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40+ great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum (that support the museum too)

Can I let you in on a little secret? You can get great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum. Each purchase supports the museum, which is especially important this year. We’ve scoured the shop of our favourite museum to find the best dinosaur gifts for dinosaur fans. Check out what we’ve found!

Eyes glaze over, dry with hours spent staring mindlessly at the screen.

Your finger stiff from swiping and clicking.

Squeezing in sessions when they’re sleeping, not sure whether you’ve seen this page before finding any even less inspiration on the third viewing.

The seemingly endless search for the perfect dinosaur gift. One your little dinosaur fan does not already have.

It’s the festive season. Hands up if you are spending most of your evenings looking for unique dinosaur gifts.

My hand is not raised high. It’s not even raised at all. I’ve done my Christmas shopping already. At least the dinosaur bits.

Let me let you in on a little secret: you can get great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum.

And you can be confident your purchases will support the museum and its work.

We’ve scoured the shop of one of our favourite museums to find the best dinosaur gifts for dinosaur fans. Here’s what we found.

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Dimetrodons getting in the Christmas spirit - Dimetrodon fossils, with one wearing a Santa hat

Which museum?

We can’t search the gift shops of all dinosaur museums. It would take too long and many still do not have an online store.

Instead, we’ve focused on the Natural History Museum in London for five reasons:

  1. It is a great museum. It is recognised as one of the best dinosaur museums in the world.
  2. It has a great museum shop, with a large range of customisable goods and NHM-branded goods (that are not available anywhere else).
  3. Not only do they have a great range, but most gifts are vetted for scientific accuracy.
  4. Entry to the museum is free. A large portion of the money used to maintain and update exhibits comes from sales through the museum shop.
  5. Mrs Maiasaura is an affiliate for the shop. This means we will receive a small payment for any purchases you make through our link, at no extra cost to you. So you’ll be supporting us, too!

So, without further ado, let’s get on with the list!

Great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum: collage of toys and costumes

Great toy gifts from your favourite dinosaur museum

Of course, you couldn’t have a list of great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum without including some dinosaurs.

These Small dinosaurs in a handy belt pack are great for imaginative play and craft projects (Like our angelsaurs and reindino).

The Museum sells a number of model dinosaurs. This Model T-Rex was the one our LDA wanted.

Dinosaur teeth and claws are always a hit. If you can’t get a real one (we found a Spinosaurus tooth at Münchehagen Dinosaur Park), these replicas are cheap and fun.

The Museum shop also sells a number of stuffed toys. After much deliberation, our LDA decided she liked the Pachycephalosaur best.

Our LDA was also keen to get this red, knitted Triceratops, though she might be willing to gift it to a younger dinosaur fan.

There are numerous ‘in an egg’ options available. These fossil skeletons in eggs are some of the best I have seen.

For something a little more unusual, how about a printed miniature 3D Dippy skull?

Dress up costumes to find at your favourite museum

You know we like a good dinosaur-themed costume. Our favourite museum has a good selection.

This safari hat works well as part of a palaeontologist’s costume (our LDA has one). This explorer’s t-shirt completes the look.

Your child may prefer to dress as a dinosaur. This Triceratops costume is gorgeous (and fits a child up to ages 7-9).

If your child’s favourite dinosaur is much more ‘fluid’ (i.e. it changes with each change of socks), perhaps a dinosaur tail would be more appropriate? They have adult tails too.

If your child is a fan of Dino Dana and you don’t have time to make a dinosaur pin, perhaps you can get some from the museum? They have carnivore and herbivore pins.

Great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum: collage of board games and things to do experiments with

Great gear for dinosaur experiments

Our LDA loves doing dinosaur experiments. She wanders around the backyard, looking for footprints and imagining she has seen or heard dinosaurs. I think she may have watched a little too much Dino Dana.

Still, dinosaur experiments means time spent outside in the fresh air, engaging with the world around her. D-Rex and I fully support it. To help, we’ve gathered together a little experiment kit, which she keeps in a backpack.

Our LDA has a dinosaur backpack, but I know she would love this Triceratops backpack.

She has this projector torch and loves it! I purchased one on a trip to London and the Natural History Museum.

Now she is learning to tell the time, this projector watch would be useful and fun.

Our LDA loves excavating dinosaur fossils! She had a great time working with D-Rex to excavate a Brachiosaurus fossil at Münchehagen Dinosaur Park. And excavating our homemade dinosaur eggs. This dinosaur excavation kit would be good for her at the moment.

This pocket microscope is already wrapped for Christmas this year. And she has a magnifying glass too – in pink of course.

Great board games to find at your favourite museum

Lockdowns and now Winter has meant our LDA has discovered board games in a big way. Here are a few dinosaur-themed ones you might like.

  • Dinosaur memory cards (the Museum also has the books that the pictures are from)
  • Guess Who: our LDA loves sorting dinosaurs at the moment, too, so this game would be a hit.
  • This dinosaur trumps game is approved by palaeontologists. Do they play trumps often, do you think?
  • Shhh, I’ll tell you a secret: our LDA is getting Dinosaur Operation for Christmas.
  • I am interested to see how the museum changed this dinosaur Monopoly to dino-fy it.
Great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum - collage of books and clothing

Great dinosaur books to find at your favourite museum

St Nicholas brings our LDA at least one book each year. This year, she’s getting some more dinosaur books.

If you want more book tips, check out our post on great dinosaur books for the festive season.

Great dinosaur clothing gifts from your favourite museum

Any list of great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum must include some clothing. The best thing about the clothing options from the Natural History Museum is that many pieces can be personalised.

The sentiment of this bite me t-shirt is perfect for many occasions.

I wish these dinosaur skeleton socks came in my size.

Which one should I choose to personalise for our LDA? (And this is only a selection):

I’d even get one of these personalised denim jackets for our LDA if they came in her size.

Great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum - collage of homewares and craft supplies

Great dinosaur gifts for budding artists

Our LDA loves crafting things with dinosaurs, as our growing list of dinosaur crafts will show. If you have a budding artist, these might help.

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Great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum for the home

One way to get your little dinosaur fan to eat their food – including their vegetables – is to serve it on a Dinosaur dinner set.

Our LDA has a Triceratops version of this dinosaur mouth cup. It’s so cute when she uses it.

This dinosaur mug is fun and would make a great stocking stuffer. Up the ante and gift a personalised one. Which dinosaur will you choose?

I want this Triceratops egg cup, but I’m not sure whether to get it now or for Easter. Our LDA prefers the T-Rex egg cup.

Our LDA will find some of these glow-in-the-dark dinosaurs in her Advent calendar.

I love these dinosaur string lights and might make them a more permanent decoration.

Great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum - collage of gifts for adults and Christmas decorations

Great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum – for the adults

Why should kids have all the fun? You can find some great dinosaur gifts at your favourite museum for adults too.

Many of the personalised t-shirts also come in adult sizes.

I have this fossil scarf and love it! It is such a nice weight. The kids at the kindergarten love it too when they realise it has dinosaurs on it.

This looks like a good read: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.

If you are willing to spend a little more money and are a fan of chess, this chess set is fun.

Don’t forget the adult dinosaur tails.

Great Christmas decorations from your favourite museum

‘Tis the season. So why not get some Christmas decorations at the museum? They make great gifts too!

These T-Rex Christmas stockings are a great idea, though I’m not sure I want one hanging on our mantle.

We’re looking at making some Christmas ornaments for our tree this year, but we might get some of these too (or use them as inspiration):

This Natural History Museum snow globe is an easy and fun Christmas decoration.

Stegosaurus fossil wearing a Santa hat - great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum

Other dinosaur gifts that support your museum

Simply: buy a ticket or voucher to visit when the museums with your little dinosaur fan.

Is entry to your dinosaur museum free? It is for the Natural History Museum in London! Why not gift a tour? Or museum membership? Or a voucher for Dino Snores (a unique sleepover) or one of the other special events at the museum?

Pssst: There are Dino Snores for adults too!

Don’t forget your welcome pack.

Museums also produce a number of goods; purchases support their work whether you buy directly from the Museum or not (though some are exclusive to the museum).

For example, one of our favourite festive dinosaur books, “The Dinosaur’s Night Before Christmas” by Anne Muecke and Nathan Hale, is not only set in the Dinosaur Hall of the American Museum of Natural History, but part of the proceeds go towards the Museum. Keep this in mind when purchasing dinosaur goods elsewhere.

St Nicholas left a copy of “The Dinosaur’s Night Before Christmas” in our LDA’s boots and she LOVES it. The CD that comes with the book was on repeat most of the day…

Triceratops getting in the Christmas spirit - Triceratops fossil in a museum wearing a Santa hat

Get great dinosaur gifts from your favourite Museum this Christmas!

No more mindless swiping. Go straight to the shop of your favourite dinosaur museum to get all the dinosaur gifts you need this Christmas.

Our list is by no means exhaustive! There are many more great dinosaur gifts available. You’re bound to find numerous things your little dinosaur fan does not yet have.

Unlike many things you could gift, you know it will be a hit with your little dinosaur fan when you purchase it from the museum. And you’ll be supporting a good cause. So why not source some great dinosaur gifts from your favourite museum this year?

So finish your dinosaur Christmas shopping and free up your evenings!

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