#Elmer elephant outline series#
#Elmer elephant outline free#

Carefully wrap the yarn around the elephant in different directions, until it's fully covered. Tape one end of the yarn to your elephant. If you have written an Elmer Post then please share it in the linky below. Outlines of Elmer The Elephant on card, cut out. Pom Pom Elmer The Elephant Adventures of Adam To say he has “Football Fever” would be an understatement! He did make an Elmer Day craft in school though last year year using fabric rags, which in part inspired our craft today, so he still managed to play his part (and his game of football).įor even more ideas for Elmer Days Crafts and Activities check out the following posts:Įlmer The Elephant Paper Plate Craft Play & Learn Every DayĭIY Clay Elmer The Elephant Adventures of AdamĮlmer Tissue Paper Painting 3 Princesses and 1 Dude! I even lent him my precious fabric scissors, so that he could cut shapes to the right size to go on Elmer’s feet and trunk.Īnd Liam…well I couldn’t drag him in from playing football to complete his Elmer. The grey elephants all love him, but he soon starts to wonder what it would be like to be just the same as them. I thought she would have loaded on as many as possible, but in fact she was very definite in where she placed each square and once she was happy with it, there was no going back to add on any more.įreddie did his best to fill as much as the template as he could.

#Elmer elephant outline free#

Free drawing is not my strong point but I managed to get 3 almost Elmer like templates drawn.īella was very conservative with her choice of felt squares.

I then attempted to trace the outline of Elmer using the picture on the front of the book as a guide. I cut the coloured felt sheets up into individual square shapes like on Elmer’s patchwork body. To celebrate Elmer’s special day I challenged my 3 kids to make their own patchwork Elmer using different coloured felt squares.Īged 4, 6 and 8 I love to set all three of my kids the same craft challenge and then sit back and watch them put their own unique stamp on it.Ī bit like Elmer, arts and crafts projects should not all be done in exactly the same way, each individual project should celebrate their creators individual talents and ideas.

#Elmer elephant outline series#

Author David Mckee wrote the Elmer the Elephant series to help young children all over the world celebrate their own uniqueness. Elmer is a brightly coloured pathwork elephant with a cheeky sense of humour. Elmer is no ordinary elephant and nor would he want to be.