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Outline of elmer the elephant3/31/2024 See all our other Arts and Crafts ideas for kids here. The eyes were simply white circles cut from card, with black pupils drawn with Sharpie markers.Īll done and looking oh-so-adorable! These make a great puppet or story-telling prop and it would be fun to make some of the other elephants from the story, both in their usual grey colour and in their decorations from the Elmer’s day parade! Kids could make up their own designs and be as inventive as they can. Picture Cards to Support Teaching on Elmers Special Day. Colourful Patchwork Elephant Colouring Sheet. They stuck the colours onto the ears before we attached them, then we trimmed around the edges where it had overlapped. Elmer the elephant topic for 3-4 years old children in Early Years. The ears were made by cutting equal sized pieces of white card into semi circles, with a tab at the bottom so we could bend it and glue onto the body. It didn’t take long at all, and then we came back to them to add ears and eyes. Where some of the colours overlapped the colours occasionally bled into each other, but this looked lovely and we agreed that it improved his design even more! Once they were covered they added another wash of glue over the top to make it dry hard and shiny. I helped start them off in a straight line, then they were very independent in continuing on their own. We talked about the squares needing to touch each other all of the way around his body, and that there should be no gaps. We simply looked at the pictures in our Elmer book, then set out tissue paper and glue and started to stick. Product Details About the Author Product Details. David McKees comical fable about everyone’s favorite patchwork elephant teaches readers to be themselves and celebrates the power of laughter. No wonder the other elephants laugh at him. Elmer is one of the most iconic and widely read children’s book series of all time, selling over 10 million copies worldwide since it was first published by Andersen Press in 1989. Then cut off the entire bottom half of the jug and cut four legs into it, as well as a little tail. Elmer the elephant is bright-colored patchwork all over. Stand the milk jug up and cut into it just below the handle. Elmer is yellow and orange and red and pink and purple and blue and green and black and white. All elephants have the same colour: GREY. Materials needed for this milk jug Elmer elephant craft:ġ (or more) empty and clean milk jug containersīrightly coloured tissue paper cut into equal size and shape squares Young elephants, old elephants, tall elephants, fat elephants and thin elephants. If you don’t already know Elmer and his beautiful, patchwork design, you’ll be in for a treat when you discover this book with your little ones! This is a classic craft that we were doing back when we were teaching and it is always popular as a way to celebrate the beloved Elmer character from David McKee’s wonderful story books. Make an Elmer the elephant using a milk jug and coloured tissue paper squares! A great craft for kids to go along with a much-loved story book which can be used as a story prop or puppet too.
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