{"title":"Dinosaur Blanket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA dinosaur throw blanket gets dragged to every other room in the house and still ends up back on the bed at night. Every dinosaur blanket in this collection started life as a drawing made for it. Pick the size that matches how they'll actually use it, then let them pick the dinosaur. That order works better than the reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Size Dinosaur Throw Blanket Should You Get?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStart with how it gets used rather than how old they are. A blanket for the couch during a movie is a different size than one that lives on a bed. A kid who drags it from room to room needs something they can carry without stepping on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ccaption\u003eDinosaur throw blanket sizes by style\u003c\/caption\u003e\n  \u003cthead\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eStandard throw\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eSherpa throw\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\"\u003eBest for\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/thead\u003e\n  \u003ctbody\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eSmall\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 x 40\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e37 x 57\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFloor play, the car, a toddler carrying it around\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eMedium\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50 x 60\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50 x 60\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eA twin bed over the comforter, couch use\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eLarge\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 x 80\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 x 80\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSharing, a full bed, sleepovers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 30 x 40 is the size most people underestimate. It's small enough for a four year old to fold badly and carry off, which is most of what it needs to do. Our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/small-throw-blanket\"\u003esmall throw blankets\u003c\/a\u003e cover that format across every theme in the catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhich Dinosaur Throw Blanket Size Works in a Kid's Room?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a twin bed, the 50 x 60 lies across the top third without reaching the floor. On a full bed the 60 x 80 is the honest answer, since anything smaller reads as a runner. For a bunk, go smaller, because whatever hangs over the rail gets pulled down in the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSkip it entirely for a crib. Loose blankets aren't safe for babies under one. Until a child is in a toddler bed, a dinosaur blanket belongs on the floor and on the couch, not in with them at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/kids-blanket\"\u003ekids throw blankets\u003c\/a\u003e use the same three sizes. If you're buying for two kids with different tastes, that consistency matters more than it sounds when one of them notices the other got the bigger one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eDinosaur Print Styles in This Collection\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDinosaur blankets sort themselves by how realistic the print is, and that maps almost exactly onto age. Skeleton and fossil layouts read older and stay in a room for years. Round-eyed cartoon dinosaurs land hard at three and start feeling babyish somewhere around seven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColor does the same work. Classic green reads as dinosaur to every kid alive and disappears into almost any room, and our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/green-throw-blanket\"\u003egreen throw blankets\u003c\/a\u003e carry that palette across other themes. Brighter mixes of teal, orange and purple read younger and louder, which is either the point or the problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eT-Rex Prints\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe T-rex is the one they ask for by name. A single large silhouette does more than a crowded scene, because the whole appeal is scale. On a small dinosaur blanket the head gets cropped, so give this one the 50 x 60 if you can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eStegosaurus and Plated Dinosaurs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStegosaurus prints are the quiet ones. The plate shapes make a pattern that reads almost geometric from across the room, so it works in a space you don't want fully themed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTriceratops Prints\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTriceratops sits between the two. The horns and frill hold their shape at small scale, so it works on the 30 x 40 where a long-necked dinosaur gets cut off at the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFossil and Skeleton Prints\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSkeleton layouts last the longest of any dinosaur print. They read as museum rather than nursery, and they sit fine in a room that already has a desk and a bookshelf in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCartoon Dinosaurs for Younger Kids\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRound bodies and big eyes are aimed at two to five, and that age knows it. This is the print that gets slept with rather than displayed, so buy the size they can carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow Long Does a Dinosaur Phase Last?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA dinosaur phase usually runs three or four years, longer than most themes a kid picks for themselves. Skeleton prints outlast even that, because at some point they stop reading as a kid's print at all. That's the case for buying the larger dinosaur blanket rather than the small one, since the size outlives the taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're buying for a child right at the edge of it, seven or eight, choose a fossil layout over a cartoon. It's the difference between a blanket that works for one year and one that still works in the room three years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhere Does a Dinosaur Throw Blanket Go?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe bed is the default, but it's rarely where a dinosaur blanket spends its day. It ends up on the floor as the base for whatever is being built on top of it. That's the real case for the 30 x 40, and the reason it comes back covered in things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe car earns it too, on any drive long enough to matter. So do sleepovers, where having your own blanket counts for more at seven than it does at thirty. A reading corner or a beanbag chair gives it somewhere to live between uses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eIs a Dinosaur Throw Blanket a Good Gift?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA dinosaur throw blanket is one of the safer gifts for a kid whose taste you barely know. Dinosaurs clear the bar for most children between three and eight, and nobody has to guess a favorite color. The 50 x 60 is the size to default to when you aren't sure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a sibling pair, two different dinosaurs in the same size settles an argument before it starts. Buying a dino blanket for the younger one and a fossil print for the older one covers both ends of the age range in a single order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow Do You Wash a Dinosaur Throw Blanket?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA dinosaur blanket gets washed more often than anything else in the house, so make it easy. Cold water, gentle cycle, tumble dry low. Skip the fabric softener, which coats the surface over time. Wash it on its own or with other soft things rather than with towels or denim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMore Dinosaur Throw Blanket Collections to Browse\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf dinosaurs are only half the household, our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/unicorn-blanket\"\u003eunicorn throw blankets\u003c\/a\u003e cover the other side of most sibling pairs. Our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/bear-blanket\"\u003ebear designs\u003c\/a\u003e land with kids who like animals without the prehistoric part, and every theme runs the same three sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/throw-blankets.com\/collections\/dinosaur-blanket.oembed","provider":"Throw Blankets","version":"1.0","type":"link"}