It’s been a while since I’ve made a new set of puppets.
My kids are all older now, but thankfully you are never too old for a little puppet fun!
Do you know the counting song that goes with these fun elephant puppets?
It’s one of my favourite preschool songs, and the version we know goes like this:
Elephants Balancing.
One little elephant balancing,
Step by step on a piece of string.
He thought it was such a wonderful stunt,
that he called for another elephant!
Two little elephants balancing,
Step by step on a piece of string.
They thought it was such a wonderful stunt,
that they called for another elephant!
Three little elephants balancing,
Step by step on a piece of string.
All of a sudden that piece of strong broke,
And down came all those elephant folk!
To make your own elephant puppets just print the elephants onto some paper or card, cut them out and attach them to a stick (we used wooden chopsticks!).
We made the elephants a strong to balance on using straws with a bit of play dough to hold them up. You can add some fun flags to your tightrope by cutting out the diamond shapes on the printable, folding them in half and hanging them over the string.
You can download the free printable balancing elephants here.
This printable is an A4 sized pdf file, you will need a pdf reader such as adobe acrobat to open it. If you are printing on US ‘letter sized’ paper be sure to select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer options.
Please remember that the printables at picklebums.com are for personal use only, you may not sell, share, or link directly to these files.
You can find all of our free printable puppets here – we’ve got monkeys (and a crocodile!), currant buns, frogs, ducks, monsters and more!
Shari from GoodFoodWeek says
This is the cutest. This is one of my favourite songs from Play School. When we walk to our local cafe, my eldest likes to balance on a wall and he always asks me to sing the elephant song whilst he is doing so!
Sandra Wallick says
I love these & have used them as both puppets & flannel board pieces. I’m a librarian/story reader/storyteller who also does presentations on storytime techniques. Your site is one I share with my groups because it’s such a nice addition to a program.
katepickle says
Oh you have my dream job!!
So glad the puppets are helpful! Let me know if you have any ideas for new sets.
Teela says
what is the tune to Elephant’s Balancing?
katepickle says
This is the version that I know… https://youtu.be/nhBqS8Nbilk
Teela says
Thank you!
Jeanette K says
These puppet sets are perfect for my new 3s class! Thank you so much for your generosity!
katepickle says
You’re welcome! I hope your class enjoys them!