O rigami
E lephant
Follow the instructions to fold an elephant of your own!
After folding your origami elephant, write something you
learned about either the Asian or the African elephant on it.
See more folding designs at LouisvilleZoo.org/origami
In August 2016, Louisville Zoo guests helped fold
1,100 origami elephants to help 96elephants break
the Guinness World Record™ for the “Largest Display
of Origami Elephants.” The group’s goal was to raise
awareness for the plight of elephants by producing
35,000 origami elephants — the number of elephants
killed every year in Africa for their ivory. 96elephants
received a total of 78,564 origami elephants, shattering
the previous record of 33,764. For more information
about current efforts to save elephants and how to help,
please visit 96elephants.org.
Easy Elephant model
instructions and
design provided by
and created by Marc
Kirschenbaum