Newspaper Elephant Craft

Materials

• Newspaper

• Flour

• Water

• White, gray and light blue construction paper

• Black marker

• Glue

• Tempera paint (get here)

Directions

1. Cut out two circles with a diameter of about 7-8 inches from a sheet of newspaper

2. Create a flour paste by mixing 1/4 cup of flour with 1/4 cup of warm water in a bowl

3. Use a paintbrush to spread the flour paste pretty liberally over one of the newspaper circles. Place the second newspaper circle on top so you’ve basically created a sandwich of two newspaper circles with flour paste in between

4. Press and rub the circles together to be sure they’ve stuck completely. Now it’s time to make your elephant wrinkles! Crumple the newspaper sandwich up in your hands and then un-crumple it. Do this a few times. Add even more wrinkles to the newspaper by pinching and squeezing the it together in various places until you’re happy with the final look.

5. Let the newspaper dry overnight.

6. Paint the newspaper with your tempera paint.

7. Cut out a trunk and two ears from construction paper. Glue them onto your elephant’s newspaper face.

8. Cut out two white eyes and draw black centers in them. Glue them to your elephant’s face.

adapted from Buggy and Buddy