If you’re looking for the best simple dinosaur cake ideas that you can make at home you’ve come to the right place! Making a dinosaur themed cake doesn’t have to be too expensive or complicated to be fun. There are so many great accessories out there to add to your cakes that will make them DINO-MITE! Using these simple ideas with a little creativity and imagination we can turn fudge, Oreo cookies, and chocolate into dino dirt. Green icing can make some really convincing grass. We can even make a sheet cake style dig-site that is definitely going to make your dinosaur lover smile.
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Card Stock Green Dinosaur Cake Topper
This cake topper set makes it so easy to purchase or bake a plain white Betty Crocker cake and add the decorations to the top of the cake for a super easy professional look. For added effect consider using some green icing in a piping bag or asking your local bakery to make a simple white cake with a bit of green edging. This set would be so much fun for a dinosaur birthday cake for your little boy or little girl.
Colorful Cute Dinosaur Cake Topper Set
These funky little dino cake toppers are made from rubber and nylon. They are more sturdy than the card stock decorations which means they can be reused for multiple birthday parties on top of cakes or a cupcake design in the future.The best part about using a cake topper kit like this is that if you’re looking for an easy dinosaur cake design that doesn’t involve you baking, you could purchase a finished cake and add this set to it for a super easy gorgeous dinosaur cake that is sure to impress any birthday boy or girl.
T-Rex Cake Topper With Oreo Dirt Cake
One large plastic dinosaur as a cake topper can have a fun dramatic effect like this. Get out a large bowl to crush up some Oreo cookies to create dirt or using a candy like chocolate rocks will look and taste great on this cake! Dripping chocolate ganache or chocolate frosting down the side like this gives it a really fun effect.
Three-Rex Cake
Learn how to make this simple Three-Rex birthday cake from our easy tutorial. You can easily change the number on the cake to make it fit your little one’s age. Or try carving the letter of your kid’s first name into the cake if you don’t want to use a number! Making your own cake is a great way to help turn your child’s special day into a themed party and impress your little guest of honor and their friends.
Easy Dinosaur Drip Cake
Learn how to make this Easy Dinosaur Drip Cake from my tutorial here on Mama’s Buzz. You don’t have to be a master cake baker to make this fun and impressive dinosaur cake. You can use whatever color you’d like for the candy melts on top of this cake to make the drip effect. I chose pink for the birthday girl, but green would look great too. Brown would look classic, and red would look volcanic.
Dinosaur Bones Dig-site Chocolate Sheet Cake
Where do we find dinosaur bones? In the ground at a dig site! Your little palaeontologist will have the best time digging up these dinosaur bones at party. It’ll be a ROARIN good time! This diy dinosaur cake uses a chocolate cake base and you could use chocolate frosting and mini chocolate chips, crushed Kit Kat, Oreo cookies, or even some chocolate rocks to create the perfect cake for your next dinosaur party. Sprinkle Bakes created those big white dino bones using a mold and melted chocolate but you could also buy some large plastic bones and set them on top of your cake after it’s cooled for a similar but inedible look.
Round Green Dino Face Cake
A round cake with a few added features can make a cute little dinosaur cake in no time! This six minute video will take you through the decorating steps to make your own at home. This cake involves baking a couple round cakes and using a sheet of green fondant and a couple smaller fondant accents, which would be the hardest part if you haven’t worked with fondant before. If you’re more comfortable using green frosting you still may be able to create a similar effect.
Mini Dinosaur Cake Pan
Nordic Ware Dinosaur Cakelette find it on Amazon.com click here or on Amazon.ca click here
These detailed little dinosaur cakes are easy to make with your own favourite cake recipe or even a box cake mix. Adding these small dino shaped cakes on top of a larger chocolate sheet cake would look impressive without a lot of extra decorating.
Dino Land Chocolate Sheet Cake
Whoppers and chocolate covered raisins make great boulders and rocks. A few fun dinosaur figurines drinking at a gel icing lake and munching on some plastic trees go perfectly on top of a simple chocolate sheet cake. By purchasing a couple small plastic dinosaurs and adding them to the top of a chocolate boxed cake mix you can create your own easy dinosaur world for your dino themed party. This dinosaur world cake is sure to be a winner at your next dino themed birthday party.
Final Thoughts
In case no one has told you lately, you’re a great mom for making your kid a homemade dinosaur birthday cake 😉
I hope these easy dinosaur birthday cake ideas help you make something awesome for your child’s big day. Stick around Mama’s Buzz for more kid’s birthday party ideas and easy DIY cake tutorials!
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