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Dinosaur Pasta Skeletons

By Karen Cox | Affiliate Disclosure

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Here are two ways to make dinosaur pasta skeletons with your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten students.

Dinosaur Pasta Skeletons

Skeleton Printable

Dinosaur Pasta Skeleton #1

First, download the printable skeleton at the link below, and cut out the pieces. Children will assemble and glue the paper pieces of the dinosaur skeleton to a piece of construction paper (12×18 size), and glue dry pasta on the skeleton.

Dinosaur Pasta Skeleton Printable

The pasta pieces you will need are:

  • Shell: for the skull
  • Rigatoni: for the legs
  • Fettucini: for the ribs
  • Elbow (Macaroni): for the neck, backbone, and tail

Download: Dino Skeleton

The above activity and printable are reprinted here with permission from the owner of the former site “Kindernet Online”

Dinosaur Pasta Play Dough Skeleton #2

Children pretend to be paleontologists who have discovered bones (the pasta) in the ground. We have to figure out how to put the bones together to make a dinosaur. Have children mash play dough flat on a plate. For younger children, its a good idea to use a dinosaur-shaped cookie cutter to make the outline of a dinosaur in the play dough. Then press pasta shapes (bones) into the play dough inside the outline to make a skeleton.

Dinosaur Pasta Skeleton with Play DoughModel Magic or self-hardening clay would also work well. The pasta can be removed and the children will see the imprint left in the play dough, which is like a fossil.

Dinosaur Play Dough Skeleton Fossil

Find more Dinosaur Activities for Pre-K on the category page.

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  1. Betty says

    September 13, 2012 at 8:35 pm

    I love this idea of using pasta for dinosaur skeletons!

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  2. mommamindy says

    November 3, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    I Love it! I homeschool and this is a great tactile addition to our dinosaur unit!

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  3. colleen says

    November 6, 2012 at 9:41 am

    what type of dinosaur is this? apatosaurus/brontosaurus?

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  4. Carla says

    November 20, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    Boas ideias! Parabéns!

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  5. Barb says

    January 28, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    Great Idea, I Love It!

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  6. sally says

    March 4, 2013 at 9:30 pm

    I was needing an art project for my dinosaur week, and i found a terrific one!!! woo-hoo!!!

    Reply
  7. ELIZABETH says

    April 17, 2013 at 11:47 am

    I AM REALLY GREATFUL FOR THIS INFORMATION AND ISEAS OF THE DINOSAURS IT IS ONE OF THE TOPICS I HAD TO TEACH AND I WAS STRUGGLING AND KNOW I FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THIS INFORMATION TO TEACH THE LESSON!

    THANX ALOT.
    ELIZABETH KOOPMAN

    RSA

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  8. Bozena says

    May 26, 2020 at 9:23 am

    I love it! Thank you .

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  9. Rachel says

    January 28, 2021 at 4:47 am

    I think the bones of the dinosaur are of an apatosaurus. My son wants to know Thanks!

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