Your seven-year old son’s birthday is coming up, and as usual, you’re planning to throw a wonderful party for him. You’ve got the venue all planned, and you already know who to invite. The only problem is that you don’t know what theme to use this time. You’ve done a SpongeBob theme party, Transformers and even a Superhero party. This time, you need to find something that you can be sure your little man will enjoy. If you have this dilemma, why not have a dinosaur theme party?

The prehistoric motif will surely delight your little boy and all his guests! It’s easy to throw a dinosaur theme party, but of course, you have numerous considerations to prepare, starting from the invitations up to the party favors that you’ll be giving out at the end. Here are several pointers you can use.

• Invitations are easy to deal with, since there are bookstores, card shops and craft stores that sell ready-made colorful invitations with dinosaur designs. All you need to do is fill in the necessary information and place the invites in their envelopes. If you want a more creative invitation, you can draw your own dinosaur invites. To add a creative touch, use two half-moon shapes that look like prehistoric eggs for your envelope. When the receiver pulls them apart, a baby dinosaur is inside.

• For your decorations, get large cardboard boxes and paint different kinds of dinosaurs on them, such as a T-Rex, pterodactyl, triceratops and brontosaurus. If you have time, make a huge backdrop that shows these creatures in their natural habitat.

• You can also get creative with the food at your dinosaur party. For example, instead of serving the usual snacks, make Dinosaur Egg in a Nest (grapes or cherry tomatoes placed on top of shredded lettuce), Dino Dogs (hot dogs complete with fixings) and Monster Mash (raisins, peanuts and gummy insects mixed together). For the cake, use green icing to draw a dinosaur on the top.

• For the party activities, devise fun games such as a dino relay or dinosaur egg hunt. Just make sure you have an adequate area for these games, or the kids might have a difficult time.

• Kiddie parties are never complete without goody loot bags. Before each guest goes home, give them a loot bag filled with dinosaur treats, such as dinosaur action figures, pencils with dinosaur designs, and candy dinosaur eggs.

Simple but fun dinosaur cake

Dinosaur cake with frosting

Dinosaur cake with figurines.

A roaring dinosaur theme party is the great idea for your young son or daughter’s birthday. All it takes is a bit of imagination and creativity. As you watch the smiles on everyone’s faces throughout the celebration, you’ll feel that all your planning and organizing was worth it.

See a cool dinosaur cake that lights up and roars! Click the video below to view.