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Chameleon Paper Craft

This chameleon is a simple cut and paste paper craft that is fun for young children to make.  It makes a great project for preschool and kindergarten kids and works well for an animals, rainforest or reptiles theme.  (He's holding a paintbrush because chameleons change color to match their surroundings.)

There is a small (single page) and larger (two templates) version to choose from.

Materials:

  • something to colour with if using the B&W version, 
  • scissors, 
  • glue, and 
  • paper
      
  • You can use brass tacks instead of glue to attach the head, tail or arms if you want them to be moveable.

Instructions:

  • Print out the template of choice. 
     
  • Colour (where appropriate).
      
  • Cut out the template pieces -- parents can help cut out some of the more difficult pieces like the paintbrush while children work on the easier pieces like the body and legs.
      
  • Glue the chameleon together in the following order:
    • glue the feet behind the body
    • glue the arms onto the body
    • glue the paintbrush into one of the hands
    • glue the head onto the body
    • glue the tail onto the back of the body
                
    • See picture on the template for further help
        

Templates:  

  • Close the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
       
  • Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

 

Small Template (only 1 template needed)

Template:       (color)   or   (B&W)

 

Large Template (2 templates needed)

Template 1    (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 2    (color)   or   (B&W)
  

Printable version of these instructions