Dinosaur craft for a sick little boy!

My almost 4 year old has been dinosaur obsessed since before he was 2. Other obsessions have come and gone but dinosaurs have always been a constant. (It's okay I know that was an ironic statement!)

This week while he recouperates from having since tonsils removed, I have been racking my brains for things to do that aren't energetic but are interesting enough to take his mind of the pain for a little while.  Enter Mister Maker's dinosaur from a bowl! (I think it was from Season 3.)

For this project you will need:

• A plastic bowl you no longer want. (I used the ikea ones which are 6 for £1)
• Some newspaper
• Some sticky tape
• Some PVA glue
• Some kitchen roll
• Some paint and a paint brush
• Some googley eyes or stickers to decorate (optional) 

Start with a sheet of newspaper and fold it up about an inch and keep folding this way until the end.  Fold it in half or thirds depending on how long you want your legs to be.  Repeat this step 3 more times!

Once you have four legs tape them to the inside of the bowl.  Make sure they are all the same height so your dinosaur can stand up.



Next take another sheet of newspaper and repeat the 1" roll.  This time fold one end over about 1 1/2" and then again.  Tape this together to form the head.  Tape this to the outside of the bowl at the front.

Take another sheet of newspaper and roll it into a tail. You need to do this across the sheet rather than up and down so that one end is thinner than the other one.  When you are happy with the tail, tape it to the outside of the bowl at the other end.  I had to fiddle with mine a bit to get it to bend enough not to lift the back legs off the floor.

Once this is done, you (or the kids) get to do a bit of paper mache.  Water down your PVA glue and tear up squares of kitchen roll.  Cover your whole creation in the glue and kitchen roll.  The kitchen roll is great because it gives texture to your dinosaur skin.  Set it aside to dry.

Once dry your children can paint it and decorate it however they like.  We used some foam sticker shapes to give our dinosaur that WOW factor!