A super easy and fun game for a dinosaur themed party or for any dinosaur lovers! Grab an old piece of wood and make a dinosaur bean bag toss game!
My youngest son’s 5th birthday is coming up and he decided he wanted to have a dinosaur themed party. I scoured Pinterest and found a ton of great ideas for activities.
Once I saw a dinosaur bean bag toss and I thought, “I could make one of those for cheap!” And I did!
Since the party was going to be at our park, I couldn’t make a dino doorway beanbag toss with a rod pocket. I needed an outdoor game that I could put anywhere!
This dino bean bag toss came together better than I expected and I didn’t even spend any money, woo hoo!
So, here is how I made this free dinosaur bean bag toss game.
DIY Dinosaur Bean Bag Toss Game Board
So I have to admit how I got the board… Our neighborhood has an extra free garbage pickup a few times a year where you can put out large items that won’t fit in your bin to be picked up.
One night on a walk the night before one of these pickups I noticed that one of my neighbors had an old desk they had taken apart and put out in the garbage… a perfect board to use for my unique design!
So, now that I had a board I needed to cut a hole in it. I used a bowl about the size I wanted and traced around the edge of it as a guide.
I clamped the board in between two sawhorses, drilled a hole on the line to start, and then I got out one of my favorite tools, my parent’s old jigsaw, cut out the circle, and sanded the edge a little.
My little one loves all the extra pieces, and he still carries around the circular piece of wood!
I googled dinosaur heads and looked through different dinosaurs until I found one of a T-rex.
I found this picture online of just a dinosaur head and just free-handed it. (which is why it’s not the best looking dinosaur!
I’m not known for my painting skills:). I drew the dinosaur head on with a pencil using the cut out hole as the mouth and then painted it in.
I painted it with chalk paint and that was it!
I made a few bean bags with outdoor material I had in my scraps and stuffed them with beans and rice.
I laid the dinosaur bean bag toss game up against a tree and the kids had so much fun tossing bean bags in it.
One activity down without spending any money!! That’s how I like to do things.
Next to the bean bag toss was the dinosaur bone dig!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!
