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Triceratops Dinosaur Paper Craft and Printable Activities
Materials:
- printer
- paper or card stock to print the template
- paper or construction paper in contrasting color for the background
- coloring tools
- scissors
- glue or glue stick
- Optional: brass paper fasteners for movable legs and head
Get kids ready to rumble and create their very own three-horned friend, the amazing Triceratops, a dinosaur that loved to munch on plants and had a super-strong frill to protect its neck! Imagine what exciting adventures kids and their Triceratops paper pal could have together – maybe they could even teach it to play hide-and-seek!
This craft and related educational activities are appropriate for toddlers, preschool and elementary grades.
Printing Options:
Color option: Ideal for toddlers to concentrate on assembly and identifying colors. Provide cut up paper in complimentary colors to create a mosaic on the body, or round stickers.
Black & White: The B&W option is best for all ages, to color, paint, decorate and scissor cutting practice. Print directly to color paper, green or other fun color.
Instructions:
Assembly and learning activities: (after template is cutout and decorated)
Discuss the colors: Count the templates out loud.
Prepare and provide additional accessories to decorate the craft: cut up paper, round stickers, etc. This is good opportunity to use left over color or construction paper.
Assembly:
- Allow the children to play with the pieces and assemble them like a puzzle without gluing, and point to the small picture found on the template for guidance.
- Assemble with brass fasteners: An adult handles assembly for this method, matching the markings on the craft. The head is attached by using a fastener through the eye.
- Assembly with glue: Apply glue to the body marking for the head, and glue the head. Apply glue to the markings on the legs, slide under the body and press in place.
- Optional: Write T t Triceratops in the back of the craft, or later when assembling a landscape.
Other ideas for the craft:
- Create a collage or landscape by placing the decorated craft in its environment: a simple painted or cut out volcano in a blue background and green strips of painted or cut up paper to create the vegetation they would eat.
Templates:
Triceratops Craft COLOR B&W
Complementary activities:
Triceratops & Herbivorous Dinosaur Activities
