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Costumes
(part of Discovering Dinosaurs Unit)

homemade dinosaur costume

Some children need to immerse themselves in the topic that they are learning.  So becoming a dinosaur for a while will give your child that opportunity.


Preparation to Make Costume


Materials:
felt
markers
scraps of material
assorted items to create and decorate a costume
  1. Making a costume can be as simple as making a headband with ears, a tail your child can tuck in the back of her pants, painting a t-shirt with spots or stripes. Or it can be elaborate as a Halloween costume.
  2. If your child wants a costume you can: check out the patterns on-line or at a fabric store, go to a costume store for ideas that you can modify to make yourself, or go to Become.com where there are costumes to buy.
  3. Having the flexibility to create, children gain a great deal of confidence in their own abilities.  It doesn't have to be perfect and it should be, as much as possible, your child's work.

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Activity

Your child may wish to wear his costume for the dig or you may have created a young "paleontologist" outfit for him to wear.

September 12, 2008

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