Printable lizard outlines and templates
Monitor Outlines
First up, we have some monitor lizard outlines that are ideal for reptile projects and classroom displays. Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails, and sharp claws.
Because these are quite long in shape, a fun idea is to join many lizards together to make classroom banners and decor banners. For educational purposes, you could put the letters of the alphabet inside each lizard or spell out a short sentence. Learners can also use them to write poems or short stories inside the outlines.
Fun Fact: World Lizard Day is on August 14 every year and is a great time to use some of these free printables.
Chameleon Outlines and Templates
You can use these chameleon templates for animal studies, jungle-themed crafts, or art projects. Chameleons are famous for their independently moving eyes and their ability to change their colors for communication, camouflage, and regulating their temperature.
The first 2 outlines can be made into cool flags. Once you have decorated the shapes, cut them out and attach a stick to them so they can move back and forth in a breeze. This is a great kids’ project because the chameleons don’t need to be cut out perfectly at all. Children can simply cut a rough shape as well as they can around the drawings.
Iguana Outlines and Templates
Iguanas are often recognized by the row of spines they have along their backs. You can make this really stand out on these designs. Just cut around the overall spine shape, and then with your scissors, make short, sharp cuts along this area. Then ruffle those pieces up a little to give them a cool 3D effect.
Gecko Outlines and Templates
Below are some interesting outlines and drawings of geckos. Geckos are well-known for their adhesive toe pads, which allow many species to climb and almost magically stick to smooth surfaces such as glass and walls. We have lizards not only in big and small sizes, but also in different positions. There are top views and side views, as well as different stances.
The final lizard printables in this section somewhat resemble newts, which in fact are not reptiles at all. Newts are kinds of salamanders and are classified as amphibians.
The first spotted geckos underneath can be used to make interesting hanging mobiles. Once learners have colored them in, cut them out in rectangles that can be joined back to back with glue. You can even make little parcels and fill them with cotton wool or something similar (although you will want a stapler to join your 2 lizards together). Then suspend them with string or fishing line. As they turn around in the air, they will show the different colors that have been used.
Komodo Dragon Outlines
Komodo dragons are the biggest lizards on our planet and can grow to 3 meters or ten feet in length.
Something you could do with these outlines is to create scale collages. Stick some torn or cut pieces of colored paper to the shapes to create a textured scaled effect.
Kids could also invent a new dragon species by adding horns, wings, scales, and spikes. Afterwards, they can name their dragons, give them a habitat, and other small details such as diet and behavior.
Other Lizard Outlines and Templates
Finally, we have an assortment of different lizard drawings that you might find handy. There is a lizard on a rock, one of the favorite places for reptiles to sun themselves. Next to that is an outline of a lizard walking head-on, which is quite easy for kids to cut out.
Then there are 2 Australian lizards: a bearded dragon and a frilled-neck lizard. Both these creatures have interesting defensive behaviour when they feel threatened. The bearded dragon puffs up its beard/chin to appear larger. The frilled-neck lizard opens its frill and stands on its back legs for the same reason.
Related activities
If you are looking for more reptile craft ideas, you will probably want to look at the paper turtle craft page, which has a variety of activities for different ages.
Going further back in reptilian time, there are also dinosaur templates and outlines, and printable dinosaur footprints.
