Dinovember
Dinovember is an internet-started holiday invented by Susan and Refe Tuma in 2012 in the USA[1][2]. During the month of November, in participating households, the toy dinosaurs 'come to life' at night and get up to mischief, and then are discovered by the kids of the household in the morning, frozen in place[2]. The idea is similar to elf-on-a-shelf, but non-commercialized. Dinovember has a small but dedicated following: more than 200,000 people follow the antics of the Tuma dinosaurs via their facebook page (as of November 2023[3]), with a smaller but unknown number of households in many countries whose own dinosaurs participate.
Dinovember in popular culture
Dinovember is the subject of a children's book by Refe and Susan Tuma called 'What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night'[4].
The idea has been picked up around the world by venues that cater to kids[5][6], including public libraries[7], teachers who run dinovember activities in their classrooms[8], and museums[9] such as the Royal Saskatchewan Museum[10].
- ^ "DINOVEMBER". Refe & Susan Tuma. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ a b "The Month When My Kids' Plastic Dinosaurs Come To Life". HuffPost. 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ "dinovember Facebook". www.facebook.com/dinovember/. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ Noble, Barnes &. "What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night: A Very Messy Adventure|Paperback". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ smarling@richmondregister.com, Sierra Marling (2023-10-30). "See life-size dinos, movies, and more this DiNovember". Richmond Register. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ Dinovember at the Denver public library (November 2023). "Dinovember at the Denver public library".
- ^ Contributor, Guest (2017-12-06). "Dinovember at the Library!". ALSC Blog. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
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- ^ Curator, Heather Sjoblom, Fort St John North Peace Museum (2023-11-16). "Fort St. John North Peace Museum update: Dinovember is back, and Christmas Tea around corner!". Energeticcity.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Dinovember In Full Swing At The Royal Saskatchewan Museum | News and Media". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2023-12-17.