#elmer the elephant

[kidcore-nostalgia]

Elmer the elephant by David McKee ♥️

[rainbowredcrayon]

Nobody knows I’m listening to Elmer on the train…. 🐘

[foxboy-96]

elmer!!!!

maud (my girlfriend) if u randomly open my blog and see this LOOK AWAY.!

so i have decided to make my own elmer pattern! i really hope he turns out as well as i think he will. my methodology is very uhm do what feels natural all my patterns look like this and would probably be very difficult to follow for anyone who isn’t me!

i cannot (like physically cannot) conjure images my mind so pattern making takes so much brain power and drawing and just actual crocheting and then re crocheting to figure out haha. my brain also cannot do the sort of maths this sort of thing requires so don’t suggest that hahaha

i will try to remember to update this again when he is finished <3 i plan to make a lining out of some old calico i have lying around so i can fill him with a blend of rice and plush stuffing so he can stand up! also thinking about using black buttons sewn on with white thread for the eyes? idk! but i’m having fun!

[casputin]

oh my god, they skinned Elmer

[raaorqtpbpdy]

I drew more Mokuba because I cannot stop myself. I don’t even like drawing but he’s just too damn cute 🥺

[tomoleary]

Charles Thorson “An early sketch of the character that Thorson would call Bugs Bunny from c. 1938. The character was named after fellow animator and co-worker Ben “Bugs” Hardaway” Great article.

Thorson also created Elmer the Safety Elephant.

That’s how the glue got into classrooms. Elmer the Safety Elephant nestles into our psyche then comes the glue. Merchandising.

Insidious. Let us tell you a story, children, then GLUE!

[disneyllect]

[happyfunf3tti]

[kennyroundpants1489]

Elephant - You do and I’ll give ya SUCH a pinch! (Slams Elmer on the gro...

[owlsandwich]

In honour of world book day, and the fact that one of my sons has gone to school dressed as Elmer the patchwork elephant, I want to post my slightly unhinged essay on how much I love his character.

I absolutely love Elmer's self-confidence as a character. He's represented as the most popular elephant in the herd. Never gets bullied or excluded for his patchworkness. The one time he has a crisis of confidence about looking different, he lasts about 30 minutes of trying to be 'normal' before he decides "nah, fuck it." and goes back (well, he technically gets rained on to get his colours back, but I'd argue Elmer is back to his old self as soon as he makes it a prank), and the heard makes the day of the event an annual day of celebration to appreciate him.

It's beautiful because his arc is all internal. He doesn't have a particular experience that causes his brief crisis of confidence — he was just over-thinking one day. And when he decides to turn it into a practical joke, it's not because another elephant says they miss him or any such external prompt. It's because he looks around and decides everything is too boring this way. As an audience, we get the message that Elmer's differences are a valuable asset to the herd, but it's not a lesson he as a character needs to be taught.

Elmer is never forced to learn a lesson about self acceptance, he just flawlessly demonstrates it.

[the-gershomite]

Walt Disney’s comics and stories #9 June 1941

Donald Duck shorts

Elmer Elephant and the Walt Disney Silly Symphony (short story)

[rainingincale]

@maingoes created a tag game, here is the description:

"Topic is covers of books that definitely changed your brain on some sort of minuscule but permanent level or that you think your childhood experience would’ve have been different without (longest title of a tag game ever I know) my only 2 rules are u should have read the book before age 10 and you cannot include the HP series"

Here are my books:

I shall tag @j-purplesunsets-rainydays @jesperfaheygf @cancara @mostlykind @captainjanegay @holdingontozouis and anyone else who sees this and wants to do this! Also pls do not do if you do not wanna ❤️❤️❤️

[leoriowithaknife]

YES!

Whatever its called to have these kinds of colourful squares in your home i want it

Look

[restinpeaceporkins]

[sinnershavesoulstoo]

A series in which my bff has gifted me poorly drawn animals for which I am eternally grateful ✨️

[dreamingofacity]

This is Pūtaringamotu.

10 years of this blog, and counting. Today I feel moved to post! Hello to anybody still on Tumblr :)