It’s a well known fact that I suck at craft, so no doubt many of you will wake this morning to a craft tutorial from me and wondering if our recent house arrest was enough to let the kangaroos loose in my top paddock. Bear with me, I wrote a craft tutorial that no one follows.
The girls have been spending their fair share of time at the doctor lately. On our last visit our clever GP made the Little Sister an elephant from a surgical glove. It’s an ingenious way to amuse a small person for a while.
how to make an elephant from a surgical glove
you will need:
a surgical glove (I used a clean one, but I’ll totally leave that to your discretion)
a marker pen
how to:
Blow air into the opening of the glove. Twist the opening and tie like a ballon.
Take the pointer and middle fingers and tie them together to make the front legs. Do the same with the ring and pinky fingers of glove to make the back legs.
Using a marker, draw eyes and ears onto your pachyderm. Enjoy peace and quiet for three entire minutes.
I hope that you’re not in the position to need to entertain your kids in any kind of medical institution any time soon. Ever even. In fact, I hope the only people who ever make a purple pachyderm from this tutorial are bored doctors and nurses looking to fill their time because all the medical centres are completely devoid of your children.
That’s how truly crap at craft I am, I wrote a craft tutorial I hope no one uses. Awesome.
This is an intervention. Put down the surgical glove, the glove, the scissors and get back into the kitchen!
Ignore me I’m just jealous, I can only make chickens out of those gloves! x
SLAP!
Seriously, I’ve been waiting for someone to tell me to shut up and cook something! It takes a good friend to hold an intervention. Appreciate it. xx
I’m far too shy to “bare” with you. But I do think the elephant glove craft is great.
Oh sweet baby cheeses!
Off to fire the editor….
The proctologist needs that glove more than you do C&L. (Sorry I am always bringing the tone down)
Oh Mumabs. Think of the traffic that will be directed to this innocent little tutorial now you’ve associated a butt doctor to a post about an elephant! When google combines this with the African elephant penis searches I’m already getting, this could be enough to help me crack the big time. Thanks love! xx
I do what I can to help the blogging community.
Is there a Nobel Prize for blogging?
That’s one cute little elliefant!
Cheers,
Lynda.
I’m pinning this in the hope that I remember to use it if I ever have to take my kids to the doctors or hospital.
I will remember this and will not be able to resist when I see the boxes of gloves in the next hospital room I am in. Desperate times(like having bored kids at the doctors) call for desperate measures 😉
Indeed Alicia. I think it’s a life skill that will serve us well! 🙂
Actually it’s a neat idea, flip it the other way and you have a rooster….Ha!
Now I can use your idea and make an Elephant. I’ve done this for years to distract kids I have treated. After 30 + years of healthcare you taught me a new trick.
Would you believe it’s never occurred to me that you’re a medico Doc?
Glad you found it helpful.
A x
Thank you for this he loves it. 🤣😂
We did a small glove for Sairuss a medium for Mommy (eyelashes we added )and a large glove for Daddy.
I’m gonna name mine H.P. Glovecraft!
Ha