Read Dragons Love Tacos 2 and Make a Simple Time Machine Craft

Did you know that your favorite dragons have a new book out? Titled Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel, it’s about traveling through time to save the tacos. Inspired by the book, we made a simple time machine craft so we could travel back in time to plant taco trees throughout history so the dragons never have to worry about their favorite food becoming extinct.

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Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel

Book Snippet:

Our dragons’ favorite snack is in danger of going extinct in this laugh-out-loud, time-traveling sequel to the New York Times bestseller Dragons Love Tacos.

Listen, don’t freak out, but I have some terrible news: There are no tacos left anywhere in the entire world! That’s a huge problem because, as you know, dragons love tacos. We’ve got to do something! I know, let’s fire up that time machine in the garage and go back in time, to before tacos went extinct. Then we can grab lots of tacos and bring them back with us. Just be sure you don’t grab any tacos with spicy salsa. You remember what happened last time…

We Loved It!

The book has just the right amount of quirky silliness to keep kids engaged. Besides being the adorable dragon characters loved by kids, you can count on them to be predictable…. in a good way. The ending will have LOL-ing even if you guessed how the story would end!

The illustrations beautifully illustrated with lots of humor. My kids especially loved the last two pages which had a group of real and make-believe characters that are from the past and have time traveled to enjoy a taco party. There’s Abraham Lincoln, Frankenstein, a wizard, a basketball player and of course, dragons 🙂

Recommended for preschoolers and kindergartners. 

Time Machine Craft Tutorial

Since the dragons travel back in time to save the tacos, we decided to make a simple time machine craft.

You’ll Need:

• paper plate or thin piece of cardboard (or cereal box)
• Time Machine Clock Teleport clipart  or Time Machine Distortion clipart; both free
• scissors
• glue
• pen
• black paint or marker,
• brown watercolor
• paper clip
• brad

How to make it: 

1. Cut out the center circle of the paper plate. If using cardboard, use a compass or trace a circular object.
2. Print the graphic, I used half a sheet. Trim around the out edges a bit to make a circle shape. Glue to the graphic to the center of the plate.
3. Poke a hole in the middle. Open the paper clip by bending it to create the spinner. Place a brad/paper fastener through it. Stick through the hole you poked. Bend the sides don on the under-side, but not too tight or it won’t spin.
4. Divide the rim into sections. We have 8 spaces on ours.
5. Use the brown watercolor to paint the white ring/outer rim. Let dry.
6. Take a black marker or black paint to outline around the graphic and the outer edge as well as the lines dividing the sections.
7. Choose interesting time periods to write in the different sections. Check out Wikipedia for historical time periods to get ideas. We chose the following: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, Shang Dynasty, Middle Ages, The Renaissance, and The Colonial Period

Now you’re ready to travel and save the tacos like the dragons did in the book!

Win a copy!

Enter for a chance to be one (1) grand prize winner and receive a set of Dragons Love Tacos and Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel (ARV: $17.99 each), or to be one (1) of five (5) second place winners to receive Dragons Love Tacos 2 (ARC: $17.99 each).

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We hope to see your fun DIY time machine spinners and would love to have you join us over on Instagram! Tag @artsymomma_amanda and use the hashtag #worldhistoryforkids so others can see your awesome creations. You can show us your fun time machines and time travel crafts, activities and crafts about a specific time period or any multicultural lesson plan you did (Join us at the end of July for a two week Around the World Summer Camp!).

Amanda

Artsy Momma

Amanda is an ‘artsy momma’ to 2 kids who love making crafts just as much as she does. Follow their creative journey over on the blog titled Artsy Momma. Besides crafts, they share fun food ideas, hands-on learning activities, mommy DIY, + lots more! If you love handprint art, head over to their Fun Handprint Art blog where you will find hundreds of their projects all made with little hands and feet.