Share your Elf Adventures!

[Tracyfish]

Let's all share our elf mischief here...

Day 1...Arrived with Rudolph pancakes

Day 2...Shaved Dad's head and spray painted Mom and Dad with green hairspray

Day 3...getting his crafty on with qtip snowflakes

Day 4...Ninja elf

Day 5...Snowman Poop (he's a 7 yr old boy, of course this was hilarious)

Day 6...a little elf photo shoot

Day 7...taking a little ride on his own "Rudolph"

Day 8...He followed us to my Mom's house for the weekend and was ready to go to my cousin's birthday party.

Day 9...Riding Papa's Harley

Day 10...Playing with the copier.

Day 11...Hanging all the snacks like Christmas cards...

Day 12...painted a mustache on him while he was sleeping

Day 13...playing with the Legos, making a Christmas tree

Day 14...trying to shave (unsuccessfully)

Day 15...working off those holiday pounds

Day 16...doing a little scratching on the lottery ticket

Day 17...looks like he wants us to make cookies today after school

Day 18...decorating the car

Day 19...snowmaned the pantry

Day 20...got into L.J.'s chapstick collection

Day 21...wrapped the toilet

Day 22...brought a nutcracker craft kit

 

[nikkiARNGwife]

I was just thinking we need a thread for this

December 1 - Buddy brought North Pole breakfast, a letter from Santa and put the kids Advent Calendars under the tree.

December 2 - He brought them a copy of his movie and was watching it with popcorn and a juice box when they woke up..they thought this was hilarious

December 3 - Buddy got stuck in the Peanuts' box last night.

December 4 - Buddy set up some Angry Birds play last night..Avery LOVED this.

December 5 - Christmas Snacks

December 6 - Buddy added some tinsel to the tree

December 7 - Toy Parade!

December 8 - Ella's Birthday Party Day - Buddy brought Pinkalicious balloons

December 9 - Email videos from Santa

December 10 - Uh-oh Santa sent a warning letter...shape up or end up on the naughty list!

December 11 - Charlie Brown Christmas tree

December 12 - Elf Kisses

December 13 - Hanging out with Cinderella

December 14 - My kids have both had a tummy virus all week..so Santa sent a get well letter and some Jello Jigglers

December 15 - fishing

December 16 - playing boardgame with toys

December 17 - Buddy brought the kids a Buddy Ornament

December 18 - tangled in Christmas lights

December 19 - caught by the Angry Birds...the sign says "Tell us where you hid our eggs!" My kids LOVED this...they thought it was hilarious.

December 20 - swimming in leftover Halloween candy

December 21 - reminding us of why we celebrate

December 22 - Angry Bird slippers for the kids (can you tell my kids are obsessed with Angry birds lol)

 

[emmasmommy]

so far...
day 1. our elf arrived with her special book (signed on the inside of course)

day 2. Sparkle felt like a little fishing!

 

[Stacey42]

Day 1 Elvin came with 24 holiday themed books (Christmas, Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanza) and a new lego advent calendar.

Day 2 Elvin was 'playing' with the dinos. Not sure if this was a game or the dinos were surrounding him

 

[carriesmom]

Day 1: Our elf brought a letter from Santa and a Lego advent calendar

Day 2: hanging from the light fixture and a North Pole Breakfast

 

[Sherri Tierney]

I'm uploading pictures now, so I'll add them when I get them uploaded...

Ivy and Jolly Evergreen are the names of our elves...

Day 1 - December 1st -

They arrived from the North Pole bringing 'Breakfast with the Elves' with them. They got bored waiting on the kids to wake up so they decided to play a little game of Christmas Chess. They also had to be super quiet because the mom of the family was asleep on the couch after being sick all night. LOL

Day 2 - December 2nd -

Ivy went to a sleepover with Caitrin for her friend's birthday. Jolly stayed home with Declan. He was found this morning playing on the laptop (and he had drained the battery!) so I think he may have been scoping out all of his facebook friends. Yes, they have their own facebook account.

Day 3 - December 3rd -

Caitrin left Ivy a note so she posted on facebook to reply. We found the duo on the couch with a huge bag of bows that they had opened and dumped out. Jolly was inside the bag. They made quite the mess, we aren't sure what they were up to. Hmm...

 

[Sasha]

You girls are super creative =)

Benny the elf just showed up and posted under the tree

We read his story

 

[Kjersti]

Day 1 Grand entrance

Day 2 Made donuts

Day 3 - Brought some tiny presents (glitter eyeshadow)

Day 4 - this was a HIT. The girls devoured every last one!

Day 5 - This backfired as Faith slept with me and turned me blue.

Day 6 - My hands are still blue so we went easy today. He made a Christmas chain for himself and the girls.

Day -7 Got into the Christmas lights.

Day 8 Giving the American Girl Doll some hilights.

Day 9 -He tp'd Elyse's room

Day 10 - Faith found him watching cartoons in the morning!

Day 11 - He brought the girls an ornament

Day 12 - Elliott needed some chocolate!

Day 13 - Drew on some photos with his cute little pens!

Day 14 - He wrapped up Faith's door and left goodies!

Day 15 - Stuck in the garland

Day 16 - Faith spent the night at Nanny's house so he slept in her bed.

Day 17 - Hurry and make your gingerbread house....I brought you a chocolate hammer

Day 18 - Making off with the presents. That monkey is trouble.

Day 19 -Faith FREAKED out when she saw this!

Day 20 - Packed in Faith's lunch box.

Day -21 Elyse took over this day!! She did a good job.

Day 22 - I love the Hello Kitty bra

Day 23 - Good thing the girls are gone.

 

[scrap2day]

Our elf, Christopher, thought the spindles on the stairs would look better as candy canes.

An elf can get very thirsty after a long trip from the North Pole. Syrup, one of the elf four food groups.

 

[nesser1981]

Day 1
North Pole Breakfast

Day 2
Writing & Drawing on the bathroom Mirror

Day 3
Ziplining

Day 4
Playing Super Mario Bros on the Wii

Day 5
Angry Birds Puzzle

Day 6
Yummy Chocolate Chips

Day 7
Packing Lunch

Day 8
Skippy baked Reindeer Cookies for us!

Day 9
Jedi Skippy is

Day 10
Skippy the photographer!

Day 11
Candy Cane Seeds

Day 12
Look what grew

Day 13
Date with Barbie

Day 14
Christmas Tree out of Cans

Day 15
Skippy made Santa Grams for the kids to snack on when they get home from their sleepover with Grandma & Grandpa, but it looks like its funny, must be because he decided to decorate the kids rooms while they were gone.

Day 16
I fell asleep and forgot to put him out, so marshmallow bath was the best I could come up with @ 3am

Day 17
Snowball fight

Day 18
Crocheting

Day 19
Playing Angry Birds

Day 20
Decorating the Tree

 

[Txcorey]

We just started Sunday. My son named our elf Mr. Peppermint and he was so excited when he arrived this year. For his debut this year he decorated our light fixture in the kitchen.

Today he had my son's toothbrush and had a bit of toothpaste on his face.

 

[julifish]

Day 1 - Thanksgiving. A small bottle of sparkling grape juice and the remote so they can watch the Macy's Day parade together.

Day 2 (no pic) - Candy was in the car on the cooler waiting for the girls with striped toe socks.

Day 3 - Candy went to the North Pole to help Santa.

Day 4 - Brought tickets to Elf the play and Snow Caps candy

Day 5 - Hiding in the shoe cupboard in Hannah's Boot with fuzzy socks.

Day 6 - Drinking lots and lots of syrup.

Day 7 - A fast get away after adorning our dining room light with candy canes.

Day 8 - On the money jar with two lottery tickets (forgot to take picture)

Day 9- Having a marshmallow roast with Santa and the angels in front of the fireplace. LOL! My youngest actually lit the candle so she could cook the marshmallow for Candy.

Day 10 - Candy went to the North Pole while we were out of town.

Day 11 - Candy was in the fridge making a marshmellow snowman. (which my oldest tried to eat)

 

[Tronesia]

Day 1 - The Arrival

Day 2 - Marshmallow bath

Day 3 - George in the Jungle action

 

[scrap2day]

A. Bumping up this thread so it doesn't get lost.

B. Tracy, how did you make that ninja costume and how did you make him look like he is flying in the picture?

 

[Tracyfish]

Tracy, how did you make that ninja costume and how did you make him look like he is flying in the picture?

I just handstitched it out of some black fabric scraps I had. Trust me that was a rough ninja outfit. LOL! He's actually attached to a piece of string that was tied from the fan to the door handle. Christopher is a lot more bendable than the original elf.

 

[Kristi8004]

Finally got around to uploading my photos of Christopher These are from his first 11 days here!

Day 1: In the tree (he brought a letter from Santa to the kidlets explaining who Christopher is and why he's here).

Day 2: Found Christopher laying on a shelf playing with my decorative pebbles.

Day 3: Found Chris peeking from above the curtain rod in the living room.

Day 4: Chris TP'd our living room ceiling fan!!!

Day 5: "Fishing" for goldfish crackers using pencil & string.

Day 6: "Bubble" bath in mini marshmallows.

Day 7: Christopher wanted to be like the angel on our big Christmas tree.

Day 8: Getting home sick maybe or cabin fever? We found him peeking out the kitchen window blinds.

Day 9: Made himself a midnight snack in the microwave.

Day 10: Brought the little kids a Veggie Tales Christmas movie to watch with the family.

Day 11: Found him hanging from the hallway clock.

 

[Tracyfish]

loving all this elf magic

 

[nesser1981]

loving all this elf magic

me too!

 

[Tracyfish]

Just bumping because I love seeing all the ideas. We're 10 days in and I'm already stressing about what to do for the next 14 days. LOL!

 

[scrap2day]

Love all these photos. Hopefully I get more of mine loaded up today.

Vanessa, the picture of the elf with your kids sleeping is hilarious.

 

[nesser1981]

Love all these photos. Hopefully I get more of mine loaded up today.

Vanessa, the picture of the elf with your kids sleeping is hilarious.

LOL! Thanks! I saw it on pinterest, so glad I did it. The kids loved it!

 

[Kjersti]

I just love the cute ideas!!!

 

[MamaBee]

Vanessa, the picture of the elf with your kids sleeping is hilarious.

I agree - must "snag" that idea, as well... I hope to get my photos uploaded and I can share what we have... I just need more time in the day... haha

 

[mrphotolife]

So fun, I wish I had an elf!

 

[scrap2day]

... I just need more time in the day... haha

Oh, when you figure that one out please share the secret. haha

 

[Amber1279]

I made a facebook page for our Elf: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sparky-the-Elf/173232353052?ref=hl

 

[Sherri Tierney]

I just had to share (I'll post a picture later).... I came home from work to find one of the kids' elves sitting in my desk chair with one of my snowmen ornaments and a hair dryer. LOL I think my hubby is having some fun. The other elf had the end of the cord plugged in to the wall. I was laughing so hard. I took pictures to show the kids.

 

[Milmomma]

Mine are in an album on FB. Not sure if I'm aloud to link them. :/

 

[scrap2day]

*bumping up*


Loving all these elf adventures. Replacing the family photos with photos of the elf was a hit here.

 

[[michele]]

I don't know what I'm more grateful for - Pinterest/Instagram for ideas, or the fact that there are only 2 more nights of this!

What our elf has done:

Brought a dvd of "Elf"
Drew on Eleanor's face
Toilet papered the tree
Built a Lego fort
Strung up some party balloons
Left a couple pictures on the lite-brite
Read a "magazine" - Santa's World
Played on a mini pool table ($1.59 at Drug Mart)
Cut up some snowflakes
Made a "snow" angel in flour
Built a fort out of sugar cubes
Had a "snowball" fight with the snowmen ornaments
Silly Stringed the bathroom
Head popping out of where Crackle would be on the Rice Krispie box
Marshmallow bubble bath
Fishing for Goldfish crackers
Sick day - wadded up kleenex in a tiny wastebasket, tiny thermometer, etc
Sitting on plush Santa's lap
Put a bunch of Elf on the Shelf apps on Dad's phone and changed wallpaper to his picture


I snicker (sympathetically) whenever I see the hashtag: #runningoutofideas

 

[Tracyfish]

I hear ya Michele!! I'm ready for our elf to go back home. It's fun, but tiring.

 

[scrap2day]

Ditto to looking forward to the elf going home. It's been fun but I agree, a bit tiring.

 

[scrap2day]

Head popping out of where Crackle would be on the Rice Krispie box

Thank you! I think we might know what is happening here tomorrow!

 

[k23m]

We had an elf FAIL this morning!! Hubby was supposed to hide it, he came upstairs for a snack at night and got the elf from yesterday's spot. We had a plan and everything.... He tossed it down the stairs, and then FORGOT about it! So the girls found him this morning on the floor at the bottom of the stairs!! My 5 year old came up after finding him and said "he must have run out of ideas....he's just laying on the floor!" LOL
Hubby tried to call me from work early this morning to try and catch me before they got up, but I had my phone off. Ugh! So I had to go do damage control...snuck downstairs and put him in the planned spot, then after breakfast when they noticed he moved I just said that he must have fallen asleep and they woke him up when we turned the lights on. ... seems to have worked. LOL

 

[scrap2day]

My 5 year old came up after finding him and said "he must have run out of ideas....he's just laying on the floor!" LOL

If they only knew how much that is the case here. LOL. I love your story that your elf must have been sleeping and you woke him up by turning on the lights.