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Elephant Paper Cup Craft For Kids

Prep Time: 8 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 23 minutes
This elephant paper cup craft brings one of our favorite zoo animals to life with some simple materials and a bit of creativity!
5 from 3 votes
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Author: Sam
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[adthrive-in-post-video-player video-id="fgeoZoCB" upload-date="2023-07-07T00:00:00.000Z" name="Elephant Paper Cup Craft For Kids" description="Seeing an elephant sparks wonder, so encourage kids to learn more about these graceful creatures with a fun craft! This elephant paper cup craft brings one of our favorite zoo animals to life with some simple materials and a bit of creativity! Paper cup crafts allow kids to explore their creative side by repurposing an everyday item. They promote using problem-solving skills as kids figure out how they can transform a simple cup into various animals or objects!"]

Materials

  • Gray paper cup
  • Colored cardstock or construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Elephant template

Instructions

  • Download the elephant template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
  • Start by gluing the pink inner ears to the outer ears.
    hands gluing ear to elephant
  • Take the eyes and glue them beneath both of the eyebrows.
  • Glue the trunk in between and slightly overlapping the bottom of the eyes.
    hands gluing elephant trunk to face
  • Position the legs near each other on one end of the cup and glue them in place.
  • Finish up by gluing the completed head to the top of the legs, on the paper cup.
    hands gluing elephant face to cup body