Saturday, December 10, 2011

Elf on the Shelf Ideas ~ Week One

Last week, I shared our fun  
that our Elf planned for us to start 
the month of December.  
Here's what he's been up to since December 1st...


 Day 2 ~ Caught in the corner of the living room making Q-tip snowflakes.



 Day 3 ~ Found sitting on the shelf in my son's room.




 Day 4 ~ Sneaking chocolate chips in the pantry.




 Day 5 ~ Left us a message on our dry erase calendar


 Day 6 ~ He switched our shower curtain to our Winter Snowflake one,
then took a shower himself.


 Day 7 ~ Taking a little break for an Elf mani/pedi 
in the girls' room.


Day 8 ~ He left us a cute 
Candycane Garden Planting Kit.



The kids added the North Pole dirt, sprinkled on the fertilizer and planted the candy cane seeds.




Day 9 ~ Unfortunately, he could only leave us a note and no special candy canes grew :(

Day 10 ~ Luckily the next day was better 
and some M&M-filled candy canes 
grew in the Candycane Garden.



The fun continued the following week ~ check it out HERE!


Have your elves been having fun?


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17 comments:

hate2clean said...

So cute, Laura!! Our elf only seems to remember that he's supposed to move when mom or dad wake up in the morning. Yours is much more fun!

East Coast Mommy said...

So much fun! Great ideas. Love that he didn't leave the candycanes right away. :-)

Leapfrog and Ladybugs said...

I LOVE the candycane seeds idea... Sooo cute!!!

Little Wonders' Days said...

Eeks! I love you magic candy cane note and what finally grew. Very cute.

2littlehooligans said...

my kids are a little too young, but next year we will start the elf tradition. love the note, great idea:)

Lindsay said...

Very cute ideas!! I love the q-tip snowflake!

Crystal said...

Love it! Pinning many of these ideas. We are doing Elf on a Shelf this year for the first time and love seeing all the places he visits. :)

Heather@ Creative Family Moments said...

Awesome! Love it!

BigBearswife said...

oo I love the Candycane Garden Planting Kit. haha too cute!

Where the Wild Things Grow said...

This is so cute. I am going to have to share this with my sister for her little boy!!! Thanks for sharing.

Amber - Binkertation said...

You are way too creative!!! LOVE it - Audrey's not really so into the elf yet, but I'll probably steal some of these next year.

Bill Szczytko said...

VERY creative. Thanks for sharing the garden idea!

Shirley said...

Love these ideas, especially the one with the q-tips! :)

Kelly said...

I love the candy cane garden idea! I will have to also use the "note" from the elf. I have reminded Madison that the Elf is watching but it doesn't seem to phase her :(

Jessica said...

Oh my you have such good ideas for the elf! I am such a slacker with our elf :( I gotta get on the stick & get busy....you have given me some great ideas :) Thank you! Tipjunkie visitor

Anonymous said...

Love the candy cane garden idea. Thanks for sharing.

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Tutus & Tea Parties said...

Oh my goodness, what great ideas! I love the candy cane garden! My daughter is getting an Elf on the Shelf this year for Christmas so I'll have to mark these for next year!

I'd love for you to link up and share: http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/search/label/Link%20Party

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