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Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Elephant Craft

September 12, 2017 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

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Whenever I take my kids to the zoo, one of the first animal exhibits they want to see is the elephant pit. At our local zoo, there are three elephants and, over the years, we’ve spent hours standing there watching them as they eat, walk, bathe, and perform…uh…other bodily functions. (It’s nature!)

As we were thinking about some new coffee filter crafts for kids we could make, we hit upon a coffee filter elephant craft! So that’s what we made. And it was such a fun project I wanted to share it!

Easy Coffee Filter Elephant Craft for Kids

This would be a perfect craft to make when you’re learning about zoo animals, the African savannah, or even Asia! Plus, kids can make their own wild animal collection by adding our coffee filter moose craft or our coffee filter owl craft! Read on to see how we made this cute elephant craft.

If you want to teach the kids about zoo animals, be sure to check our our printable zoo animal flashcards too!

Take a trip to the zoo with this cute coffee filter elephant craft for kids!

Coffee Filter Crafts for Kids: Coffee Filter Elephant Craft

To make this coffee filter elephant craft, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are provided for convenience. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Two white basket coffee filters
  • Crayons
  • Construction paper
  • Glue stick
  • Child-safe scissors

Coffee Filter Elephant Craft Supplies

As you can see, this craft only takes a few supplies, so you won’t need to make a store run. Unless, of course, you’re actually out of coffee. 😉

How to Make a Coffee Filter Elephant Craft

Color one of the filters gray and then glue it to the center of a piece of construction paper. We used yellow, but any light color will work. (You want the details you add with the gray crayon later to show up well.)

Elephant Coffee Filter Craft

Use a black crayon to draw two eyes at the top center of the filter.

Coffee Filter Elephant Craft Project

Now we’re going to pause to make the trunk. Use the gray crayon to color in half of the other coffee filter.

Making a Coffee Filter Elephant Craft

Cut the gray half off of the filter and discard the uncolored part. Now use the scissors to cut the center half-circle out of the gray filter. Keep the outer crimped ring.

Easy Coffee Filter Elephant Craft

Glue one end of the crimped ring to the center of the filter you glued down. Now your elephant has a trunk!

Simple Coffee Filter Elephant Craft

Lift up the trunk to draw a smile on the elephant’s face. Ours is a happy elephant, of course. You can draw the smile on first and then glue on the trunk, but I prefer to glue the trunk on first because it helps me center the smile. Either way. 🙂

Fun Coffee Filter Elephant Craft

Now use the gray crayon to outline a large ear on either side of the elephant’s face.

Simple Coffee Filter Elephant Craft for Kids

Use a pink crayon to color in a smaller half-circle on the ears, then color the rest in with the gray crayon. At this point, I felt we were done. But then I remembered that the elephants we always see at the zoo have very, very long eyelashes.

Making a Paper Elephant Craft for Kids

So we added some of our own!

Cute Coffee Filter Elephant Craft for Kids

And now we’re done with our coffee filter elephant craft!

This was a blast to make! And the kids will love picking up the picture and making the trunk “wiggle”.

Let your children try some of these other coffee filter animal crafts!

This cute coffee filter owl craft is a fun way to add art to a lesson about woodland animals!

Make this sweet coffee filter pig craft with the kids for an easy art project!

This adorable coffee filter cat craft is a perfect activity to share with kids!

Plus, see more fun craft projects on my Simple Crafts for Kids Pinterest board!

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