Where am I?

Play a game to learn about camouflage. Make reptile models using salt dough and paint them to blend into a patterned background.

Teaching Outcomes
Know that some reptiles use camouflage to hide themselves.

To make model reptiles out of salt dough, Paint their reptiles to match a patterned background.

Children will:

• Know that some reptiles use camouflage to hide themselves.
• Make model reptiles out of salt dough.
• Paint their reptiles to match a patterned background.

• Salt dough recipe
• Salt dough reptiles
• Where am I?

• Coloured balls of wool: 2 bright colours and 2 or 3 muted greens and browns
• A5 pieces of black or white card
• Double-sided tape
• Ingredients to make salt dough
• Mixing bowl
• Patterned paper: wallpaper or wrapping paper

Why do some animals have camouflage? from bbc.co.uk