The Imagination Tree

Creative play and learning for kids

  • Home
  • Welcome
    • About Me
    • Popular Posts
    • Play Challenge
    • Subscribe
  • Age
    • Baby
    • Toddler
    • Preschooler
    • School Age
  • Activities
    • Literacy
    • Numeracy
    • Creativity
    • Physical
    • PHSE
    • Science
  • Resources
    • Spaces
    • Toys
    • Books
  • Contact
  • Kindness Elves

Frozen Dinosaur Eggs Sensory Play

September 15, 2016 by Anna Ranson

Have wonderful fun with these frozen dinosaur eggs for sensory play and scientific discovery! So easy to make and play with as part of imaginative, small world play scene and great for dinosaur loving kids. frozen-dinosaur-eggs-science-and-sensory-play

Playing with ice is an absolute favourite sensory and science activity for small kids to explore! We have often enjoyed freezing and thawing objects, trying to work out how to release them from the ice blocks and cooling down from the heat of the day in the process!

This time we decided to make some super cool dinosaurs frozen inside ice eggs for a fun twist!

How to make frozen dinosaur eggs

You will need:

balloons

mini dinosaur figures

water

glitter

[Amazon affiliate links]

how-to-make-frozen-dinosaur-eggs

Directions:

Simply pop one dinosaur inside each balloon then carefully fill the balloon with water and tie it off. Pop them in the freezer drawer, taking care not to squash them out of shape against anything so that they retain their lovely egg shapes.

Wait until they’re completely solid, then remove from the freezer and the balloon will peel away easily (you can see them starting to do that in the photo below.)

how-to-make-frozen-dinosaur-eggs-from-balloons

Once out of the balloons they look AMAZING! We sprinkled each one liberally with lots of silver glitter to make them even more magical and other-worldly. Each egg could have a different colour too!

Choose where you want them to go (depending on whether this is a small world play set up, a science investigation or even a treasure hunt!) We decided to combine the first two ideas so popped these into a large, shallow basket lined with handfuls of grass in our Tuff spot sensory play table. [Affiliate link.]

frozen-dinosaur-eggs-excavation-activity

This is a fabulous problem solving activity to set up in the classroom or home with the question: “Oh no! The dinosaurs are trapped in the ice eggs. How can we help them to hatch out?!” You can ask children to get into groups and try and come up with some methods and materials they might need, then see what they try out. excavating-dinosaur-ice-eggs

We had some playmates over so in the end there were about 7 kids playing with these and they came up with great suggestions! They used wooden spoons, forks, rocks and other items for bashing, but quickly remembered that the best thing for melting ice that they discovered last time, is water!

sensory-play-fun-with-frozen-dinosaur-eggs

They helped themselves to bowls of water, paintbrushes and spray bottles and began the attack!

science-experiment-for-kids-how-can-we-get-the-dinosaurs-out-of-the-ice

It wasn’t long until the first dinosaurs started to emerge from their frozen eggs, amidst whoops of triumph! Once they were freed they continued to work away at the ice eggs, chiselling and melting them down to small blocks.

sparkly-frozen-dinosaur-egg-play

Then the dinosaurs were used in small world imaginative play!

For younger kids they’d be great to hide in the undergrowth or inside a (insulated) box to open up and surprise them for a bit of awe and wonder! Play with them after reading some favourite dinosaur story books or use them as a story telling prompt together, inventing a part each.

Or simply set them out as part of a sensory table or small world scene alongside some basic tools and spray bottles and wait to see what they make of it. Let us know how you choose to play!

frozen-dinosaur-eggs-science-and-sensory-play-for-kids

If you enjoyed these frozen dinosaur eggs you will like our other ICE ACTIVITIES! As well as our DINOSAUR ideas (the outside dinosaur garden and dinosaur swamp are so cool!)

And please do check out all our PLAYFUL SCIENCE ideas here too.

[This post contains Amazon affiliate links as a useful resource. Thank you for your support!]

Related Posts

  • Birthday Cake Cloud DoughBirthday Cake Cloud Dough
  • Diggers in Edible Mud Sensory PlayDiggers in Edible Mud Sensory Play
  • Wash the Muddy Farm Animals Sensory PlayWash the Muddy Farm Animals Sensory Play
  • Diggers in the Mud Sensory Play TrayDiggers in the Mud Sensory Play Tray
  • Valentine’s Sensory Tub for ToddlersValentine’s Sensory Tub for Toddlers
  • Space Galaxy Slime RecipeSpace Galaxy Slime Recipe

Filed Under: Age, Animals, Craft, Create, Dinosaurs, Discovery, DIY, Glitter, How To, Ice, Imaginative Play, Invitations to Play, Knowledge and Understanding, Learn, Make, Messy Play, Nature, Play, Preschooler, Problem Solving, School Age, Science, Sensory, Summer, Toddler, Toys & Games Tagged With: Playful Science, Preschool, Sensory Play, Toddler Play

« 20 Great Toddler Meal Ideas!
Monster Slime Sensory Writing Tray »

Comments

  1. Michelle says

    September 16, 2016 at 12:47 pm

    This looks so fun. I just ordered a set of the dinosaurs for my grand daughter and plan to use this idea for her enjoyment next weekend!

The Imagination Tree on FacebookThe Imagination Tree on TwitterThe Imagination Tree on PinterestThe Imagination Tree on G+RSS feed from The Imagination TreeThe Imagination Tree straight to your inbox

Search The Imagination Tree

About The Imagination Tree Hello and welcome! I'm Anna, Mama of 4, early years teacher and play enthusiast from the UK! Click here to read more about me.

The Kindness Elves Store
Play Ideas on The Imagination Tree

Create with The Imagination Tree

Makes on The Imagination Tree

Sign up for our FREE emails:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Categories

Archives

Copyright © 2023 · Foodie Pro Theme by Shay Bocks · Built on the Genesis Framework · Powered by WordPress

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT