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DIY paper elephant craft

by This crafty family | Apr 30, 2020 | All crafts, Animal crafts, Crafts

DIY paper elephant craft

After all the lovely weather we’ve been having lately it was a bit of a shock to wake up to the downpour that we had here this morning. After a busy morning indoors tidying my sons room and sorting his toy boxes we thought we would have a chilled afternoon making some crafts. Today’s animal craft is yet another elephant. I think were a bit elephant obsessed! This little DIY paper craft elephant is pretty adorable though and the best part is all you really need is paper scissors and glue – perfect for a little home project!

You will need

Coloured crafting paper
Scissors

Glue
Sticker eyes (optional)

First start off by making your elephants legs. Cut out a rounded rectangle shape from your coloured paper.

From each side of your rectangle cut a rounded arch to give you a H shape like you can see above.

Now cut out a round piece of brown paper to make the base on which your elephant will stand. Take your legs and make a small fold at the bottom of each one to give your elephant feet. Use these feet to glue your elephant to your base.

Now its time to make your elephant’s head! Cut out a strip the same colour as your elephants body but slightly smaller than the one you used for the legs.

Roll your strip up into a tube and secure with glue.

From the same colour as the head, cut out two big elephant ears. You’ll also need to cut out two slightly smaller coloured inner ears too. Glue the inner ears on to the outer ears.

To make the trunk cut out a rounded carrot shape (slightly bigger at the top than the bottom) and fold it one way and then the other in an accordion fold until you reach the end. For the end of the trunk, cut out a small round oval and two little strips for the nostrils. Glue the nostrils on to the oval shape and the oval shape on to the narrow part of the trunk.

Glue a ear on the inside of each end of your tube and then add the trunk to the centre of your elephants face.

Give your elephant two eyes and then glue his head on to his body!

If you want to add some grass to your elephant design, cut out a rectangle shape and fold it in half to make a tab. Cut several snips into one half of your shape and then glue it down using your other half. Your super cute paper elephant is finished! aren’t they fab!

Did you like this elephant craft? Why not check out this cute paper penguin craft?

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Freestanding card elephant craft

by This crafty family | Mar 13, 2020 | All crafts, Animal crafts, Crafts

Freestanding card Elephant craft

My little guy has always loved and been fascinated by animals. Be they land, ocean or prehistoric you can guarantee he’ll be interested. One land animal in particular that he’s always loved is the elephant and that’s what he wanted to make when we sat down to craft – some elephants to go ontop of his cupboard. We had so much fun making this freestanding card elephant craft that we made a whole herd in different sizes and colours!

You will need:

Coloured card (we used blues, pink and white)
Scissors

Glue
Black marker

To start you will need to cut out the main shape of your elephant. For the legs cut out an arch shape with two rounded feet at the bottom, then cut out a smaller arch from the inside. To make sure your elephant’s front and back legs are equally sized you may find it easier tobcut them out of a folded piece of paper. For the head you just need to cut out a circle.

Next you will need to make the shapes for your elephants head and face. Cut out two large B shapes for the outer ears and two smaller ones for the inner ears. For the eyes, cut out two white eyes and draw on two pupils. Finally cut out the curved shape for your elephant’s trunk as you can see above.

Glue your elephants head down onto the body and then add it’s ears and facial features.

Now you will need to make a papet spring. Cut out two long strips of paper and glue them at a 90° angle. Then take turns folding each strip over the other.

Once you’ve reached the end, glue the lose ends down securely.

Stick one end of your spring down on the inside of your elephant’s front legs and then secure the back legs on the other end of the spring. Your Elephant is finished! How cute are they? why not make a couple more to have a whole herd!