Perhaps suicide prevention should be called

How am I supposed to get Elmo down from the roof?


Said to a group of youngsters who threw one of the stuffed animals a bit too far.

Dancing Rules

There are no swords in dancing!


Said to a three-year-old who was madly slicing the air with his plastic sword while dancing.

Christmas Never Eat A Dinosaur Moment #1

No antlers at the table.

Said to an eight-year-old reindeer.

This is your brain on…fluffiness

Awww, look he has a little marshmallow in his head.

Said to a three-year-old who stuffed a marshmallow into a toy’s transparent plastic head.

Thanksgiving Swords?

Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian visitors from Never Eat Dinosaur!

Wishbones pieces are not swords!


Said to two boys engaged in a “bone fight” at the table.

As plain as the nose on your…oh, never mind

Where’s your nose? You have to look after it if you want it for the play.



Said by a mom asking her son about his fake nose/mustache.
Submitted by Martha M

But think of the things you could see

And this is why you need to keep eyes out of your nose!


Said by a mother after her child frantically came running over saying “Help me get the eye out of my nose!! There’s an eye up my nose!” She calmly helped him blow a craft googly eye out of his right nostril and then uttered these words to live by.
Submitted by Lisa W

Back from vacation

So, took a while off from posting on the blog but definitely continued to make Never Eat a Dinosaur moments. Don’t forget to send yours along so we can post them here.

I think we can include knives as well

No axes in your bed!


Said about an big, inflatable axe.

Never a good time for a pile of eyes

We’ll just scrape all the eyes together for now.

Said upon discovering a scattering of crafty googly eyes while trying to leave the house for an appointment.