My son is an absolute dinosaur fanatic. I'm told its a phase that a lot of kids go through. But at the moment dinosaurs are slowly taking over my house.
Did you know that there is a National Dinosaur Museum in Canberra? I didn't either until we were down there last week end and I was checking out kids attractions. Let me tell you that if your child loves dinosaurs then this is the place to take them.
As you approach the building you are greeted by a herd of dinosaurs on the grounds. I wouldn't say that they are life sized but they are definitely large enough. Unfortunately due to the fact that it was so hot on the day we went we didn't get any photos of them.
When you go inside you have an education centre to the left and a large shop to the right. Upstairs is a great collection of fossils, models and information. One of the great things are the animatronic dinosaurs. These have motion detectors that set the dinosaurs moving when you get close. It's a bit startling at first.
My friends daughter was quiet scared of the whole thing and kept her hands clamped over her ears while we were upstairs. Mainly because her brother had been telling her the dinosaurs were real on they way over. She's only 3.
Once downstairs we lost the two boys in the education centre. They were completely enthralled. They had a great variety of toys and fossils that you could buy. My friend and I went a little crazy. A week later and J is still asking if he can go again.
My husbands work gives the kids a present at Xmas and the above photos are what J was given. Four new dinosaurs and only one of them is one he had, the triceratops. (In case you are wondering the white one is an iguanadon, the orange a velociraptor and the spikes one a diplodocus).
We borrowed some "Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs" books from the local library. Now J has his own bucketful of dinosaurs.
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