35 Elephant Coloring Pages

Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. There are African savanna elephants, African forest elephants and Asian elephants, and you can tell African and Asian elephants apart by their ears: African ears are much larger and shaped a bit like the map of Africa. Their trunks contain tens of thousands of muscles and can pick up a single peanut or spray water like a hose. This collection shows elephants of all sizes. A mother stands with her calf, a baby elephant explores, and an elephant reaches up to eat leaves. Several pages pair an elephant with a smaller friend or object, like an acorn, a bee, a bird, a book, a butterfly, a fish, a flower, a kite, a mouse or a turtle, and one elephant holds a map as if planning a trip. Two cute cartoon elephants suit toddlers. Real elephants have gray, wrinkly skin with very sparse hair, so soft gray layered with a little brown works well. Kids can add wrinkle lines with a darker pencil for texture.