Dinosaurs have been a staple in our household since our son was just a baby. So when I asked Luca what he would like to do for his 3rd birthday party, I already knew the answer. Everything. Dinosaur.

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Luckily, Jurassic Park and dinosaurs (in general) are both really popular party themes, making it really easy to put together a dinosaur birthday party!

As with all of the birthday parties I put together, I always try to use things that we already have before buying new things.

Many of the large dinosaurs that I used throughout the party were toys that we already had and worked perfectly as decorations.

Decorations

For the table centerpieces, I used a giant brachiosaurus and faux fern stems. The placemats were faux leather and I used green and palm leaf paper plates.

I used a balloon garland kit and made multiple, smaller garlands to decorate various windows and doorways throughout the house. I attached some faux fern stems throughout the balloons to give it more of a forest look.

Food

For an easy dessert, I used red frosting to turn this store bought chocolate bundt cake into a volcano cake!

Gift Bags

The dinosaur gift bags contained a fossil egg activity, candy, temporary tattoos, a coloring pack and a snack.

I love how cute these turned out!

For more dinosaur fun, check out my post Our Jurassic Quest Drive Thru Experience!

All the guests were able to “adopt a dino” and choose a small dinosaur toy to go in their gift bag.

Each child was very specific on which dino would be going home with them!

Activities

A fossil dig is really easy to create and all of the kids loved it! I used a white serving tray, a couple of paint brushes, fossil toys and sand.

As you can imagine, sand ends up everywhere! Make sure to set this up in an area that can be easily cleaned.

So that’s our dinosaur birthday party! Click on the picture links below to shop some of the items that I used (or similar) for this dinosaur birthday party!