Elmer activity ideas please

**angiemog** · 12-07-2010, 07:15 PM

I've just started planning for an Elmer theme following an interest in colours and animals. I would appreciate some more ideas from that may have done this previously. Most of my mindees are 2 and under.
So far I have.
Read Elmer book with soft toy.
Play Elmer colour game
Colour Elmer pictures
Make Elmer out of a milk bottle (thanks Pauline)
Talk about other Elephants (Dumbo, large family and real pictures)
Make a large Elmer for a wall display

If anyone has any other ideas I would really appreciate them.
Thank you x

**Chell** · 12-07-2010, 07:43 PM

For slightly older children you could look at African and Indian elephants, how do they differ?

**loocyloo** · 12-07-2010, 07:58 PM

look at different elmer books!

there are lots! we have a numbers one, and one called 'elmers new friend' with a mirror in the back. we also have a few that have elmers cousin wilbur in !!!

maybe you could then talk about/do activities on numbers, friends, etc?

x

**Chell** · 12-07-2010, 08:03 PM

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/sub...mals/elephant/

**Chell** · 12-07-2010, 08:05 PM

Mask to print:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/ani...s_to_print.htm

**Chell** · 12-07-2010, 08:07 PM

Scroll down for an elephant song:
http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/ElephantCrafts.html

**Chell** · 12-07-2010, 08:18 PM

Elephant pancakes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/bigcoo...akes/cookbook/

Click on fruit recipes and you should find them.

**The Juggler** · 12-07-2010, 08:28 PM

you could bring sensory into the art using different coloured and textured squares of material to make a mosaic elmer.

I like the elephant pancakes. A trip to see elephants if not too far to a zoo, or use the internet or dvd to watch elephants in the wild.