper. Your child glues the head on one end, the tail on the other and the legs below. 4. Cut orange triangles. Glue them in a row along the top as back plates. 5. Glue the googly eye on the head. [![Dinosaur footprint painting, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C065-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C065-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C065-1.webp) ### 8. Dinosaur footprint painting The child walks toy dinosaurs through paint and across paper to leave footprint tracks. Easy for 3sProcess art **You need:** 1 large sheet of white paper, small toy dinosaurs, green paint, orange paint, purple paint How to make it 1. Put the paint on separate plates in a thin layer. 2. Your child dips the feet of a toy dinosaur in one color and walks it across the paper to leave a trail of prints. 3. Make more trails in the other colors, each wandering a different way. 4. Let the trails cross. Let the paper dry flat. [![Pasta dinosaur skeleton, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C069-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C069-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C069-2.webp) ### 9. Pasta dinosaur skeleton The child glues dry pasta pieces onto dark paper as the bones of a dinosaur. Collage **You need:** 1 sheet of black paper, 1 large dry pasta shell, elbow macaroni, penne tubes, 4 rigatoni tubes, white glue How to make it 1. Glue the pasta shell at the upper left of the black paper as the skull. 2. Your child glues macaroni end to end in one long curved line from the skull: neck, spine, tail. 3. Glue penne hanging down side by side under the middle of the spine as ribs. 4. Glue 4 rigatoni below the ribs as legs, 2 at the front and 2 at the back. 5. Let it dry flat. [![Block stamped dinosaur, an easy dinosaur craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C064-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C064-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C064-1.webp) ### 10. Block stamped dinosaur The child dips large building blocks in paint and stamps them over a dinosaur outline to make scaly skin. Easy for 3sStamping **You need:** 1 sheet of white paper, black marker, large toy building blocks, green paint, blue paint How to make it 1. You draw a simple long-necked dinosaur on the white paper in black marker: four legs, a tail, a long neck. 2. Pour the paint onto plates and dip the block into one. 3. Your child stamps inside the outline, switching colors, until the body is covered. 4. Each stamp leaves a rectangle of small rings, like scales. Nothing matches that filter. Clear it and try again. ## Dinosaur crafts for 3 year olds These 3 need no exact cutting and no small pieces, so a young three can do most of it alone: [Tissue paper dinosaur](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/dinosaur-crafts-for-preschoolers#c071), [Dinosaur footprint painting](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/dinosaur-crafts-for-preschoolers#c065), [Block stamped dinosaur](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/dinosaur-crafts-for-preschoolers#c064). ## Dinosaur crafts with a 3 year old: what to expect The toy dinosaurs the child already owns are the best supply here. Wash them after the footprint painting and the fossil pressing; paint comes off plastic in warm water. A three year old can stamp with blocks, scrunch tissue paper and walk dinosaurs through paint. Cutting the spikes, tail and head for the paper plate dinosaur and the tube dinosaur is your job, then the child glues. Say the sound as you go: d, d, dinosaur. The letter D dinosaur is the one to pair with the letter of the week, and the pasta skeleton is good for counting bones out loud. Salt dough fossils take a day or two to dry hard, so make them on a weekend. The stegosaurus and tube dinosaur stand up and join the toy bin; the rest go on the wall. ## What you need for dinosaur crafts Most of these use the same handful of supplies: googly eye, green paint, white paper, glue, black marker, green construction paper, orange paper, small toy dinosaur. Everything else is named on the craft it belongs to. [Free · 30 questions · about 4 minutes **Before you go: see where your child is for kindergarten** A report with every area at a glance, what to focus on first, and things to do at home. 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