Then I turned on my Youtube dinosaur playlist, bubble machine, and dance light and we danced until the guest of honor arrived. I think just the mask would have been fine–it didn’t seem like people really got into the feet, probably because the construction paper tore too easily. Next, we cleared the tables and did a couple of dino crafts– masks and feet. I think it would work much better in a one-on-one setting.) The problem was that the humor of the book relies heavily on the nuances in the illustrations, so it was difficult to come across in a larger crowd that wasn’t totally focused on storytime. (In retrospect, I don’t think I would read something like this in this setting again, even though it’s a great book, and perfect thematically. They got their snacks and tea and sat down, then I read Tea Rex by Molly Idle. When everyone was coming in, I had Vivaldi’s Four Seasons playing on my wireless speaker.
The leaf template I used can be found here. The napkins are green paper cocktail napkins from Walmart, folded into a fan shape. I wish I knew where the inflatable dinosaurs came from so I could get more, but they were already in the children’s library stash. Tea Rex Author (s) Molly Idle Publisher Viking Books for Young Readers Format Reflowable Whats This Print ISBN 9780670014309, 0670014303 eText ISBN 9781101628546, 1101628545 10.101628546 Buy eTextbook Lifetime 10.99 10. I also used doilies and plastic toy dinosaurs from the Dollar Tree. Luckily, the library already had about 30 glass teacups that I was able to use.
Anyway, the T-Rex Tea Party was so fun! We had tea (herbal raspberry tea) with sugar cubes, cookies, brownie bites, marshmallow treats, and dinosaur gummies.
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