How To Draw A Boy Elf On The Shelf

A Gratuitous Elf on the Shelf printable kit with welcome letter, goodbye letter, printable calendar, funny Elf on the shelf ideas, supplies list and more to make this one of your kid'south favorite Christmas traditions.

What is Elf on the Shelf?

Do you guys do Elf on the Shelf at your abode? We have been for several years at present, and it's something that my kids expect frontwards to every Christmas season. But, what is Elf on the Shelf?

Information technology's a fun Christmas tradition where one of Santa's elves comes December 1st and stays through the 24th to make sure your kids are existence watched each day. Each nighttime the elf reports dorsum to the North Pole to written report to Santa how each child is doing and sometimes gets into a little mischief at the same time.

We bought our Elf on the Shelf on Amazon years ago and have even watched the Moving-picture show so the kids have a adept thought of how he works. They are now obsessed with the elf, affectionately named Buddy!

ELF ON THE SHELF PRINTABLES

Because our elf likes to exist a trivial funny, we wanted to share some fun and free ideas for you to use this holiday flavor. In fact, we wanted it to exist so easy for you that we put together an entire kit to assistance you lot (and to make things EVEN easier – scroll to the bottom to notice out how you can purchase all the kits and supplies!), which includes:

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Funny Elf ideas Calendar Listing + Daily Instruction Cards
Supplies List for Ideas + Gratuitous Printables to go with information technology!
Welcome Elf on the Shelf Letter + Elf Arrival Letter Poem
Elf on the Shelf Goodbye Letter

All of these printables are FREE and are available to download at the bottom of this post!

Goodbye and Welcome Letters are easy to print out and use. We put together some cute poems for a Welcome Elf on the Shelf letter and a Elf on the Shelf Goodbye Letter.

These poems explicate what the elf does also as what happens when the Christmas season ends and the elf has to return back to the N Pole. 😉

Funny Elf on the Shelf Ideas

Like I said – we wanted to make this elf experience was as easy every bit possible for y'all guys, so nosotros put together 24 (every twenty-four hour period in December up until Christmas Eve) funny elf on the shelf ideas for yous to do with your family elf.

In our kit, nosotros have the free printables of the ideas, forth with the supplies list showing what you'd need each twenty-four hour period.

Do you lot have to do funny things each solar day? No, it but brand the tradition more fun and interesting for the kids. And since we are doing all the hard work for you, it really is quite like shooting fish in a barrel. We would just set an alarm every night to go and make sure we would accept care of the elf.

Another thing that helped is getting everything prepare in November and making sure you had everything on the supplies list so that y'all were set for December. Once more – not required just FUN!!

Twenty-four hours 1 – ELF ARRIVES

Set your elf in an obvious identify next to the Christmas Tree. Accept him hanging the lights or belongings them in his lap. Include the welcome letter.
SUPPLIES: Welcome alphabetic character (in kit), plus Christmas tree with small-scale cord of lights (bonus)

24-hour interval 2 – ELF IS CAPTURED BY ARM GUYS

Utilize wash/painters tape to tape your elf on the wall close to the flooring. Prepare up army guys in a half circle and put a trivial tape over elf's oral fissure
SUPPLIES: 6-12 Green ground forces men plus washi/painters record

Twenty-four hour period 3 – ELF Lord's day TANS

Sprinkle brown sugar on the counter and identify towel on top. Put on mini sunglasses (in kit) and set upward drink umbrella.
SUPPLIES: Chocolate-brown saccharide, large potable umbrella, launder material cutting as towel

DAY 4 – ELF WATCHES A CHRISTMAS MOVIE

Pop popcorn and place in a bowl. Put elf in or near bowl and fix him upward to be watching Telly with remote.
SUPPLIES: Basin, popcorn and remote

Solar day 5 – ELF ROASTS MARSHMALLOWS

Set elf upward to exist property a toothpick with a mini marshmallow on it. Place information technology near tea lite and scatter mini marshmallows around.
SUPPLIES: Toothpicks and mini marshmallows

Twenty-four hours 6 – ELF HIDES Candy CANES

Hide processed canes through out the firm and set upward elf with note (in kit) telling them he hid them and to go wait for them.
SUPPLIES: 6 -vii candy canes and note from elf (in kit)

24-hour interval 7 – ELF WEARS SPACE SUIT

Dress elf in tinfoil to represent a space suit. Hang him from counter or shelf with angling line and hang stars around him.
SUPPLIES: Can foil, cut out stars and fishing line

DAY 8 – ELF GOES Line-fishing

Set elf up on edge of sink or faucet in bathroom or kitchen. Brand mini line-fishing pole and adhere twine and goldfish to expect like he is fishing.
SUPPLIES: Beverage stirrer, baker's twine, goldfish crackers

Twenty-four hour period 9 – ELF LEAVES Message FROM SANTA

Spell out "Santa Says How-do-you-do" in cereal on counter.
SUPPLIES: cereal

DAY ten – ELF DRAWS ON MIRROR

Use a dry out-erase marker to describe on mirror. Have elf belongings marker. Ideas of what to write: "Fa-la-la-la-la", "Naughty or Prissy?" "(Elf name) was here!"
SUPPLIES; Dry-erase marking

24-hour interval 11 – ELF MAKES A SNOW ANGEL

Pour sprinkles on the spot yous want the elf to go. Lay elf down and move arms and legs to create a sprinkle angel.
SUPPLIES: sprinkles

DAY 12 – ELF CLIMBS A CHRISTMAS BOW Rock WALL

Choose a window in your firm to set upwardly "rock wall." Arrange bows like a rock wall and hang elf from one of the bows. Use Glue dots to aid secure it in place.
SUPPLIES; gift bows and mucilage dots

Solar day thirteen – ELF PLAYS TWISTER WITH OTHER TOYS

Create a mini Twister lath (or utilize the free ane in the kit) and place toys effectually to play.
SUPPLIES: Twister board, other toys

Twenty-four hours fourteen – ELF PUTS STARS ALL OVER HIS Trunk

Place star sticks all over elf.
SUPPLIES: star stickers

DAY 15 – ELF TAKES A Bath

Lay a washcloth down in the bathroom. Identify a tupperware on top, place elf in side and fill with white cotton wool balls with a rubber ducky if y'all take one.
SUPPLIES: launder cloth, tupperware, white cotton fiber balls, rubber ducky.

DAY 16 – ELF MAKES PIZZA

Place elf in kitchen by oven. Place napkin around his neck. Have him holding printable pizza (in kit) on his lap or have pizza toppings effectually him – Maybe have pizza for dinner that night
SUPPLIES: Printable pizza, napkin, pizza toppings.

DAY 17 – ELF EATS CANDY

Accept elf eating candy (half eaten candy) with wrappers all around.
SUPPLIES: Christmas candy

Day eighteen – ELF READS TO OTHER TOYS

Place elf in a circle with other toys. Place mini volume in hands and take information technology read to the other toys.
SUPPLIES: Mini book (large book works also), other toys

DAY 19 – ELF SLEEPS

Have elf brand a bed out of the tissue box. Brand a pillow out of tissues and have him laying in the tissue box
SUPPLIES: Rectangle tissue box

DAY 20 – ELF SIPS HOT COCOA

Sprinkle fake snow around the area y'all want the elf to sit. Accept elf sit next to or in mug/loving cup with straw, mini marshmallows and hot cocoa packets.
SUPPLIES: mug/cup, false snowfall, mini marshmallows, harbinger, hot cocoa packets

24-hour interval 21 – ELF TP CHRISTMAS TREE

Have elf hanging from tree with empty toilet paper curlicue
SUPPLIES: toilet newspaper

DAY 22 – ELF COLORS IN COLORING BOOKS

Have coloring volume open and have elf laying on tummy. Color some of the picture and have crayons scattered around.
SUPPLIES: coloring book and crayons

Solar day 23 – ELF DECORATES THE MILK IN THE Fridge

Decorate milk in refrigerator with stickers and markers. Identify a bag of cookies and elf in refrigerator adjacent to milk.
SUPPLIES: Stickers, markers, cookies

DAY 24 – ELF HANGS IN STOCKING

Elf hangs in stocking with notation that says "Santa's coming! Santa's coming!"
SUPPLIES: Elf note (in kit)

Solar day 25 – ELF ON THE SHELF Adieu LETTER

Place farewell alphabetic character (in kit) near Christmas tree. It will let the kids know that the elf is gone and that he will still be watching all year and volition render over again next Dec!

These are some of the all-time elf on the shelf ideas there are. Fun and simple and slap-up fun for the kids!

TO DOWNLOAD – CLICK ON THE LINKS Beneath:

Elf Supplies List (and Printable Props)
Elf Inflow and Farewell Letters
Elf Calendar
Elf Calendar (BLANK)
Elf Set Upward Cards

If you are looking to brand things Fifty-fifty EASIER – you can also buy a kit from Jackie, the Elf Lady that has all the supplies and prints bachelor!! A notation from Jackie…

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EACH KIT COMES WITH:

A calendar of events
Cards that tell yous how to gear up upwardly each pose
Props needed to set your Elf for the 24 days before Christmas
Messages you can personalize for your child from the Elf
Jokes, cards and petty actress surprises to add cracking fun for the littles!

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ENJOY – and nosotros hope you lot accept a great vacation flavour!