Make Your Own T. Rex

Bring a T. Rex to Life. Press out the photographic “bones” from this Make Your Own T. Rex book and slot together a 2-foot long model based on a real Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, while simultaneously exploring T. Rex anatomy and the behavior and environment of popular prehistoric reptiles. Dr. Michael Brett-Surman of our National History Museum’s Paleobiology Department was the book’s consultant. Ages 7 and up.  Hardcover; 32 pages. 80-piece model and step-by-step instructions included. 11" x 8.85".

Museum Provenance

The cast skeletons of the Triceratops and the Tyrannosaurus rex face off in the Dinosaur Hall of our National Museum of Natural History. Though the lance-like horns and bony skull frill of the Triceratops would have made it difficult, the fearsome T. rex was happy to have him for lunch.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or inspired by an object or objects in our collection.