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Make an Elephant Mobile

You will need:

  1. Scissors
  2. String
  3. 8 pieces of coloured card (or equipment to decorate plain white card)
  4. Glue, or a stapler
  5. Download this PDF

What to do:

  1. Cut out the two top sections below. Use these as templates and draw around each of them onto a separate piece of coloured card. You may like to decorate the cards with patterns. Join the two pieces of card together where shown (joining X to X and Y to Y), with each card overlapping the other. You can use glue or staple them together.
  2. Make six small holes where indicated near the bottom of the card (D, E, F, G, H, I), and three (A, B, C) near the top. Use a hole punch or ask an adult to help. Cut three pieces of string of 20cm each. Tie one piece to each of the top three holes and tie the other ends of the three pieces together in the centre. This will be the top of your mobile that you can use to hang your mobile from a nail or hook.
  3. Cut out each of the elephants. Use these as templates and draw carefully around each one of them on a separate piece of thick coloured card. Alternatively, use white card and decorate each elephant yourself. You could use paint, glitter, stickers or coloured paper.
  4. Make a small hole at the top of each of your cut-out elephants. You can use a hole punch or ask an adult to help you. Cut six pieces of string of 20cm each. Attach each one to each of the elephants and tie the other ends to each of the six holes in the bottom of the top section.
  5. Hang up your mobile and enjoy!