Today I have a no sew dinosaur mat craft if your child is reading Geronimo Stilton The Journey Through Time. Be sure to grab more Geronimo Stilton Books ideas and crafts on my page.
Do you have an early to middle elementary kid who loves dinosaurs?
First, grab a copy of The Journey Through Time (Geronimo Stilton Special Edition) to go along with this fun and easy no sew dinosaur mat.
The Journey Through Time Travels into Prehistory, which is the large period of time before written records or human documentation.
In the first section, it is a trip right into the middle of the Prehistoric Period.
The book takes Geronimo through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods to learn more about the dinosaurs that once roamed the earth.
With great little factoids about different species of dinosaurs, bright illustrations, and an engaging story and a theory on how they disappeared, it is a great read for your child.
Use vocabulary words from the story, facts, and drawings to teach your child all about this time of prehistory.
Add in a few more fun hands-on ideas and you have a wonderful unit.
How to Incorporate the No Sew Dinosaur Mat Into Your Homeschool Units
While the dinosaur mat may seem like just play, it can also be used to label different dinosaurs to work in some science as well as language arts.
Write the names of various species or even words like volcano, river, etc.. on small pieces of paper and have your child place them next to their match.
Work on easy math problems, just add dice and work on simple addition and subtraction.
Let toddlers and preschool children simply play while you read aloud from Geronimo Stilton The Journey Through Time.
You will be pleasantly surprised how much they pick up through hearing new vocabulary words and passive listening.
More Dinosaur Learning Fun
- Make Salt Dough Dinosaur Fossils as a keepsake of your fun lessons.
- Put together a dinosaur skeleton with pasta and a free printable.
- Grab your toy dinosaurs and create a Dino Sensory Bin to allow them to explore textures while they learn about different dinosaurs.
- Science Fiction for Middle School Fun Jurassic Park Quick Unit Study (DIY Insect in Amber)
- Measure dinosaur toys with manipulative blocks to work on math skills like counting, spatial awareness, and estimating.
- Make Homemade Dinosaur bones to incorporate dino anatomy.
- Cooking is one of my favorite hands-on activities to include in a unit, these Dinosaur Track Cookies are a great math and science activity.
Besides getting prehistoric history, this first volume in the series also covers Ancient Egypt and the Medieval Period.
There are over 3 journeys in one book and they can be read as individual mini units or all at once.
Geronimo Stilton Book Activities
Next, look at these other crafts to go with the books.
- The Race Against Time Geronimo Stilton Activity Craft Fun Dragon Eggs
- Geronimo Stilton The Second Journey Through Time Sun King Fun Medallion
- The Journey Through Time Book And Knights Armor Engraving Fun Kids Craft
- Journey Through Time Geronimo Stilton Time Warp Fun Lost City of Atlantis
- Race Against Time Build a Fun Greek Water Clock
- Out Of Time Fun Sir Francis Drake Ship Craft
- Stilton Journey Through Time Series Fifth Journey Fun Eiffel Tower
- 10 Things to Learn From The Fun Geronimo Stilton Chapter Books
- The Fourth Journey Through Time Fun Cleopatra Collar
- Learn About Mozart The Eight Journey Through Time Geronimo Stilton Series
- The Geronimo Stilton Book Fourth Journey Fun Egypt Game
- Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time Craft a Fun England Tower Guard
- Mouse in Space Fun Puffy Moon Craft (Glow in the Dark)
- Down and Out Down Under Make a Fun Edible Coral Reef
- Field Trip to Niagara Falls Summary And Fun Corn Craft
- The Journey Through Time #2: Back in Time Colosseum Craft
- The Race Against Time Geronimo Stilton Activities: Fun Edible Spine
- #2: Back in Time Mayan Craft
- The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy
- Who Is Geronimo Stilton Rodent Notebooking Page
Finally, you will need only two things to make a no sew dinosaur mat yourself-felt and a hot glue gun.
It makes a great roll-and-go activity while waiting at restaurants or doctors’ offices as well as at home on the kitchen table.
Geronimo Stilton The Journey Through Time No Sew Dino Mat
You are only limited by your own creativity here, whatever you can dream of you can turn into a felt masterpiece.
However, I am going to give you a few tips for recreating a few things.
You will need:
- Various colors of felt
- Hot glue gun/sticks
- Scissors
Use a by-the-yard piece of green felt for the base if you want a larger mat.
However, if you want to stick with the basic felt size you can attach 2 pieces side by side to make it larger.
And to secure them together and hide the seam, cut a wavy strip of blue to create water and glue the two pieces to the underside.
Next, create grass and clumps of bushes by cutting green into ½” strips and cutting vertically not quite to the edge to make fringe. You can roll them up and hot glue the bottom to your base for bushes.
Or leave it long, and glue along the bottom edge, depending on what you want to replicate.
Cut white, tan, and gray felt into irregular circles for rock shapes and secure to the mat with hot glue.
Finally, to create the centerpiece, the volcano, draw and cut out a cone shape with a flat top on beige fabric.
Cut red, orange, and yellow stripes with an uneven edge for flames, and hot glue to the top of the volcano.
Roll it, and secure down the edges with glue. Stuff with a little cotton filling or even just felt scraps.
Bend a small piece of the edge and secure it to the mat with glue, continue to fold and glue all the way around. Fan out the exploding lava.
You can add other pieces like smaller ponds, quicksand, or whatever other features you would like on your mat.
Add small dinosaurs for play, counting, and more.
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