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15+ FREE Elephant Stuffed Animal Sewing Patterns – a Guide to Handcrafted Cuddles

Elephant plushies are super special to kids and grown-ups alike, bringing out a sense of awe and warm fuzzies. They’re perfect for snuggling up with for a nap and sparking all sorts of fun make-believe adventures. Making your own elephant stuffed toy is not only super satisfying, but it also lets you add your own personal flair to this treasured keepsake.

For anyone who loves crafting and sewing, elephant plushie sewing patterns offer a cool project that lets you get creative. Whether you want to capture the majestic vibe of an African elephant or go for a cute cartoon style, there’s a pattern out there to match your vision. With a bunch of fabric and thread options, anyone can bring a huggable fabric elephant to life, ready to be loved for years to come.

Elephant plush toy pattern

Bring a new plush friend to your kid’s soft toys animal kingdom with this pattern that shows you how to make an adorable little elephant that has a round head as big as his body, with soft tusks, floppy ears, a thin tail with a fluffy end, an upward-curved snout, and cute big applique eyes that have eyelashes and blushing cheeks under them.

by Cholyknight

Elephant soft toy pattern

Big plush toys are always great presents for kids because they love hugging them and sleeping with them, especially when they’re so lovely like this elephant that has a big body in a single color, and a proportional head that’s a part of the body, an upward-curved snout, and large floppy ears with contrasting interiors.

by Thesewingdirectory

Stuffed elephant sewing pattern

Decorative pillows are great but decorative stuffed elephants are way better, like this one that has a chubby body with four upright legs, a big rounded head with a visible forehead piece that gives it a nice shape, a snout that’s curved up, a pair of beady eyes, and two floppy ears that are slightly curved forward, with contrasting fabrics for the inner sides of the ears and the legs.

by Bustleandsew

Elephant stuffed animal pattern

The adorable elephant plush toy you can make with this pattern will become one of your child’s favorites as soon as they see it, with a soft blocky body, wide stumpy legs, contrasting inner legs and belly, a snout that curves toward the elephant belly and is as long as the legs, beady eyes, and floppy ears that can move front and back.

Get the elephant template here

Sock elephant tutorial

Do the environmentally friendly thing and make a sweet little plush elephant along the way as you use this pattern to turn socks into a little elephant that sits on his butt and has long or short legs with bigger or smaller toes, depending on the length of the sock you use, draping ears, bead eyes, and a snout that reaches to its belly.

by Craftpassion

Patchwork elephant with free printable template

Here’s a wholesome plush toy that will make your kid’s room even cuter, an elephant that sits on his butt, has cylindrical legs and arms with contrasting soles, has a neatly formed head tilted slightly sideways with small solid eyes, a long snout, and big hanging ears, as well as a little decorative flower on the top of its head.

Get the patchwork elephant pattern here

Free elephant sewing pattern in 3 sizes

There’s nothing more precious and beautiful than family, that’s the message conveyed by this pattern that shows you how to make three plush elephants in different sizes, all of them standing on all four legs, with floppy ears, three different types of eyes, and trunks that curve inward, stand upright, or stretch in front of the elephant.

by Handmadiya

Felt elephant plushie pattern

This plush elephant is made for many hugs and cuddles, with its gray, soft felt exterior, white underside of the belly and the inner sides of the big ears, beady eyes with red cheeks under them, four stumpy legs, a trunk that rests on the floor in front of it, and a long woven tail.

by Getunraveled

Elephant doorstop or plushie

Practical items can be beautiful too, like the elephant doorstop you can make with this pattern, featuring a simple body in the shape of the savanna animal standing on its four legs and holding its snout curved up, with contrasting floppy ears, a thin tail with fringes at the end, and a contrasting thread on all its seams that gives it an additional decorative look.

by Createstudio

Small felt stuffed elephant (6cm)

It’s fun to sew tiny things, so you’ll have a lot of fun while you sew this miniature elephant that has many features despite its size, with beads for eyes, a neatly shaped face, four short but sturdy legs that keep it well-balanced as it stands, a pair of big ears, a snout that almost touches the ground, and two white tusks on each side of the snout.

by Nuno-runo

Plush elephant sewing pattern

You’ve seen cute but you probably haven’t seen something this cute, a plush elephant toy that sits on its butt, with its hind legs stretched in front and its front legs wrapped around a heart or a blanket that the elephant holds on its chest under the large head with those characteristic ears, a long snout, and tiny beads for eyes.

by Fluffmonger

Felt Baby Elephant Key Chain

They say that elephants bring good fortune so it’s not a bad idea to have one around at all times, like this felt keychain in the shape of an elephant viewed from a side, with short stumpy legs, a snout curved up, a big ear with a small piece in a different color on top that represents the inner side, an adorable googly eye, a thread tail, and a decorative heart on its hip.

Elephant family plushies

You don’t need Vin Diesel and a bunch of muscle cars doing ridiculous stunts to appreciate family, sometimes, a group of sweet plush elephants is more than enough, like this family of two big and one small elephant, with neatly curved edges, short wide legs, a pair of contrasting large flaps for ears, a snout with its tip curved up, and a thin tail on each animal.

by Birchfabrics

Standing felt elephant pattern

Evoke those vintage vibes with a lovely plush toy elephant that can sit or stand upright and move its legs and arms thanks to the button joints they have, with an adorable head that has big ears, felt eyes, a snout that stretches in front of the elephant, a thin tail, and a decorative bow on above the shoulder.

by Creativebreathing

Cuddly sitting elephant sewing pattern

Make a snuggle buddy that will become the best plush friend of your kid, featuring a small cuddly body with hind legs spread and front legs positioned between them as the little elephant sits on his butt and looks in front of it with its bead eyes on its round head that has floppy ears and a snout that points forward.

by Simplysewingmag issue 33

African or Asian, it doesn’t matter, now you can make any kind of stuffed elephant, ones that your kids and your family members will love having around because they’ll make your home even warmer. Which pattern will you try out first? Come back and tell us how your elephants turned out in the comments! Have fun taming plush elephants!