Conducting Elephant

So this isn't an original idea and I have still to put a trunk on my Eddie Elephant, but I thought I would share the idea again.

I use this elephant for my Primary music calling to teach the children about conducting.  So far they have all learnt how to conduct a 2/2 and 3/4 beat.  I have 148 in my primary and so not everyone gets a turn to conduct with Eddie, but they still love to see others do it too. (It even goes down well with Senior Primary!)

To make Eddie Elephant you will need:

~ White Card or foam board

~ Grey & Pink acrylic paint

~ Black Marker

~ Sharp knife (for cutting out the whole)

~ Grey sock or felt material

~ Hot Glue Gun

Instructions

~ First draw your elephant. Some people have opted for just the head, but I prefer the whole body.

~ Paint

~ Outline with black marker

~ Cut a 4/5 inch whole where the trunk would be

~ Get a sock (if you are using a piece of felt you will need to sew the 2 sides together before gluing it to the card.  I prefer the sock!) and hot glue the edge of the sock to the back side of the elephant. You will need a lot of glue so it doesn't come off.

~ And voila....you have a conducting elephant!