This was one of the new things I learned last weekend – how to fold a towel elephant. It was so much fun! I was a bit frustrated at first, but when I got the hang of making those elephants, I kinda got hooked.
All you need is one big towel and one hand towel. Or in my case, I used two hand towels and just folded the other one in half. The elephant will look best in matching towels, but do feel free to mix patterns. See my little checkered-faced elephant above.
After creating my pink elephant, I took out more hand towels from the kitchen drawers. This was all done in my parents’ home, by the way. I raided my Mom’s cabinets, made my towel elephants and let them loose on her kitchen counter. Behold my Towel Elephant parade!
This is how my Pink Elephant looks sideways. Cute trunk, don’t you think? It couldn’t stand on its own though. One bottle of tuyo (dried fish) did the trick. If you look closely, you’ll see the edge of the bottle between those elephant legs.
I learned how to make a towel elephant right from this site. Thanks to Shai for the lead.
You can also make other towel animals like towel cats, towel monkeys, towel lobsters and towel dogs.
Enjoy the towel fun!
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
Rach (Heart of Rachel)
February 15, 2008 at 5:31 pm (16 years ago)So cute!!! Toni you never cease to surprise me with the cool things you feature on your blog. I love the colorful parade of elephants.
renin
February 15, 2008 at 7:11 pm (16 years ago)i’ll try to make the towel elephant and monkey… so cutie… ^_^
watson
February 15, 2008 at 7:29 pm (16 years ago)Nice! Parang origami!
Shai Coggins
February 16, 2008 at 8:09 pm (16 years ago)Great job with these, Toni! Yeah.
Sidney
February 17, 2008 at 9:51 am (16 years ago)He,he… that is fun. I need to try this!
JO
February 17, 2008 at 10:32 am (16 years ago)that is so cool!