Lifelike dinosaurs bring joy to children at Children's Hospital of Michigan
May 24, 2022A life-size dinosaur visited the patients at the DMC Children's Hospital in Detroit on Tuesday, courtesy of the national Dino & Dragon Stroll.
Tabitha Bowles, of Detroit, holds her sons as they touch an animatronic dinosaur outside of the Detroit Medical Center Children's Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center from the national touring Dino & Dragon Stroll event that will take place at Canterbury Village in Lake Orion as the dinosaurs visited children at the DMC Children's Hospital and Specialty Center in Detroit on May 24, 2022.
The kids were able to pet and dance with the creature in the lobby. The dinosaur also took a lap around the hospital so kids could see from their windows.
"Whenever we get the opportunity to have something that has fun and play and the opportunity to just let kids be kids — that's always the best thing," said Sinead Nimmo, Child Life Project specialist.
"Giving our kids some fun and some joy and some levity was really the goal today."
The massive animatronics of the Dino & Dragon Stroll allow children to get up close to baby and adult dinosaurs. They include a T.rex, Velociraptor and stegosaurus.
This interactive exhibit provides kids with a one-of-a-kind experience. It is on display at Canterbury Village in Orion Township on May 28-29.
DMC Children's Hospital speech therapist Caroline Farney touches an animatronic dinosaur with a patient outside of the Detroit Medical Center Children's Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center from the national touring Dino & Dragon Stroll event that will take place at Canterbury Village in Lake Orion as the dinosaurs visited children at the DMC Children's Hospital and Specialty Center in Detroit on May 24, 2022.