I made these for my grandson more than 3.5 years ago at his request after he saw a picture of one in a book. They are about three years and 8 months old in these photos. They have survived many a dinosaur fight and even being used as a hammer. The tail makes a near perfect grip for a hammer.
I don't have any of these in
my shop. Perhaps I should. They are quite easy to make and would look good made from some contrasting hardwoods, or maybe I could find some green poplar. We all know that T-Rex is green.
I did not go to a large amount of trouble to make these look nice. Ths turned out to be a good thing since the first thing my grandson did was use them like a hammer.
In the photos, you can see some places where chunks of wood were broken off. This happened on several occasions and the pieces were glued back on some bits were lost, and so we have some chunks missing. I made thes from some reclaimed plywood I had in the garage that just happened to be the right thickness. The colors were chosen by my grandson. They are painted with Behr Oops paint I got at home depot.
For some reason, that I was never able to determine he kept breaking the toy dinosaurs right arm off. After this happened several times I drilled and pinned the arms. It's been about a year since the and no more broken arms. The right arms were never broken.
Today after three years and 8 months, my grandson still plays with these. His interest in dinosaurs has never diminished, and I continue to make more and different dinosaurs for him.
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