Welcome To The Club Rex Members Page!
As a member of Club Rex, we encourage you to share your passion for dinosaurs. On this page you will find activities, images and links to great games and museum sites from around the web. Upload your drawings and art work to our members gallery and share your very own "Paleoart" with the world!
Did You Know?
Did you know that Pterosaurs (like this Rhamphorhynchus) and marine reptiles are not actually dinosaurs? The term 'dinosaur' refers only to terrestrial or land animals. While Pterosaurs and marine reptiles lived with, looked like and are related to dinosaurs, they aren't dinosaurs!
Did You Know?
Did you know that Paleontologists believe that Smaller carnivorous dinosaurs like Velociraptor and Coelophysis (below), hunted in packs? Much like Wolves today, these theropods would have worked together to track, trap and bring down animals much bigger than themselves. Working together would serve to confuse the prey and make the hunt more successful.
GET CRAFTY!!
Parental Supervision Is Required!
Dinosaur Diorama
What you will need: Shoe box, Paint & brush, Small plastic dinosaurs, Construction paper, Glue, glitter, markers & pipe cleaners
Lay your box on its side and use the paint to create a Mesozoic scene. Paint a volcano in the background and use glitter and glue as lava! Pipe cleaners make great trees too! Use your imagination to make your box into a wonderful dinosaur environment. Use your plastic dinosaurs to create a scene from your favourite time period!
Coffee Ground Fossils
How to make your own fossils overnight!
What you will need: 1 cup of used coffee grounds, 1 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of cold coffee, 1/2 cup of salt, Waxed paper, Mixing bowl, Dull butter knife, Small items to make impressions (leftover chicken bones, shells, leaves, toy dinosaurs, peanut/walnut shells etc.)
In the mixing bowl, combine coffee grounds, flour, cold coffee and salt. Mix well! Knead the dough and spread it out flat on the wax paper. Using the dull knife, cut pieces large enough to fit your "fossil" item. Press them firmly into the dough. Remove the item to reveal your fossil impression. Let it dry overnight.
Homemade Dinosaur Bones
What you will need: Paper towel tube, Mixing bowl, Flour, Water, Newspaper, Masking tape, Paint & brush
Get an adult to mix 1 cup of flour to 2 cups of water to make your paste. You will want it to be the consistency of thick glue, but runny, not thick. Wad up sheets of newspaper into 2 balls and tape a ball at each end of your cardboard tube. Tear strips of newspaper (you will need a lot!) and dip them one at a time in the paste. Completely cover your "bone" with newspaper and paste, even the ends, and allow it to dry. Once dry, paint your bone. Keep in mind that many dinosaur fossils are dark brown not white. Try using different combinations of colours!