Even if you’re staying home, you can still go prehistoric! Celebrate May 7 your way—and get ready to explore the real fossil frontier in Outback Queensland.
1. 🎨 Create Your Own Dinosaur World – Grab the pencils, crayons, glitter and go wild! Draw your favourite dinosaur, invent a new species, or download dino-themed colouring sheets (bonus points for naming it something epic like Glittertopsaurus Rex.)
2. 📚 Read Up on Your Roar-some Faves – Dust off the dino books or hit up your local library. From picture books to science-packed encyclopaedias, there’s a prehistoric adventure for every age.
3. 🦖 Visit the Queensland Museum IRL or Online – The Queensland Museum in Brisbane has incredible dino fossils on display—including the mighty Muttaburrasaurus. Can’t get there? Their website is packed with cool online exhibits, games and dino facts!
4. 🗺️ Plan Your Dino-Hunting Road Trip – National Dinosaur Day is the perfect excuse to start planning a journey through Outback Queensland. Book now for the school holidays and hit the dino trail from Winton to Richmond, Eromanga and Mount Isa!
5. 🦴 Make a Fossil at Home – Mix up some DIY salt dough, shape it into dinosaur bones, and let it dry to create your own “ancient discovery.”
6. 📣 Roar Like a Dinosaur Challenge – Get the whole family involved and see who can do the most ferocious dino roar! Film it, share it, tag it. #RoarLikeADino #NationalDinosaurDay
7. 🍿 Have a Dino Movie Marathon – From The Land Before Time to Jurassic Park and Prehistoric Planet, there’s no shortage of dino-flicks to binge. Don’t forget the popcorn (and maybe some gummy dinos for snacks!).
8. 🦖 Wiggle It, Wiggle It Real Good – Play Dorothy the Dinosaur by The Wiggles on repeat — bonus points for dancing in costume, skivvies optional.
9. 🦴 Create a Dino Dig at Home – Fill a tub with sand or rice and hide plastic dinos or “fossils” (aka painted pasta bones) for a mini-excavation mission.
10. 🦖 Make Dino Snacks – Dino-shaped cookies, dino-egg cake pops, or cupcakes with “lava” icing… prehistoric and delicious.
