Dinosaur Hunter Themed Birthday Party for Children
A dinosaur hunter themed birthday party will necessarily require some anachronisms because humans and dinosaurs never coexisted, but this is a great opportunity to further some popular misconceptions. Cavemen! Cavemen must be the dinosaur hunters. Separated by a mere 66 million years, they are perfect candidates to be dinosaur hunters.
Initially, the party-goers should feel as if they have been transported back in time. They can be disoriented by flickering the lights off and on in a dark room, while it is announced that they are traveling back in time. A soundtrack should coincide with their arrival in the past, somethingnature-y. An adult should now narrate that they have gone back in time 66 million years and have to live the lives of cavepeople. Then they will head outside to explore their new surroundings.
What luck! Before the cavepeople notice that their surroundings are very similar to what they had been before they went back in time, they become distracted by a cache of caveman clubs. For the safety of all involved, the clubs should be of the inflatable variety and should not be given to the enthusiastic party-goers until they are outside. Here is an example of an appropriateclub.
At this point, the cavemen will probably be clubbing each other over the head, so it will be very important to get their attention and tell them that they (and their clubs) are urgently needed; A rival group of cavemen have stolen their dinosaur-meat cake. They will not be able to feast tonight unless they hunt down at least five dinosaurs.
By following cardboard cut-outs of dinosaur footprints, the little cavemen can track down the first four dinosaurs with ease and defeat them with their clubs. (The children may get the most satisfaction out of popping the dinosaurs, so balloon dinosaurs are my recommendation. Alternatively, [and more peacefully] the dinosaurs may be well hidden behind rocks and trees and the hunt will only consist of spotting the dinosaurs.)
Unfortunately, as the dinosaur hunters are too engrossed in hunting the fourth dinosaur, they won't realize that a Tyrannosaurus Rex managed to sneak up behind them. While they are thoroughly focused on dinosaur #4, an adult in adinosaur costumeshould let out a (not too scary) roar from behind them. The adult supervising the hunt should rally the cavepeople together, "Defend yourselves! It's a Tyrannosaurus Rex!" As the carnage ensues, the Tyrannosaurus Rex will be defeated. The little hunters can hang up their clubs victoriously and celebrate with dinosaur cake.
Complete the experience by bringing the dinosaur hunters back to the present day. Each of them should leave with something to commemorate their stay in the past, perhaps a dinosaur toy or their clubs.
(For a less violent theme, each dinosaur can be hunted for a specific ingredient that can be retrieved non-violently; Pterodactyl snot, Triceratops drool, Stegosaurus tears [why is he crying? He has all those plates on his back and no silverware], Brontosaurus sweat, and Tyrannosaurus Rex claw clippings. Plastic dinosaur toys can be used in place of inflatable dinosaurs, as there will be no need to pop the dinosaurs. On this theme, the adult hunt leader can even have an oversized ingredient check list that they work through after finding each dinosaur and one of the little dinosaur hunters can carefully collect each of the ingredients from the dinosaur.)
This should create a memorable birthday experience for any young child. The most expensive element-the adult dinosaur costume-can be reused as pajamas or as a Halloween costume. All-in-all, it should be a cheap, memorable, and most of all fun experience for all involved.
