We've had our Elf on the Shelf for years and the girls love having him come and visit! We actually have two elves now, because one year we lost him and later found him.
Our elves are typically pretty tame. I'll be honest that our elves have gotten less and less creative, and there are some nights that they're super creative and others where they just sit somewhere watching.
1. We use to go to Branson Thanksgiving weekend, so our elves would be waiting for us when we arrived home. Most years, they brought us a gingerbread kit, and they're bringing the girls another one this year.
2. Use your Barbie accessories.
Our elf is hanging out with some cool drinks and feeling like he's on vacation.
3. Bring a letter.
The girls will often write letters to Santa and our elf will take them when he flies to the North Pole every night. The girls think it's so fun when he talks to them!
4. Make a snow angel!
You can use flour or sugar.
5. Hide him in the tree.
6. Just put him up high.
7. Ride the Ferris Wheel
We often use the girls toys as props, so one year, he took a ride on a ferris wheel.
8. We try to hide ours around the house. One year he was wearing a Christmas hair bow and hanging out in the bathroom.
9. Take a ride on the Christmas Train.
10. Bring a North Pole Breakfast.
11. Some people do the breakfast at the beginning of the season when their elf arrives, but we do ours on Christmas Eve morning when the elf says good-bye. It's a fun way to kick off the Christmas Eve day!
12. Bring reindeer lollipops.
13. Dress up and hang from your cabinets in the kitchen.
14. Hang out in a Santa sack.
15. Bring Christmas cookies to decorate.
Each year on Christmas Eve we let the girls hug the elves before they go to bed. They love finally being able to give them hugs and kisses and saying goodbye. We let them touch them on this one night, because they won't loose their magic- they just go home with Santa and they don't need to fly home.
Also, if our elves accidentally get touched throughout the season- we sing a Christmas song to give him his magic back. Remember, "the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear." So, once we sing, the girls don't freak out so much about him loosing his magic.
And just for fun, here's some bonus ideas for you!
- Color a picture. Sneakily color it in throughout the day when your kids aren't looking.
- Bring a Christmas coloring or activity book.
- Bring Christmas shrink-a-dinks
- Bring Hot Chocolate Mix and Marshmallows
- Take a Marshmallow Bubble Bath
- Set him up with the remote control and have a "no TV" day
- Make an igloo with sugar cubes
- Bring a Christmas book and set him up reading it
- Have him go on strike if your kids are not cleaning their rooms or if they're arguing
What type of fun does your Elf on the Shelf have?
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