Baby Indian Elephant

This pattern has been successfully used by hundreds of people to create their own paper mache elephants.

This project takes time and patience to complete, but it’s a fairly easy. In fact, this was one of the first sculptures I ever made with an internal pattern, and now I almost never make a sculpture without one. The pattern makes sculpting so much easier!

The finished size of the paper mache sculpture shown above is 29″ high and 36″ long from trunk to tail, (but you can change the size easily to make your own elephant bigger or smaller.)

You print the pattern, transfer it to a large piece of cardboard or plywood, and then add the shaping with crumpled paper and masking tape. A final layer of paper mache, some paint, and you're done. The pattern includes a link to a video that will show you every step of the process, so you can successfully complete your life-sized baby elephant.