Angelsaurs and Reindinos: 2 simple and fun dinosaur Christmas decorations to make with your dinosaur fan

I can’t be the only one.

Do you ever look at Christmas ornaments and think, “I can make that”?

“That would be a simple DIY”?

Or, “I can dino-fy that?”

Mamasaura are an unusual breed.

It’s Christmas time, the perfect time to make some simple dinosaur Christmas decorations!

We’ve taken inspiration from different sources and dino-fied them for you to create two special dinosaur Christmas decorations, both of which you can make together with your little dinosaur fan.

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Hark, the herald Angel-saurs sing!

The first of our simple dinosaur Christmas decorations is our Angelsaur.

Believe it or not, the inspiration for this ornament came from watching Playmobil: The Movie. If you’ve seen it, you’ll understand.

Last year, I discovered that you could buy mini angel wings. It took a while for us to source some in the right size in Germany, but we eventually found some – provided we used a big enough dinosaur.

If you can’t find some feathered ones, try simple plastic ones, padded wings in gold or silver or plain wooden ones instead.

Don’t forget to add your halo.

Tree topper or hanging Angel-saur?

The key to simple dinosaur decorations is a hot glue gun.

Paint and glitter your dinosaur as you wish (we painted ours with spray paint leftover from our dinosaur Advent wreath) and decided against glitter. This time.

If you would like to hang it on your tree, attach a ribbon loop with your hot glue gun. Our wings already came with a loop attached, which we used instead of attaching another loop.

If you want to use your Angelsaurus as your new tree topper, attach an old bed spring or a spring formed from aluminium wire (quite easy to bend), or an old wire coat hanger (this will take more effort to shape). If your dinosaur is soft enough, you can stab it and insert the wire between its legs or on its belly to form your tree topper. If needed, use a nail or screw to start the hole.

Isn’t she just angelic?

Reindino games

This fun and simple dinosaur Christmas decoration was inspired by two of the books on our festive reading list: “Dinosaur Christmas” by Jerry Pallotta and Howard McWilliam and “The Dinosaurs’ Night Before Christmas” by Anne Muecke and Nathan Hale.

I trawled the internet and discovered these fun animals posing as reindeer. If other animals can play reindeer games, why can’t dinosaurs?

I’m not one to reinvent the wheel, so I followed the instructions and turned the dinosaurs into reindeer.

All I needed was to find some white spray paint – and collect some twigs from our garden.

Of course, I used a Carnosaurus. It had horns – the closest dinosaurs came to antlers. Our Triceratops was already part of our Advent wreath.

Other suggestions for simple dinosaur Christmas decorations

Are angelic choirs and reindino games not for you? We’ve brainstormed more simple dinosaur Christmas decorations for you to make with your little dinosaur fan.

Our dinosaur Advent wreath: Once they have done their duty as part of your Advent wreath, you can use your Advent dinosaurs as decoration however you want.

Tree Rex: A twist on the T-Rex in our Advent wreath. Wrap a T-Rex in some miniature Christmas lights (his arms are too short to wrap them around the tree) and put a star on its head.

Santa Claws: Turn your favourite Theropod into Santa (preferably something with claws, like the Utahraptor or the Therizinosaurus). Put a Santa hat on its head, add a beard of cotton wool and make a sack of presents for it to carry. You can even paint on or make a Santa coat for it.

Three wise dino-kings: Inspired by the Christmas carol, “We Three Kings.” We were planning to dress up three dinosaurs as the three wise men. Unfortunately, we didn’t have three suitable dinosaurs left (it’s hard to make a regal cloak for a spiny Huayangosaurus). If you would like to make your own, use felt and a hot glue gun to make draping cloaks in rich jewel tones and cardboard and felt to construct turbans, crowns and keffiyehs. Use buttons, bottle caps and other bits and pieces to create the containers for the gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Dinosaur carol singers: Using this picture as inspiration, place a Santa hats, beanies or top hats on the dinosaur’s head and create a little carol book out of cardboard for them to hold. If you want, you can even paint on or knit mini gaudy Christmas sweaters.

Which simple dinosaur Christmas decorations will you make?

These simple dinosaur Christmas decorations are bound to be a hit with your little dinosaur fan. They are so simple to make and are a fun way to spruce up your Christmas decorations.

The question is, what DIY Christmas decorations will you dino-fy, Mamasaura?

Hark, the herald Angelsaurs sing? Rudolf, the red-nosed reindino? Something else?

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