Ellie the Elf

How many of you out there participate in 'The Elf on the Shelf' tradition? If you aren't sure what this tradition is, you can read more about it HERE.

We have our own version of the 'Elf on the Shelf.' Here's what Ellie looks like:

She got into a lot of shenanigans last year-- and I venture to say she's going to be back again this year as well! Last year, we developed a 'Calendar of Ellie's Events' so we weren't scrambling every morning (because lets face it-- half the time we moved her at 6:59AM and the kids woke up at 7:03AM!) It was great to be organized and know our game plan every day-- our kiddos are getting awfully smart and ask a ton of questions if everything isn't perfectly planned out!

Here's our Ellie the Elf schedule this year-- and some ideas for you as well if you need them!

December 1st: A letter to the children about the Elf's return, their agenda, etc.

December 2nd: Elf bundled up in a towel on a shelf in the fridge.

December 3rd: Elf sitting on the couch with a blanket, bowl of chips/popcorn, remote.

December 4th: Elf wrote 'HELLO' on the sink with toothpaste.

December 5th: Elf stuck in glass with the sign 'HELP!' inside.

December 6th: Sitting with Christmas books and a sign that says 'Lets read a book together!'

December 7th: Have Elf having a slumber party with the Barbies (use socks as sleeping bags)

December 8th: Have the Elf riding a dinosaur.
*Buy candy canes for the Elf on the Shelf activity tomorrow

December 9th: Hide all candy canes and have Elf sitting on counter with a sign that says, 'Can you find all of the candy canes?'
* Buy breakfast foods for the next Elf on the Shelf activity

December 10th: Have the Elf sitting on the counter with a huge breakfast that he/she made.

December 11th: Have the Elf sitting on the counter with letters to each child telling them what the elf loves about them, appreciates that they do, encouraging them to continue being good, etc.

December 12th: Have the Elf taking a doll baby's blood pressure or heart beat with Doc McStuffins toys

December 13th: Have Elf take the family's under wear and hang it from the ceiling fan with the Elf hanging from one of the underwear as well.

December 14th: Have the Elf working underneath of a car with the toy tools.

December 15th: Have the Elf hanging from the rearview mirror in the car.

December 16th: Have the Elf make a snowman on the floor out of matchbox cars, trucks, etc.

December 17th: Have an indoor scavenger hunt sitting on the counter that the Elf created for the kids. (i.e. find something round, find a sticker, find a crayon, find something bouncy, etc.)

December 18th: Have the Elf toilet paper the Christmas tree.

December 19th: Have the Elf sitting on the floor with crayons and coloring books coloring a beautiful picture.
* Buy construction paper for next Elf activity

December 20th: Have Ellie sitting by the kid's pictures on the wall and have construction paper santa hats on top of the kid's heads.

December 21st: Have shoes lined up like a train all across the floor and have the Elf sitting in one of the shoes.

December 22nd: Have the Elf taped to the wall.

December 23rd: Have the Elf sitting in time out with a sign above him/her saying 'time out'

December 24th: Have the elf sitting reading a book to all of the dolls, stuffed animals, etc.

December 25th: Have a good bye letter written to the children and send the Elf back to the North Pole.



Can't wait to see all of the elf's shenanigans!