Make this easy Elephant Craft for Kids with a free template to keep creatively active and happy!
Super easy and fun to make, our Paper Elephant craft is perfect for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and older children. Kids will love crafting this 3D elephant craft that can stand on its own and looks perfect standing on their desks.
Simple Elephant Craft For Kids
Work on your child’s creativity, fine motor skills and imagination with this adorable Elephant paper craft. Simple supplies go a long way in making this fun safari animal craft making it just apt for home as well as classroom.
Supplies:
- Construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Black sharpie
- Elephant craft template – grab free template at the end of the page.
How To Make Paper Elephant Craft
Time needed: 20 minutes
- Print the Template
Print the template and cut the pieces out. Trace the rectangle, outer ears, trink on grey craft paper, eyes on white craft paper and blush and inner ears on pink construction paper.
- Fold the Rectangle
Take the rectangular cutout and fold it in half lengthwise. Open it back up to reveal the center crease, then fold both the edges inward so they meet at the center crease.
- Draw the Cut Lines
Turn the rectangle so that the folds face the table. Using a scale and pencil, draw a rectangle as shown in the picture and cut it out to make the body of the elephant craft.
- Make slit for the head
Using scissors, make a small slit near one edge as shown.
- Make Elephant’s hooves
Use a black sharpie and make hooves on the crease line.
- Make the elephant’s body
Turn the body piece upside down and apply glue below the crease line and glue the legs below the crease to make a triangular body shape.
- Make the face cutout
Cut a small rectangle for grey construction paper and fold it into half. For the elephant’s face, trace the circular cutout on a folded rectangular paper so that the straight line of the cutout aligns with the crease on the paper. Cut it out.
- Assemble the ears
Glue the inner ear cutouts on outer ears.
- Make the trunk
Take the trunk cutout and use a black sharpie to draw elephant trunk lines as shown.
- Make the eyes
Take the pupil cutouts and fill it with black colour leaving a small white space and glue them on the eyes cutouts. Next, paste the eyes on the elephant’s face.
- Complete the Elephant’s face
Next, glue the trunk, ears and blush on the elephant’s face.
- Attach the elephant’s face to the body
Slide the back flap of the elephant’s face into the slit to attach the face to the body.
- Attach the tail
Lastly, glue the tail to the elephant’s body to finish your adorable paper elephant craft.
That’s all! Your cutesy elephant is ready to spice up your imaginative play and story sessions!
A great addition to safari themes, zoo & jungle units, World Elephant Day activities, and fun animal crafts, this simple elephant craft is a must try!
Related: Explore this list of 40+ Animal Crafts for Kids for more fun ideas.
Download Free Elephant Craft Template
Simply download this two page template to make this adorable wild animal craft for kids. We bet everyone, from preschoolers to older kids, will love making this clever craft.
Elephant Craft Free Template