We started doing Elf on the shelf when the boys were really little, and found myself struggling over the years to find new ways to keep the boys entertained and make it fun.
I have created this list in the hope that I will have ideas for the full 23 days. Our elves show up on the morning of December 1st bringing a few goodies such as advent calendars, colouring book and a tub of treats. They pack up and leave on the 23rd of December, when the boys wake up on Christmas eve they find a bag of goodies for each child (Christmas eve pjs & slippers, popcorn, movie and some kind of activity).
We don't use the elves that you can buy in every single store you pass, otherwise I would be faced with millions of questions from Elliot, instead we use three cute little elf plushies I bought from Sainsbury's years ago. Although we do own a naughty green elf that resembles the "elf on the shelf ones".
I have created a list of ideas and tried to make them all different so it's not just 23 days of hide and seek.
1) Decorate the tree with Underpants.
2) Make snow angels with flour
3) Get the kids racing cars out and see who can win
4) Tying a toy up and hold at gun point
5) Taping the elf to the wall and have toy soldiers keep watch
6) Chocolate drop poop anyone? We have used a glass to sit the elf on like a toilet, left choc drops in various places around the house etc.
7) Email Santa
8) Having a nap in the tissue box
9) Make capes and have the elves hang as if they are flying.
10) Marshmallow bath
11) Fishing in the sink
12) Magic elf seeds
13) Ziplining across the room
14) Drunk on syrup
15) Lying in the fridge with cake
16) Roasting marshmallows in front of the fire.
17) Playing board games with the other toys
18) Reading a story
19) Watching a DVD
20) Teddy bear Picnic
21) Circus skills
22) Kissing booth (make one from cardboard)
23) Paper sack race with other toys
24) Toothpaste fight
25) Hide & Seek
26) Date night with Barbie
27) Bowl of spaghetti with sweets (like elf from the movie)
28) Freeze the elf then place on the bench with elsa
29) Looking at the toys in a catalogue & making a list
30) Tp the Christmas tree
31) Photocopying himself
32) Make a weight from marshmallows and straw
33) Snowball fight
34) Banana faces (draw minions on bananas)
35) Locked outside and looking through the window
36) Make a swing from toilet roll tube
37) Elf has ate all of the chocolates
38) Popcorn fight
39) Get the tractors out and race
40) Paperchain the house
41) Hidden message break the code
42) Drawing silly faces on picture frames
43) Make mini cookies
44) Make mini pancakes
45) Replace your stocking with pants
46) Write notes on toilet roll
47) Rock climb up the fire place
48) Abseiling
49) Get the reindeer and create a sleigh ride
50) Scrabble words in the bedrooms
51) Naughty words on the fridge (magnets)
52) Wrap furniture in wrapping paper
53) Wrap toilet in wrapping paper
54) Made a mess with the cheese and crackers
55) X factor auditions
56) Strictly come elfing
57) Artist elf
58) School with the other toys
59) Sleeping in a bed of marshmallows
60) Playing xbox
61) Ninja elf
62) Skiing
63) Elflympics
64) Basketball
65) Having shave
66) Testing the dog food
67) Booby trap another toy into the laundry basket
68) Spin the bottle
69) Yoga
70) Harry potter
71) Make a tv set and read the news
73) Rice krispie box cut a hole for the elf
74) Caught up in the lights
75) Teepee elf
76) Playing with mums makeup
77) Feeding the dog
78) Make a snowman from toilet roll
79) Melt the snowman with the hairdryer (use a splash of milk on the bench)
80) Doing the laundry
81) Playing Guitar
82) Drink a beer
83) Hang in the hammock
84) Candy cane sleigh
85) Using mums camera
86) Mince pie explosion
87) Christmas dvd marathon
88) Colour me elf printable
89) Noughts and crosses on marshmallows
90) Colouring in
91) Change the bedding for a christmas set
92) Replace the cushions and throws for funny Christmas ones
93) In the hoover - have another toy hoover naughty elf up
94) Breaking into the piggy bank
95) Playpark - make mini swing sets and a slide
96) Hide in the stockings
97) Making cakes
98) Cut out snowflakes and put them everywhere
99) Scuba diving in the fish tank
100) Make an elf breakfast
101) Tie down a toy on the train track ( A toy one please)
102) Create scenes from movies
103) Draw faces on the eggs
Merry Christmas & have fun
