Cute and Easy-to-Make Elephant Bookmarks

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Elephants are the world’s largest land mammal, and these elephant bookmarks are a fun way to combine a cute craft with a fun learning activity. For a related craft project, as well as some interesting facts about elephants, check out this elephant craft.

The elephant bookmarks you’ll learn to make in this post will enhance your family reading adventures and add a touch of whimsy to your kids’ favorite books. Engage your little ones in a fun and educational activity that combines creativity and literacy. These elephant bookmarks allow children to explore their artistic side while fostering a love for reading with just a few materials and simple steps to follow.

List of Supplies for Elephant Bookmarks:

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1. Colored cardstock paper
2. Pencil
3. Pen
4. Scissors
5. Glue stick
6. Elephant Bookmarks template (opens in new window)

Instructions for Elephant Bookmarks:

Step 1:

Select a piece of cardstock paper for the elephant. You’ll want to use pink (or light pink) for the inner ear parts. Trace the template pattern on the color of cardstock paper you’ve selected and then cut them out using scissors. You can simply print and cut out the eye templates.

Step 2:

Attach the head cutout (the round shape) on the top side of the body cut-out with glue. You’ll want to overlap one cut-out on the other by about a centimeter, as shown in the image below.

Step 3:

Take the big ear cut-outs and glue the pink ear cut-outs (which are the inner parts of the ears) onto the big ones.

Step 4:

Attach the ears on either side of the head pattern by gluing them to the underside of the head cut-out.

Step 5:

Next, you’re going to want to attach the tail to the body cut-out of the elephant, again, by gluing it to the underside. Then glue the trunk pattern near the bottom of the head, at the middle, letting the trunk cut-out swing downward.

Step 6:

Attach the front leg cut-outs on both sides of the front of the main body pattern. Only glue the top of the leg cut-outs, keeping a gap of about 2 centimeters along the bottom side of the body pattern.

Step 7:

Next, glue the eyes on the head, bringing your elephant bookmarks to life. Then use a pen to trace a smile near the trunk of the elephant. You can also use coloring pencils to trace shades along the trunk of the elephant, adding some depth to the image.

Now your cute and easy elephant bookmarks are done! And as you can see, the front legs of the elephant serve as slots to stick the bookmarks over the page of a book in order to keep your place in a story.

Additional Activities

Here are a number of other creative bookmark projects:

For young readers (and crafters) there are a number of papercraft bookmarks, like these planet bookmarks and rocket bookmarks for kids who love outer space!

More papercraft bookmarks, for those who prefer styles a bit closer to nature, include fun parrot bookmarks or this cute antelope bookmark.

For older readers wanting something a bit more challenging, let them try their hand at this shamrock wire bookmark.

Or click here for a comprehensive list of summer reading programs and challenges updated every summer.

Here are a few ideas for inspiring creativity in your kids and more than a few hands-on activities for the older learners in your life, like your middle school and high school teenagers.

Book Recommendations

These creative elephant bookmarks will make storytime even more enjoyable, and if you’re looking for a few books along the same theme, here are some fun and engaging elephant storybooks for children.

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