Elf on the Shelf

CheerLouth

Hi All,

This year, I'm being roped into doing an Elf on the Shelf! Anyone else doing it that might fancy sharing their ideas of what sort of stuff their elves are getting up to?

ciara007

Im going to order my elf on Thursday!! Have a look at this page might give you a few ideas?
http://kreativeinlife.com/elf-on-the-shelf-ideas/

ciara007

More ideas https://www.iheartnaptime.net/elf-shelf-ideas/

CheerLouth

Thanks Ciara!

I'll admit I didn't realise how much effort was involved with the elf! I thought I just got him and moved him around the house then my sister was like "oh no, he needs to do exciting, mischievous things....how is he going to arrive?" She is planning something very elaborate with helium balloons! I'm way out of my depth here lol!

chuckles30

Oh I remember a couple of the mothers here at work going on about this last year.....couple of instances of waking up in the middle of the night going......ah I forgot to move the elf!! Sounds like a big committment alright....

Glitzgirl

We love elf on the shelf here. If your on pinterest it's a great site for elf ideas.

We have done elf parties with the teddies ,
Elf held hostage by star wars figures
Hanging kids under ware on the tree overnight :pac:

endacl

You’ll only have to do this once.

CheerLouth

I think you just killed my thread :P

Loughc

Here’s another one you could only do once too haha.

Toto Wolfcastle

My husband is very likely to do that to ours. He hates it. My mother has been taunting him about the whole thing so he might we’ll be pushed over the edge yet.

I wouldn’t mind, but we only got it as a gift on Christmas Day last year so it’s not like I’ve done anything with it to annoy him yet!

Zaph

Ice can be defrosted and it could come back. Lighter fluid, on the other hand...

beans

When did this become a thing? I feel very old and behind the times.

I can see questions being raised as to why, if the elves live with Santa, this one happens to live in our home. Threatens the stability of the Christmas deception. I think I'll stick to the traditional narrative!

Toto Wolfcastle

beans wrote: »

When did this become a thing? I feel very old and behind the times.

I can see questions being raised as to why, if the elves live with Santa, this one happens to live in our home. Threatens the stability of the Christmas deception. I think I'll stick to the traditional narrative!

It comes with a book. I’m presuming the book explains it but I haven’t read it.

mirrorwall14

I think it’s the Pucan in galway the pub had one on Facebook last year, it was sooooo bold!

Loughc

There are some really good ideas here,

https://www.facebook.com/BakingHotChristmas/posts/1796494607036068

freshpopcorn

beans wrote: »

When did this become a thing? I feel very old and behind the times.

I can see questions being raised as to why, if the elves live with Santa, this one happens to live in our home. Threatens the stability of the Christmas deception. I think I'll stick to the traditional narrative!

It's being going around a few years now and most kids that I have heard with them love them and they really believe in them.
The elf basically moves around the house and helps Santa to make sure everything is going well and the elf might leave notes for the kids.

Jeju

Only two days since the decorations were put up and so far he
Put toiled paper all over the stairs, hid the breakfast cereal behind the couch and turned the children's school uniform inside out. What Elsw will he get up to?

Loughc

Jeju wrote: »

Only two days since the decorations were put up and so far he
Put toiled paper all over the stairs, hid the breakfast cereal behind the couch and turned the children's school uniform inside out. What Elsw will he get up to?

I've merged your thread with one from last year, hopefully you can get some ideas from that thread

Seve OB

a few good accessories in the likes of dealz for the elves

Jeju

Up to my tonsils with this Elfs behaviour, yesterday her had made a pencil fishing rod and was trying to land the goldfish and this morning had cut a big hole in my boxers. On the positive side, the kids jump up out of bed to see what he has gotten up to during the night.

Icsics

Unfortunately our elf broke his leg....can't be moved for 2 weeks....!!

freshpopcorn

I was in Lidl a few weeks ago and a mother was buying this with her kids.
The kids asked where does the money go?
She was like em to the retired elves.
Then they said why do they need the money.
Mother said there not working anymore.
The kids were like why doesn't Santa look after them.
She was like he does but this allows them to do extra mice things.
She was trying to do something nice and they drove the woman mad.

CheerLouth

So far our elf has:

1. Made us breakfast
2. Sat on top of the toy kitchen with a tea party
3. Sat on the mantlepiece with Santy
4. Put the baby doll to bed and snuggled in beside her
5. Pooped sprinkly jazzies in a dolls potty in the bathroom
6. Driven a toy tractor full of animals through my Christmas village

I struggle every night for ideas!

ainy

My cousin does it every year and always posts pictures, the other day the elves(She has 2) were in the fridge with food colouring and had turned the milk blue! (she had kept some fresh in a jug for her coffee!) The kids still used the milk for their cereal!

Today the elves were playing pie face with the kids toy story toys, she had board games stacked up and buzz was standing on them holding an elf at the face hole! And the other elf was at the bottle with woody and spray cream!

other ideas:

line up some shoes and elf sits in first one and other dolls/soldiers etc in other shoes and a sign saying all aboard the shoe shoe train!

Elf sits on couch with the remote and a little bowl of popcorn watching a movie,

Elf plays a board game, scrabble/snakes and ladders etc with other dolls/toys.

Elf sits holding a marshmallow on a toothpick over an unlit tealight (you toast it slightly first!)

Can't think of anymore at the minute!

Mac B

Our elf had been in a lightsaber battle with Darth Vader on bedroom shelf.

He made up a bed for himself in the fridge.

Was found in a tub of roses sweets with wrappers thrown everywhere. (So much for my diet)

Found by the Wii U holding a remote and steering wheel with other Teddy. Looks like they were playing computer games all night.

pleas advice

Elf was banned from our house,

Brock Turnpike

I'm babysitting my nieces and nephew for a few days. Need ideas for elf on the shelf so shall be following this thread

The Mulk

pleas advice wrote: »

Elf was banned from our house,

Our Elf got himself a sleeping bag from Dealz, stays in bed most nights now;)

OUTDOORLASS

Got a pic of a brilliant (bold) one yesterday. Kevin the carrot from Aldi, and his wife and kids all bound and
gagged with tinfoil. All lined on the grill pan ready to be put in. The nasty parsnip (cant remember his name)
beside them with roll of tinfoil in his hand....and the Elf ready to turn on the oven. It was brilliant. but obviously
not for use with kids....LOL...

Loughc

https://www.todayfm.com/The-Ian-Dempsey-Breakfast-Show/Ian-Dempseys-Elf-Watch-

Toots

So I finally caved in and bought one of these demented things. It's currently sitting on the shelf and its creepy dead eyes are staring at me as I type this. I don't know where it's going to move to tonight. The only thing that's making it worthwhile is my little boy is absolutely ecstatic right now.

Loughc

You could do this if ye don’t want to move the elf no mo.

Toots

That's excellent! I reckon I might do that but I'll need to move it a few places first, maybe have it on the floor one morning as if it's fallen off the shelf and broken it's leg. :pac:

Loughc

CheerLouth

Toots wrote: »

So I finally caved in and bought one of these demented things. It's currently sitting on the shelf and its creepy dead eyes are staring at me as I type this. I don't know where it's going to move to tonight. The only thing that's making it worthwhile is my little boy is absolutely ecstatic right now.

Yep they are freaky and currently the bane of my life but my little girl tears around the house every morning to see where he is and what he's done and that makes it all worthwhile!

Last night he absailed down our sitting room curtains (although it didn't really look like that tbh) and tonight, he'll be turning the milk blue as per a previous post on this thread.

Toots

Well last night ours moved so he was sitting in my Christmas stocking. The little fella was thrilled altogether. Christ only knows where it'll end up tonight, we've got to find somewhere he can see it, but that his little sister won't be able to reach, because she'll just eat it.

CheerLouth

We did the coloured milk thing yesterday - wasn't a good idea. My little girl was not happy, it was a whole glass case of emotion ordeal for her. She got over it later in the day and thought he was very naughty and kept asking could she open the fridge to tell him he was naughty. Today, he is more sedate altogether and is just chilling out on the Christmas tree

ainy

CheerLouth wrote:

We did the coloured milk thing yesterday - wasn't a good idea. My little girl was not happy, it was a whole glass case of emotion ordeal for her. She got over it later in the day and thought he was very naughty and kept asking could she open the fridge to tell him he was naughty. Today, he is more sedate altogether and is just chilling out on the Christmas tree

Uh oh! Sorry, it was me that gave the idea! Its amazing how they all react differently, my cousins kids loved it and ate their cereal with the coloured milk.

Its funny that she kept wanting to open the fridge and give out tho!!

Toots

Well we fcuked up good and proper the night before last. Husband suffering a bad case of jet lag, and me exhausted from parenting solo for the week and having one of the kids in hospital, we both fell asleep on the couch and then staggered into bed in the wee hours, but forgot to move the elf.

The little dude was devastated the next morning, luckily my husband was quick thinking and chucked a handful of Lego around it to make it look like the elf was playing with it in the night, and rescued the situation. Elf reminders have been set on the phones now.

Seve OB

I did the milk last night.
Went down brilliant with my 3 girls.
Thanks op

Tonight they went back to the North Pole and picked up the book....... I’d forgotten to take it out of the attic and it has been missed

CheerLouth

I've been thinking of TP'ing the Christmas Tree....but not sure if it's a good idea given the milk fiasco....it's so hard to think of something new and exciting every day.

ainy

CheerLouth wrote:

I've been thinking of TP'ing the Christmas Tree....but not sure if it's a good idea given the milk fiasco....it's so hard to think of something new and exciting every day.

I saw an idea of the elf hiding inside a small coke bottle, if you peel the label, cut the bottle open across middle, stuff the elf in, tape the bottle and stick the label back over ya don't notice the opening!

Or just hiding under a pint glass,

Or legs sticking up out of the cereal box

Or if you have scrabble put the elf playing with other toys and spell out some christmasy words, holly, tinsel, tree, star etc or you could go naughty with poo,Willy etc.

Or elf building a tower with building blocks,

Mac B

We did the scrabble one last year, spelt out a message to the kids that they were top of Santa's Good List

It went down very well.

RentDayBlues

Wrapped the tv last night and addressed it to Santa from the elf

Loughc

A last minute idea before the elf disappears

RentDayBlues

On his last night, our Elf put the family cat in the cat carrier with a “return to Santa” note.