Five Weekend Dinosaur Activities for Kids (No Screens Required)

1. The backyard excavation: bury 'bones' (dry pasta works) in a sandbox, grid it with string, and excavate one square at a time with a paintbrush — exactly how real paleontologists work a dig site.

2. Salt-dough fossils: flour, salt, and water make a dough that takes beautiful imprints of leaves and toy dinosaurs. 3. The size walk: measure out a real dinosaur's length on the sidewalk with chalk — Spinosaurus is about 20 kid-steps long. 4. Field journal: a cheap notebook becomes a research log of every 'specimen' your child finds.

5. The Friday expedition pack: a printable weekly activity pack built around real discoveries. Print it, put it on the table, and explore together.