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How to mold an elephant from plasticine
Modeling from plasticine not only develops the fine motor skills of the baby, his creative abilities, but also helps to master the elementary concepts of shape and color. Plasticine modeling is based on the formation of simple elements that need to be connected in the future. A simple craft is the elephant shown in this master class.
To sculpt our elephant, we will prepare plasticine in three colors – pink, white and black.
The main color of our craft will be pink, so plasticine of this color will be needed the most. Let’s start making an elephant from his torso. To do this, roll up a ball of medium-sized pink plasticine.
Now we will attach the front legs of the elephant to the front of this ball. To create them, you will need to roll up small sausages, narrow them from one edge, and only then attach them to the body.
The hind legs of the elephant will be the same size, but we will attach them to the body horizontally.
Now with the help of white plasticine we will decorate the lower part of the legs. To do this, we need to roll very small balls of white plasticine, and then add them to the bottom of the legs.
To create a head from pink plasticine, roll a medium-sized ball, give it the desired shape, slightly narrowing it from above.
Now let’s make the elephant’s trunk.To do this, you need pink plasticine, we roll a medium-sized sausage out of it, which must be made narrower on one side and left wide on the other. We attach the trunk to the front of the head, bending it a little. Using a toothpick, you can make small notches that mimic the folds on the trunk.
Now let’s outline a place for the eyes of our elephant. To do this, first roll the balls of white plasticine, and then give them a flattened shape.
Then we will do more detailed and fine work. To decorate the eyes of an elephant, we need small pieces of black plasticine. We decorate the eyes as you wish.
Add thin eyebrows made of black plasticine.
It remains to add ears to our elephant. To do this, you first need to roll up two identical balls of pink plasticine, and then flatten them. We attach such large circles on the sides of the head.
Let’s add some white color to the elephant’s ears.
A small forelock made of white plasticine will make our craft more cute. Our pink elephant is ready.
