We have all heard of the Easter Bunny. Did you know there were Easter Dinosaurs? Really! The EasTer Rex, the EasteRaptor, EasTerceratops and many other Eastersaurus. For some reason the Bunny is the only Easter animal people seem to remember. Hmmmm. Millions of years ago a group of Dinosaurs met to improve relationships with All…
Tag: Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Eggs for Easter
I found some fun activities with Dinosaur Eggs. Dig It Up! Dinosaur Eggs allow you to excavate a baby dinosaur from clay eggs. After soaking the eggs as recommended you use tools provided to remove the baby dinosaurs from the eggs. You can be a Paleontologist at home! These Eggs are expected to arrive by…
Dinosaurs in the Camarillo Library for “Family Story Time”!
Kevin & I arrived about ½ hour early to get setup for the reading. It didn’t take long for the first to arrive. Daniel & his sister posed for a picture with Kevin. Shortly after it was like a herd of Dinosaurs as 72 parents & kids found their places in the Pirate Ship in…
Pamela and Green Diamonds
After a great deal of additional practice drawing spikes on paper, I was ready to improve upon my first attempt at creating the 3D appearance of spikes on Pamela’s neck, back and tail. The Drawing Course I’m taking is from The Great Courses “How to Draw”. It is a series of 36 lectures on 6…
Creating a Special Place for Your Dinosaur to Perch part 2
There are many choices for concrete paint. I found a number of possibilities at the Sherwin-Williams Store in Camarillo. Cecilia the store manager was very helpful with matching the chip cards to items I brought from home. I collected some small stones and bark from the yard to assist in color choices for the new…
Creating a Special Place for Your Dinosaur to Perch
I mentioned in my post on January 19th “Pamela the Pachycephalosaurus gets a Makeover”, I am creating a special base using burlap bags filled with sand and then covering them with concrete to give the appearance of stone. My first attempt at making this type of base is for a full size Prehistoric Animal. The…
Pamela and a Field Trip
Many Paleoartists add spikes along the top of the neck, back and tail on the Pachycephalosaurus. I decided to use paint to create the look of spikes in these areas. A few pieces of cardboard were helpful in creating a template for spikes for Pamela. I used the Hammered Gold for the triangular spikes sprayed…
Wishing You a Happy Valentine’s Day!
We hope you are having a Great Day! Valentine’s Day is a good excuse to treat yourself whether it’s with a special someone, your favorite food, dessert, flowers, music or the night out make this a special day for yourself! We are enjoying the day with special treats, music, flowers a movie and dinner at…
A Lunch at The Dinosaur Institute in the Natural History Museum LA
Last Monday I was invited to lunch at the Dinosaur Institute with Dr. Luis Chiappe, Senior Vice President Research & Collections and Cristina Rosales, Fellows Membership Coordinator. It was a great opportunity to learn about the museums expeditions, resource library and tour the renovated new lab. My first visit to the lab was April 20,…
Where are the little Dinosaurs?
World renowned paleontologist, Jack Horner has a great video on YouTube that provides an explanation. Pachycephalosaurus is featured as one of the dinosaur examples demonstrating his theory. Dinosaurs are believed to have grown like birds. Dinosaurs skulls could change significantly even after reaching 80% of adult size. Therefore, smaller dinosaurs with different names could just…