Make the cookie dough

• Cream the softened butter with the sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
• Whisk the flour with the baking powder and salt, then mix into the wet ingredients until a smooth dough forms.

Chill the dough

• Flatten the dough into a disc, wrap it and refrigerate until firm enough to roll.

Shape the mini dinos

• Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface.
• Cut out mini dino shapes with the cookie cutter and place them on a lined baking tray.

Bake the cookies

• Bake at 180 °C until the edges are just set and barely golden.
• Let the cookies cool completely on a cooling rack.

Dip in candy melts

• Melt the colored candy melts in separate bowls.
• Dip each cooled cookie into the melted candy, using a fork and the edge of the bowl to remove the excess.

Decorate and set

• Sprinkle the white nonpareils over the coated cookies.
• Let them set completely on a piece of parchment paper.