21 Dinosaur Toys That’ll Be a Roaring Hit With Kids

This LEGO set is for the builder who’s mastered beginner-level building, but isn’t quite ready for the adult sets. This 468-piece set looks like the pieces were discovered at a dig site. When they are ready, they can upgrade to the massive Tyrannosaurus Rex that looks like it belongs in a Natural History museum. Ages 9+

This Toy Award-winning hatching toy is so fun to unbox, as the egg shakes and cracks open to reveal a baby T-Rex. Once it hatches, the dinosaur makes sounds, its eyes light up in different colors to show its emotions, and you can even feed it a snack. “Both my son and my daughter loved seeing the T-Rex break out!” one parent said. Ages 5+

Handing the kids markers can seem like a questionable choice, but Crayola’s Color Wonder ink only appears on the special coloring pages—not skin, clothing, or your walls. This book comes with five markers and come in a reusable package so it can be taken on road trips or plane rides. Ages 3+

It’s cornhole, but for kiddos. There are two sides of this portable game board; one with a large dinosaur mouth for beginners to try and toss the bean bags into, and the other with four smaller holes for a bit of a challenge as they get bigger. Ages 4+

You’ll need two to four players for this game, wherein players must avoid getting snapped up by the dinosaur’s magnetic tongue. Kids will take turns controlling the T-Rex. One parent noted, “My child laughed when the dinosaur tongue collected the food or knocked a caveman off their space.” Ages 5+

Some kids just love to take things apart or put them together to see how they work. This National Geographic set comes with everything they need to make a posable Velociraptor. Ages 4+

I personally love when board games come in junior versions for younger kids, like this Monopoly that’s designed for little ones as young as 5. The game play is far shorter, and instead of streets, there are dinosaurs worth different values and players must feed them leafy banknotes. Ages 5+

This would be a sweet gift for a new mom or a child’s first birthday. It includes four different dinosaur friends that all fit inside a volcano, which doubles as storage when they aren’t playing. The chunky stuffed animals have sewn eyes instead of buttons, so there’s no hard plastic pieces to be concerned about. All Ages

Magna-Tiles allow kids to use their imagination and create whatever structures or scenes they can imagine. The small magnets inside the hard plastic connect so they can make buildings, bridges and more. This 40-piece set has a dinosaur theme, but it’s compatible with any other Magna-tiles they might already have. Ages 3+

Not just a remote-control toy that moves, This Dilophosaurus also has eyes that light up and makes roaring noises. The frills also shake as the animal cruises around with an easy-to-use controller. “I love dinosaurs, and I’ve never seen something like this before,” shared one kid tester. “It walks on all four legs, and it’s really fun to play with.” Ages 5+

Stomp rockets are perpetual favorites among kids. They’re easy to set up, and how high they soar into the sky is determined by how hard you stomp on the base. This set comes with three rockets: Riley the Raptor, Trixie the Triceratops, and Theo the T-Rex. Ages 3+

There are a lot of train sets out there, but our child testers really liked this one because of the bridge pieces and how easily it connects with other Brio tracks.“My 3-year-old loves that the dinos can carry the eggs around due to their magnets,” a parent said. Ages 3+

Not only is this T-Rex puzzle shaped to look like a massive dinosaur, it also has puzzle pieces in the shape of some of the most famous dinosaurs, hidden in the middle of the body. Ages 8+

This is the best book for dinosaur fans, since it lets kids become dinosaurs. Two die-cut holes in the top of the book let readers peer through, transforming the pages into dino masks. “I would read the sentence about the dinosaur and then flip the book to peer out at my son," says one of our parent testers. "He. LOVED. It. I couldn’t believe it!" Ages 0–4

Good Housekeeping Institute experts have long been fans of Crayola's line of Scribble Scrubbie toys because of the replay value: Kids can color in and draw designs on these white dinosaurs, wash them off, and then color them in all over again! This set comes with four dinosaurs, a waterfall play area, plus three markers, three bottles of color drops, and a brush. Ages 3+

This game requires nerves of steel! A T-Rex is inside a crate, ready to escape. Players must take turns inserting different-colored bones into the slots—but watch out, because one will make the T-Rex pop out! "This is a super fun game to play with my siblings," one kid tester reported. Ages 4+

They'll feel like real paleontologists with this kit, which lets kids dig out a T-Rex tooth replica molded from a real fossil. The kit also comes with a book where they can learn more about dinosaurs, excavation tools like brushes and a magnifying glass—and a perennial kid favorite—fossilized coprolite (dinosaur poop). Ages 8+

This smiling dino makes it easy for kids to practice numbers, counting, colors, shapes, and foods. "Feed" it the different tokens, and it'll react differently depending on which one is used. Rotating the spinning disc makes it play different songs, and the buttons offer sounds and songs featuring the different shapes, colors and numbers. Ages 1+