The 50 Best Dinosaur Toys for Kids of Every Age | DaddiLife

Updated 30th December 2021.

Although they became extinct over 65 million years ago, dinosaurs are incredibly popular toys across the world. From the cute, cuddly and colourful, to the educational and extreme, the best dinosaur toys remain popular across all ages from birth to teens (and sometimes beyond!). 

With so many dinosaur toys on the market, we’ve put together a list of the 50 best dinosaur toys for kids - from birth through to the tweens. These are the ones that will have children roaring with joy, and stand the test of time.

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The 50 Best Dinosaur toys

Dinosaur Toys for Babies (aged 0-1)

As children enter the world, we're looking for dinosaur toys that can help navigate the all important first milestones, so get ready for a list of toys ready for all the chewing, slobbering and bath-time fun.

This bath toy is the perfect combination of play and purpose. This little dinosaur pops out when the egg is full of water to squirt out of the mouth, making it bags of fun for babies. While parents are more likely to play and demonstrate when baby is young, the little one can take over and use their motor skills as they get older.

Made by experts Lamaze, these Toy Story soft toys feature a variety of rattles, patterns, textures and crinkles perfect for newborns to explore new things. The clip-on ring attaches to any pram, cot, bag, car seat or play mat, allowing baby’s companion to come everywhere with them.

This musical mobile offers something different with its dinosaur theme. Handmade using non-woven fabrics, this mobile keeps baby calm at bedtime and helps them soundly off to sleep with its soothing, pure and light melody.

This set offers a range of fun and colourful dinosaur rattles and teethers, helping to encourage baby’s motor skills and sensory development through touch, sound, sight and smell. Made from soft, chewable rubber, they’re also perfectly sized to double as teethers.

The dinosaur-themed Magicfun Piano Musical Mat is the perfect toy to encourage younger ones to crawl and helps to stimulate baby’s hearing, observation and coordination skills. Made from environmentally-friendly non-woven fabric, it features 10 keys, 10 songs and notes from eight different types of dinosaur.

This set of 16 interlocking puzzle floor tiles provides a soft, safe and durable environment for babies to play and explore. The vibrant colours, shapes and dinosaur designs not only engage and entertain but help to develop hand-eye coordination and motor skills. Warning: watch out for small parts, creating a choking hazard. Remove before use.

The Skip Hop Light Up Dinosaur Bath Toy gives younger babies something simple yet engaging to play with at bath time. The multi-colour lights activate at water touch, while its soft material encourages developing growing to develop fine motor skills.

With beautiful craft and colours specifically chosen to enhance cognitive development and colour recognition, this dinosaur toy from Hahagift is sure to attract and engage your baby, helping to develop curiosity, coordination. With the help of a parent, build up the dino tower and it will be hours of fun.

Starting as a parent-led story for baby, this flaps book is great for progress as the child gets older and takes over lifting the flaps for themselves. Bright and beautiful illustrations help to develop motor skills and colour recognition in a fun way that promotes a positive parent-child relationship.

Dinosaur Toys for Toddlers (aged 1 - 3)

As children grow from newborns through to toddler years, their gross and fine motor skills start developing which in turn brings about a whole new categories when we rank the best dinosaur toys for toddlers. 

The Vtech Baby Feed Me Dino offers a fun and simple game for toddlers to help them learn numbers, counting and colours as they get older. With over 100 different musical notes and melodies, there’s plenty to sing and dance to. And the dino’s interactive speech encourages speech development and repetitive learning.

This chunky wooden puzzle from Melissa & Doug is ideal for toddlers just starting to get to grips with puzzles. Brightly coloured to engage in colour recognition development, it includes seven dinosaur pieces; the Pterandon, Ankylosauras, Apatosaurus, T-Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and Hadrosaurus.

The Leapfrog Letteraurus is a cute and colourful interactive dinosaur toy that introduces letters, numbers and sounds to your toddler from the age of 18 months. The light up star adds a sing-a-long element as the Lettersaurus sings the alphabet, a fun dinosaur song and counts.

Incredibly popular at the moment, the Jet Creations Triceratops is a bright, inflatable bounce-on toy for toddlers. In a variety of colours (and other animals), this hopper is brilliantly fun exercise for your little one. Perfect for use indoors or out as well, the quick inflation and deflation will keep mum and dad happy.

This Water Magic from Galt is the colouring book your toddler can use over and over again. The water pen makes colours appear magically before they disappear again ready for next time. The water only dispenses on contact with the picture board meaning a mess-free, worry-free play.

It may seem a little pricey for a pull along toy, but at 28cm long and made from high quality, responsibly sourced real wood, the Bigjigs Stegosaurus is well worth the money. It encourages your toddler’s dexterity and helps to build confidence in their mobility. Its colourful design and elasticated joints make for plenty of bendy, wiggly fun.

With people willing to pay a bit extra for real quality these days, it’s no surprise to see wooden toys making a big comeback. And this 11-in-1 activity cube is right up there. There are plenty of features including moving puzzles, bead maze, car track, rotating gears, bead counter and more. Whether starting simply moving the different parts around as a toddler, or figuring out the puzzles a five or six year old, this is the perfect toy as they grow.

This 12 piece set of dinosaur bath toys is perfect for growing hands and fingers. Made from sustainable materials, your toddler fills the dinosaurs with water and watches it flow out of their mouths. It also includes a watering wheel and water can to increase interaction and development of toddler’s cause and effect skills.

Containing a range of different building dinosaur toys, this 6 piece set of dinosaurs is perfect for toddlers starting to explore building. Both fun and educational, this set encourages the development of cognitive skills and imagination. The rounded edges make the pieces completely safe yet intriguing for children of all ages.

Perfect for the older toddler, the AGREATLIFE Take Apart Dinosaur Set is one of the best STEM dinosaur toys available. The three toys and tools enhance imagination and motor skills while developing an interest in engineering. This set includes a brightly coloured T-Rex, Triceratops and Alamosaurus, all made from BPA and phthalate-free materials.

Dinosaur Toys for Infants (aged 4 - 6)

As children grow out of the toddler phase and start getting ready for school, the best dinosaur toys for kids at this age takes on more of a 'maker' mindset. 

This Jurassic World set from LEGO Juniors is perfect for developing dexterity, creativity and spatial awareness. Children build the rescue truck with a quick-start chassis and removeable cage before moving on to play with the Owen Grady, tracker and Velociraptor minifigures, including a tasty chicken leg to lure the Raptor.

This dinosaur torch and projector comes from the Natural History Museum, and projects 24 clear and precise dinosaur photographers onto any wall or ceiling. Ideal for a pyjama party or sleepover, it includes three slide discs which feature fascinating images of the T-Rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and more. Experts at combining education and fun, the Natural History Museum has produced something that makes learning about dinosaurs even more interesting.

This puzzle is perfect for children coming out of their toddler years and seeking more difficult challenges. At 50 pieces, it offers enough of a challenge to help aid development while maintaining fun and engagement.

This dinosaur-themed slot car race track offers a fun, flexible and exciting play for any child. It contains 142 pieces, including two dinosaurs, a car, trees, a bridge and double-doors. The flexible track is easy to assembly and can be moved and changed to create limitless track shapes, encouraging creativity and problem solving.

This activity play mat and set of dinosaur figures from TEMI is a real eye catcher for any child at this age. Made from non-woven fabrics for quality and texture, the mat gives a large space to encourage hours of imaginative play for two to four children. The set includes nine handmade dinosaur figures, including a T-Rex, Brachiosaurus, Velociraptor and more.

The Cheatwell T-Rex Popper comes fully loaded with six foam balls ready to be fired up to six metres away. Safe for both indoor and outdoor use, it’s perfect for a more structured target practice game or waiting to ambush an unsuspecting relative who’s come to visit.

Play dough is a favourite for young children, which makes this set from Deardeer a winner for any dino-loving young one. With three dinosaur moulds, four colours of dough and 26 pieces overall, it’s a fantastic activity to do with parents.

Fans of Toy Story will love this realistic Rex figure, which features more than 20 authentic phrases taken from the latest installment, Toy Story 4. Rex’s moveable head, arms and legs make it an ideal toy for realistic play.

Classically made dinosaur figures are the ultimate toy to encourage hours of imaginative play. This 17-piece set from UNEEDE is uniquely moulded and richly painted to give vivid details to each dinosaur, helping to inspire greater learning and creativity. Sizes range from 2-7+ inches, giving excellent variety in the set.

One of the bestsellers in LEGO DUPLO’s Jurassic World range, the gentle giants petting zoo features a Gray Mitchell figure as well as a baby Triceratops and Diplodocus. Accessories include Jurassic World icon fencing, flowers and a camera.

Dinosaur Toys for Older Children (aged 7 - 10)

The best dinosaur toys for older children includes ones that make use of their full educational level, as well as those that take the fun factor to new heights! 

This will be a huge hit with fans of the Jurassic World films and Owen’s favourite Velociraptor, Blue. With realistic skin, texture, colour detailing and moving eyes, the chomp’n’roar mask gives children the ultimate role play experience. Secured with a comfortable strap, the child controls Blue’s jaw with by opening their mouth and letting out three levels of sound effects to make it roar. The claws add a fantastic real life Velociraptor effect too.

This kit is perfect for dinosaur lovers who are fascinated with learning more. Easy to assemble, it features skeletal models of a T-Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus and Mammoth. Each ornament is made with durable, BPA-free plastic meaning they’ll last for years to come.

This 2in1 DinoBlaster from Think Gizmos transforms from a T-Rex to a toy blaster, providing double the fun. Simple assembly makes it a fun but challenging activity before they’ve even begun the real play. It is also part of the Power Rangers Dino Series.

This dinosaur themed fidget toy set from Toyerbee is a bestseller for children with special needs. Containing squishy and stretchy strings, dinosaur mesh balls, and more, this set is specifically designed to relieve stress and anxiety for children who have autism, ADD or ADHD and high stress/anxiety levels.

Coming from National Geographic’s very popular Little Kids: First Big Book series, this dinosaur edition contains beautiful illustrations and fascinating facts on more than 50 different dinosaurs. It also features a world map to start introducing children to geography and where different dinosaurs were found.

What’s not to love about a huge (2 ½ feet tall) walking, roaring, blasting dinosaur? It may be pricey but its three power pads bring the Imaginext Ultra Ice Dino to life with flashing lights, realistic sound effects, motions and projectiles. There really is so much to keep your child hooked for over several years.

Dino Crunch is a tense and dynamic dinosaur-themed board game for up to four players. The aim of the game is to retrieve the dinosaur eggs before the T-Rex lunges at you. Simple and fun, it requires no skill to play and helps improve social and cognitive development, confidence and dexterity.

Another gem from National Geographic, this Dino Fossil Dig Kit takes children on an educational adventure as they explore and discover dinosaur fossils. Perfect for a hands-on experience, the kit also includes a learning guide from National Geographic to aid their interest and understanding of dinosaurs in the future.

This Casting and Painting Kit from SES Creative is a perfect parent-child activity with three different dinosaur moulds to paint however you want. Younger children may want to get creative and paint the dinosaurs all sorts of crazy colours and designs, while the older, more diehard dinosaur lovers may want to take time to get the finer details just right. It comes with three reusable moulds meaning you can make as many as you want.

This 397-piece LEGO Jurassic World set is jam-packed with accessories to give the complete experience while playing. As well as the helicopter, which features rotating blades, six stud shooter and dual searchlights, the set includes a quadbike, Velociraptor Blue figure and three character minifigures. Accessories include a chicken leg, dinosaur egg, Owen Grady’s backpack, a tranquiliser gun, a handgun stud shooter and more.

Dinosaur Toys for Tweens & Teens (aged 11 - 13)

What makes a great dinosaur toy for tweens and teens? Simple - as much control and thought provoking action as possible.

Aomeiqi is responsible for one of the most advanced remote-control dinosaur toys available. This futuristic looking dino responds differently to touch and interaction with 360 degree rotation in its head and a tail that swings from left to right when it receives a command. It also has a free motion feature, which allows children to programme up to 50 different actions for the robotic dino to carry out.

This magnificent 1019 piece LEGO set will keep your Jurassic World-loving child entertained for hours. Build Lockwood Estate from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom including a museum, laboratory, office, collapsing roof function and removable windows to relive the memorable final act of the film. The set also includes the Indoraptor itself as well as Blue, the Velociraptor, and six character minifigures.

More detailed, advanced and realistic than the one featured earlier, the Mega Fossil Dig Kit from National Geographic is perfect for budding scientists and palaeontologists. It features 15 realistic fossils from around the world, including brachiopods, mosasaurs, ammonites and more. The kit also includes realistic tools of the trade – a chisel, brush and magnifying glass – to give a fascinating and real-world experience.

This is the perfect drone for beginners and dinosaur lovers. The Pterodactyl figure has realistic wings that flap as the drone moves, looking like a real pre-historic creature flying in the sky. The Auto Circle mode lets you circle your ‘prey’ on the ground. It operates at a range of 25 feet, meaning beginner drone operators can’t stray too far with it. And the Auto Land function also helps to remove one of the pitfalls of drones.

Available on Xbox One, PS4 and PC, Jurassic World Evolution is the leading dinosaur video game which immerses players into Jurassic World as they build their own dinosaur parks across the islands featured in each of the Jurassic Park franchise. Bring dinosaurs to life, build for science, entertainment or security and manage the day-to-day running of your park.

Available on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, LEGO Jurassic World is the first videogame to feature the epic storylines of Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World. Players can play as all of the main characters from the series, including Dr Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Owen Grady, John Hammond, Dr Ian Malcom and more, as well as 20 LEGO dinosaurs.

Jurassic Park Danger! is a strategy board game brought to you by Ravensburger. With the power out on Isla Nublar, one player controls the T. Rex, Dilophosaurus and Velociraptor, prowling through the jungle. The other players team-up as characters from the classic movie, struggling to get Jurassic Park back online. It’s suitable for 2-5 players and games typically less than one hour to complete.

Who doesn’t want to dress from head to toe in an inflatable T-Rex costume? Perfect for a fancy dress party or random, crazy play at home, this costume is made from lightweight materials meaning your child won’t bake in the heat. It comes with an air pump and battery box to keep it inflated.

This LEGO Creator set features a striking green T-Rex which also rebuilds into a Triceratops and Pterodactyl with poseable joints, head, claws and opening mouth. At 174 pieces, it’s not the most challenging LEGO set, but the rebuild element will keep your child playing with this for hours.

Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Life is an unprecedented survey of millions of years of life on Earth. Published by DK, it’s richly illustrated alongside in-depth information, making it the perfect book for science and dinosaur enthusiasts who want to know everything there is to know. Covering everything from dinosaurs, early mammals and even the first humans, the book also explores geological time and the preservation of fossils.

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One of the bestselling dinosaur toys on Amazon, the Jurassic World Indoraptor figure captures the thrill and ferocity of the main villain from the latest instalment of the movie franchise. Incredible detailing means your child will still be proud to display this long after they’ve grown out of playing with it.