In honor of elephant appreciation day, we read Elmer's Special Day by David McKee. We are big fans of the Elmer series of books. What is cuter than a patchwork elephant? In this book, it is almost Elmer's Day for the elephants and they are getting their parade outfits ready. The other animals in the jungle are upset about all of the noise, so Elmer changes the rules and invites every animal to join in the parade. The animals show up with a special surprise for Elmer!
Our sliding glass door was looking rather boring, so we decided to spruce it up with a "stained glass" patchwork elephant. I cut the Elmer the elephant shape out of clear contact paper and R stuck squares of tissue paper on the sticky side of the contact paper.
We used a black Sharpie to outline the legs, ear, and eye to make it obvious that this is an elephant.
I am linking this to stArt at A Mommy's Adventures.
18 comments:
Squee! Elmer looks great! We have borrowed this book from the library on a few occasions.
Oh, I LOVE it!!!! So colorful!
Ever since we did our autumn window display, I can't help but smile every time I open the door. What fun!!
Cute craft! We celebrated this "holiday" last year. Check it out- http://frymanfour.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-do-you-eat-elephant.html
I have never heard of Elephant Appreciation Day. That is funny! I love the stained glass elephants, cute idea!
This Elmer looks awesome! It's one of our favorite books here too. I didn't know about elephant appreciation day either.
Okay, so how do you know about all of these holidays and special days? Very cool...elephant appreciation. I appreciate them!
Love it!! We love Elmer too!! : )
Elmer makes a fabulous stained glass project!
sigh, by being totally unaware of it, that's how.
I miss out on all the fun holidays. I didn't realize Sunday was Talk Like a Pirate day until it was almost over, in my mind it was on Monday. Totally wasted a chance to walk around saying "Argh!"
We love Elmer the elephant, too - and that stained glass Elmer is fabulous!
Super cute elephant! These special days make for great fun.
Love your finished Elmer! And my son would too, especially as we've been on our Elmer kick lately. I definitely think a contact paper craft will make it into monthly our all ages craft club soon. The clean-up is so easy! And now that the "big" kids have gone back to preschool, I need ideas like this that little ones can handle, with help. :)
Love the elephants
Oh we ADORE Elmer and love love love your craft! Lots of clever contact paper ideas this week. So lovely!
Maggy
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Love Elmer and I love your craft! You guys might enjoy this elephant book too: http://littlepageturners.blogspot.com/2010/03/easy-batiking.html
It looks just like the elephant from the book!
Wow! This looks wonderful.
Adorable!!! Elmer looks so cute!
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