A green and black salamander.

Fun Animal Friday Salamander Craft

Create a salamander inspired by October’s Fun Animal Friday guest!
Activity best for children age 3 and up

Today we met two very different animals with Pacific Animal Productions as part of our Fun Animal Friday. One of those animals was a barred tiger salamander. Salamanders are amphibians that have moist skin like a frog and bodies like a lizard. Most are small, but in Japan there is a species called the Japanese Giant Salamander and they can grow up to 6 feet long! For the craft today we are going to make a salamander using the letter S.

MATERIALS

  • Black marker

  • Crayons or markers

  • Paper scraps

  • Scissors

  • Tape or glue

DIRECTIONS

STEP 1

Draw a bubbly letter S on a piece of paper.

S shaped bubble letter.

STEP 2

What type of salamander will you create? Color in its body and don’t forget to make a face.

Black and yellow drawn salamander.

STEP 3

Add four legs to your salamander. You can draw your legs or cut them out from a piece of paper and glue them on.

Legs added to the drawn salamander using a black marker.

STEP 4

Where does your salamander live? Add your salamander’s habitat by coloring the background.

An outdoor desert scene darn behind the salamander.