Janelle,

Things I have done myself and seen elsewhere include:

Simple bones that form sideview of dino skeleton cut out of foamcore with
velcro on the back which can be arranged on a carpted portion of wall

paint dinos of appropriate proportion with holes cut out where heads would
be and let children poke theur heads through the holes to be photographed.
Or have a T. rex head like this with mouth agape that lets the child poke
his head out of its mouth, looking like he/she was about to be
swallowed-you can get great theatrics from children in this situation

Make fossils using the really inexpensive clear plastic plant drip pans
(can be re-used), pour in thin layer of plaster of paris (colored if you
wish) and have children impress leaves bones, etc. in it.  This has to be
allowed to dry before popping out of the planter but works well if you have
a 2-3 hour dino program.

Using air-dry home-made Play-Dough-like clay, roll clay like you were going
to make cookies, cut out dino shapes with cookie cutters (have these done
or let kids do) and then let kids paint them with water-based paints the
way they think dinos might have looked in real life

Have sheets of paper with simple Mesozoic landscape line drawing drawn on
them and let kids use dino rubber stamps to add dinos to the scene

Also, check with the dino-robot supplier.  Sometimes they have an education
division that can give you suggestions and even supply items.

Joanne

Dr. Joanne Kluessendorf
Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois
1301 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801  USA
phone: (217) 367-5916; fax: (217) 244-4996; e-mail: [log in to unmask]