ELEPHANT CRAFTS FOR KIDS: Easy Instructions to Make Elephants with These Arts & Crafts Projects & Activities for children, Teens, and Preschoolers

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Below you will find Elephant Crafts Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas for your Kids. Find out how to make your own arts and crafts elephants projects with the following decorations, instructions, patterns, and activities for children

Making Cork Wire Elephants

Do you have many different sized corks? If so, you can make this elephant with them. Firstly, paint all of your corks gray. Let it dry thoroughly. Now, Get the biggest cork that you have. Put this cork on its side. This will be the elephant's body. Glue 4 small corks to the bottom of the elephant, as seen above, for the feet. For the head, glue one of the bigger corks to the top for the head. Then push a wire in this cork for the trunk of the elephant....connect many consecutively smaller corks to the wire for the trun, as pictured above. Twist a wire for the tail...push it into the back of the elephant. Paint a black dot on either side of teh elephant's head for eyes. Use a toothpick for each husk (you can paint the toothpicks white if you want to). Cut out elephant ears from gray felt. Now you have a cool elephant for your room's decor.

How to Make Paper Elephant Masks

To make the above elephant mask, just print out the following elephant mask template and then follow the included directions.

How to Make Paper Standing Elephant

To make standing paper elephants, print out this paper elephant template (b&w or color) and then just cut out the elephants and fold on the dotted lines. This elephant will stand on its own.

Make Sea Shell Elephants

An elephant is about the last thing one might think of making of shells, but with a spiral-shaped, closed shell for a head and trunk, and the back of an open shell, leaned against and glued to it, we have the major framework for such animal. To each side of the open shell, in the approximate position of the front and rear legs, glue pipe cleaner strips, and attach tiny shells to each for feet. For a tail, glue to the rear a piece of pipe cleaner.

Learn How to Draw Elephants

To learn how to draw elephants, click on one of the above thumbnail tutorial images to chooose which lesson to try.

Even More Elephant Crafts to Make

Cuddly Bantha Star Wars Craft for Kids - Every Tusken Raider needs a trusty bantha to ride around Tatooine. These elephant-sized creatures with long ram-like horns first showed up in A New Hope. It's easy to make your own cuddly bantha with some felt, stuffing, thread and a lot of love.

Elephant from Dollar Bill Origami - Start with a brand new dollar bill with the face towards you but upside down, this way the eye on top of the pyramid on the back of the bill will end up being the eye of Ganesh. If you don't have a U.S. dollar click on picture on left or here. yada charoenmitr

Egg Carton Elephant Craft for Children - Learn how to make this cute egg carton elephant craft. Scroll down on the page to get to it.

Elephant Pencil Holder with Coffee Cans Crafts for Toddlers & Preschoolers - Not only is this pencil holder cute, but it is useful as well!

Elephant Paper Bunting : Diwali Crafts Ideas for Kids - - Ganesh, the god of good luck and wisdom, had an elephant's head and is also honored during Diwali. Why not make your own Ganesh-inspired paper bunting to decorate the house with?

Elephant Procession Parade Activities for Children- In Sri Lanka, several peraheras or Buddhist processions are held each year. Visitors from around the world take part in the festivities. The most important perahera is held in the city of Kandy to honor a sacred tooth relic of Buddha. Dozens of elephants are colorfully decorated to walk in the processions.

Elephant / Hindu Crafts for Children - Cut out and make your own Indian Elephant. You can then decorate both the head-dress and blanket with glitter, sequins and beads.

Elephant Toy Printable Paper Craft - Cut and Fold Animal Elephant Friends for You to Make.

Elephant Foldable Paper Toy Crafts Project- This is a cutout printable toy that is a cute elephant.

Elephant Puppet Craft Idea - Make this Elephant Puppet out of a paper plate and popsicle stick.

How to Make a Balloon Animal Elephant - Now you can also make a balloon elephant animal with these instructions with the following balloon twisting instructions.

How to Make Origami Baby Elephants Instructions - Baby elephant origami craft.

How to Make Origami Elephants Animals - Elephant origami model.

How to Make Origami Elephants Animals - Elephant origami model.

How to Make Origami Elephant Head - Elephant head origami model.

How to Make Origami African Elephants - Elephant origami craft.

Jumbo Elephant Costume Crafts to Make - What do you get when you take an old gray sweat suit and add a few snips and tucks? A costume that will let your little one make a big impression trekking for treats as a floppy-eared elephant.

Jungle Friends Crafts Project Making Instructions- Who's hiding behind the rainforest leaves? Friendly jungle animal faces such as zebras, giraffes, monkeys, elephants, and tigers, oh my!

Kirigami- Japanese Paper Cutting Directions - Learn how to cut out these cool elephant cutouts.

Paper Bag Elephant Puppet - This is a fun and easy cut and paste paper craft that uses a paper bag as a base to make a puppet.

Plastic Elephant (Elephas plasticus) Craft - This pretty little plastic elephant will be great fun to create.

Rockford Red Heel Sock Elephant - This site is dedicated to those cute little stuffed animals so many of us enjoyed as children. Having owned one as a child, I thought I'd make it easier for others to enjoy them.

Stampy the Elephant Paper Model - Raised on the great plains of Africa, Stampy the Elephant came to the United States in search of a better life and a high paying job in e-commerce. You can help him get his foot in the door (or at least one of his toes) by setting him atop your monitor or desk.

Tusky the Elephant Sock Puppet - Kids will love playing the part of the swaggering elephant. Create this fun elephant for your child's next party.

Unforgettable Elephant to Make - - A cute pachyderm squirts water through its trunk.