At that angle, I thought that elephant was a life-size one! Then I noticed the bag of balloons next to it and realised that it would have to be one almighty sized bag of balloons for it to be so big  :lol:  :lol:

I am so glad that you guys pulled up this old post.  I love this elephant and am going to try it right away.  Best one I've seen.  Thank you!

You've just shattered my illusion!  I thought I had made up my own design of elephant but it turns out that I've been making this one all along  :roll: Oh well I couldn't make it at the time and now the kids love it. I do still want to try and find one with a smaller body so I can perhaps make larger ear as I find with me it can be hit and miss as I always make the head first.

However, everyone is always impressed with this little guy so total win/win.

i use this as my one balloon elephant,  :oops:  :oops:

Ok, so 2 1/2 years later, here is my effort. I'm still a wanna be balloon artist   :lol:

It's a good effort, congratulations. It's nice to see the model of the month section being used again  

Sorry for the lateness of this post but have been out of the loop for a while.

I posted the pink elephant in 2009 and have just seen that I did not put the instructions up.
So the elephant has moved on a little so I will explain the one I make at the moment.
This is the latest version.

Here we go then with the instructions, You will need,
3 260 grey
1 160 grey
scrap 260 white

Inflate the 260 grey leaving 6/7 fingers un-inflated, make two 4 finger bubbles and a 1 finger pinch twist, tie the knot end of the balloon into the pinch twist.

You then need a small 1 finger spacer bubble and another 1 finger pinch twist.

Make a 4 finger bubble in the 260 and place over the centre twist of the two 4 finger bubbles made earlier, picture 4.

I then move the air along the 260 and twist the un-inflated section around the first pinch twist that was made in the 260, picture 5.

Tie the rest of the 260 into the same pinch twist, this loop will become both ears for the elephant.

Twist the loop in half and attach the middle section to the top pinch twist, you need to shock/friction twist the ears for shaping. Details about this can be found here, friction-twist-shaping-t1092.html

Inflate a 160 grey to about half way, you will only use part of this balloon. The 160 would probably make two trunks.
Make a 2 finger tulip/apple twist.

Followed by two 1 finger pinch twists, I left a 5/6 finger bubble for the trunk and then made three 1 finger pinch twists, you could use just two pinch twists but I prefer three.

I normally make two pinch twists, picture 11 followed by a single pinch twist.

Attach the trunk to the head of the elephant, I push all three pinch twists through the three 4 finger bubbles and twist the trunk around the pinch twists to secure tightly.
Shock twist and shape the trunk a little, the link above explains this idea for the elephants ears.

Inflate another 260 grey to 6/7 fingers un-inflated, you may want to pre stretch this balloon to get a slightly longer length, make a 2 finger bubble for the neck and a 1 finger pinch twist.
Now twist a 5 finger bubble for the first front leg followed by a 1 finger pinch twist. This pinch twist sits underneath the feet of the elephant we are about to make,
it helps them sit together nicer.

I then make a 3 finger fold twist for his feet, repeat this three more times, before making the fold twist gentle squeeze the air along to make a little softer,
this will help with the balloon not popping on you at this point. Place the pinch twist underneath the four fold twists.

Make another 5 finger bubble for the other front leg and twist into the pinch twist, you then need a 4/5 finger bubble for the body and another 1 finger bubble
for the back of the body where the tail will attach later. Discard the rest of the 260 balloon.

Sometimes I tie on the next balloon before I deflate the balloon above, it makes for a better connection.
Attach the last 260 grey leaving 6 fingers un-inflated to the last pinch twist made