Draw a dinosaur on the poster board, and cut it out.
STEP 2
Dab a little glue onto the dinosaur.Then place a bit of cereal on the glue. Continue gluing cereal to the dinosaur until you think it's done. Then let the glue dry for a few hours or overnight.
STEP 3
Now paint your dinosaur! Cover your work surface with waxed paper. Then use a cotton swab as a paintbrush. Be sure to let the paint dry.
DID YOU KNOW:
-- The word "dinosaur" means "terrible lizard."
-- The large, plated stegosaurus had the smallest brain, about the size of a walnut.
-- Tyrannosaurus Rex were about 16 to 18 feet tall (about the size of a two-story house) and 50 feet long. Its teeth were as long as a personÕs hand.
-- Brachiosaurus is the biggest land creature that ever existed. It weighed 80 tons. That's 10 times as heavy as an elephant.
ITCHING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DINOSAURS? DIG INTO THESE BOOKS:
Dinosaurs
by Michael Benton; Simon & Schuster; 1991
Dinosaur Dig
by Kathryn Lasky; Morrow Junior Books; 1990
The Big Beast Book: Dinosaurs and How They Got That Way
by Jerry Booth; Little, Brown & Company; 1988
Dinosaurs Are Different
by Aliki; HarperTrophy Publishing; 1988
How Big Were the Dinosaurs?
by Bernard Most; Harcourt Brace & Company; 1994
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