Often times, elephants are one of the most popular animals at the zoo! Their large size, unique trunk, and gentle nature make them kids’ favorite animal.
If your child loves elephants, they’ll have a great time making this elephant paper plate craft! It’s the newest project we’ve added to our collections of zoo animal crafts for kids.
It’s a classic craft because it’s easy, fun, and cheap to make. All you need are common crafting supplies and you’re all ready.
Be sure to download the free printable template in order to make it even simpler!
This craft is great for making with preschool, kindergarten, and elementary children. Watch our quick video to see all the steps.
Easy Elephant Craft
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Supplies
- Paper Plates
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- Colored cardstock
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Elephant template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)
Directions
Download the printable template, print and cut out the pieces you need.
Paint the paper plate in a thin coat of blue or gray paint. Let dry completely before moving on.
Place the elephant head template on the paper plate, trace with the pencil, and cut out.
Position the elephant’s eyes near the middle of the paper plate. Next, glue the trunk just below and in between the eyes.
Use a black marker to draw on the elephant trunk lines, mouth, and eyebrows.
Glue the cheeks on either side of the face, just below the eyes.
Finish the elephant’s ears by gluing the inner ear to the outer ear. Once the ears are finished glue them on either side of the elephant’s head.
That’s all there is to it!
Kids are going to love this elephant so much, they’ll want to hang it on the fridge for the whole family to see!
More Fun Zoo Animal Activities
We often get emails from readers looking for more related content so they can make a week-long theme for their kids or students.
To help you out, we’re sharing some of our favorite printables, crafts, and activities that go along perfectly with our zoo animal theme.
If you want more crafts, we’ve got plenty more ideas for you! Some of our top zoo animal crafts include the following:
We also love using printables and worksheets to help kids work on things they’re learning. These zoo animal worksheets are loaded with awesome printables to help preschoolers. They’ll reinforce concepts like:
- handwriting
- letter recognition
- patterns
- simple addition
- fine motor skills
and many other things!
If your kiddos love using dot markers, try out these animal do a dot printables. They’re not only fun, but also educational.
These animal i spy printables are also engaging and great for taking on the go!
Sensory activities are also another activity you’ll want to incorporate into your zoo animal theme. This zoo playdough kit is perfect for letting the kids have some independent playtime.
We hope some (or all) of these ideas will help create a fun zoo animal theme for your child!
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Elephant Paper Plate Craft
Materials
- Paper Plates
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Elephant template enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you
Instructions
- Download the printable template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Paint the paper plate in a thin coat of blue or gray paint. Let dry completely before moving on.
- Place the elephant head template on the paper plate, trace with the pencil, and cut out.
- Position the elephant’s eyes near the middle of the paper plate. Next, glue the trunk just below and in between the eyes.
- Use a black marker to draw on the elephant trunk lines, mouth, and eyebrows.
- Glue the cheeks on either side of the face, just below the eyes.
- Finish the elephant’s ears by gluing the inner ear to the outer ear. Once the ears are finished glue them on either side of the elephant’s head.
Free Elephant Template
Sam is the crafter and founder of Simple Everyday Mom. She has been featured in Oprah Mag, Good Housekeeping, The Spruce Crafts, Country Living, The Bump and more. Read more.
Angela Yazmin
Friday 28th of March 2025
Me encantó, desearía poder obtener el molde para realizarlo
Kamille - Community Support Assistant
Saturday 29th of March 2025
Thank you! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the confirmation link sent to you. Or if you’re already a subscriber, you just need to enter your email in the form at the end of the post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ◡̈
serene
Sunday 19th of January 2025
i need it for my kids homework
Kamille - Community Support Assistant
Monday 20th of January 2025
Hi! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the confirmation link sent to you. Or if you’re already a subscriber, you just need to enter your email in the form at the end of the post and it’ll automatically redirect you to the download page ◡̈
Judy Ann Tabilas
Wednesday 11th of September 2024
Please email me the template thanks!
Sam
Thursday 12th of September 2024
Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you. Once you've been confirmed as an email subscriber (by clicking the link in the first email), you simply enter your email in any of the forms and it'll automatically redirect you to the download page.
Clare
Tuesday 23rd of July 2024
Love this - we are looking forward to getting this prepared ready for our Kindy children!
Thank you.
Sam
Wednesday 24th of July 2024
You're welcome and thank you!
Amrita
Saturday 4th of May 2024
Please mail me the template
Sam
Monday 6th of May 2024
Of course! All you need to do is enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you. Once you've been confirmed as an email subscriber (by clicking the link in the first email), you simply enter your email in any of the forms and it'll automatically redirect you to the download page.