Have you ever made a dinosaur herb garden with your kids? Well neither had we until recently and I have to say that it was great fun!
We decided to make a dinosaur themed herb garden partly because my kids wanted me to set up a dinosaur sensory bin and partly because I wanted to garden (I’m a bit obsessed with gardening at this time of year).
When I made the suggestion and picked them up after school with a bag full of herbs, they were all in! This fun idea was super easy tot set up and if you already have a large pot and soil you are already half way there.
You can also create your dinosaur herb garden directly in the ground as well. Check out these easy instructions for how to make yours.
Other Dinosaur Activities
Fizzy Dinosaur Eggs
Crayon Resist Dinosaur
Dinosaur Dig Sensory Bin for Kids
Why You’ll Love this Activity
You’ll love creating a dinosaur herb garden with your kids because it combines the excitement of dinosaurs with the joy of gardening.
This activity is a fantastic way to teach kids about plants and herbs, allowing them to get their hands dirty and learn about nature in a fun and engaging way.
Watching their herb garden grow day by day will give them a sense of accomplishment and responsibility.
Materials Need to Make Dinosaur Herb Garden
- Large planter
- Soil
- Large and small rocks
- Herbs such as kale, basil, Thyme, Rosemary, Chives
- One large rocks for the volcano
- Red, yellow and orange outdoor paint
- Dinosaur figurines
- Optional: large lid to make a little pool plus blue gem stones
How to Make a Dinosaur Herb Garden
- Gather your supplies.
- Fill a large planter with soil. You want the to place enough soil so that you have about 4 inches from the top.
- Take your large rock that you have chosen to be the volcano and place it on a paper plate. Take your outdoor paint and start pouring red paint from the top of the top so that it resembles lava flowing down. Add orange paint on top of the red and finally yellow paint on top.
- Choose your herbs and plant them in different spots around the planter.
- Add large and small rocks all around the the herbs.
- Finally add all your dinosaur figurines!
Other Garden Activities
Grass Seed Head: Easy Garden Craft for Kids
Bee Watering Station: Easy Garden Project for Kids
How to Make a Bug Hotel Craft: Fun Craft for Kids
My Books
Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
