30+ ELF ON THE SHELF IDEAS

This year we are doing the Elf on the Shelf for the first time ever! I wanted to do it last year, but I didn’t buy an elf in time, so this year I made sure I got one early! I’ve been so in love with the Elf on the Shelf tradition for a while now so I’m super excited to start it in our family. Thinking up new ideas for every single day could become quite tiring, so I thought I’d help you all out and write a list of my favourite ones that I’ve seen so far. 

  • Arriving – Elf Door 

  • Elf Twister (inspiration + printable)
  • Snowball Fight (inspiration)
  • In a Snow Globe (inspiration)
  • Making Snowflake Decorations (inspiration)
  • Toilet Paper on the Tree (inspiration)
  • Ate all the Cookies (inspiration)
  • Kissing the Angel on top of the Tree (inspiration)
  • In a Tree Decoration (inspiration)
  • Playing with Silly String (inspiration)
  • Taped to the Wall (inspiration)
  • Googly eyes on all the Fridge Items (inspiration)
  • Snow Angel in Flour (inspiration)
  • Covered in Bandaids (inspiration)
  • Wrapping Gifts

  • Gingerbread Man Costume (inspiration)
  • Doing Laundry (inspiration)
  • Astronaut Costume (inspiration)
  • Elf Ball Pit (inspiration)
  • Toasting Marshmallows (inspiration)
  • Flying Through the House (inspiration + printable)
  • Gingerbread House (inspiration)
  • Spin the Bottle (inspiration)
  • Naughty Kids = On Strike (inspiration)
  • Melted Snowman (inspiration)
  • Pin the Carrot on the Snowman (inspiration)
  • Making Reindeer Food (inspiration)
  • In a Tree House (inspiration)
  • Naughty and Nice Meter (inspiration + printable)
  • Reading the Elf on the Shelf Book (printable)

  • Covered in Stickers (inspiration)
  • Superhero (inspiration + printable)
  • Doing a Painting (inspiration)
  • Playing a Game of Cards (inspiration)

I am so excited to recreate a bunch of these ideas! If you want to follow our Elf journey during December, you can view the Twitter thread here!! Don’t forget to follow my Elf on the Shelf board on Pinterest for even more ideas!

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17 Comments

  1. Reply

    Sophie

    28/11/2017

    What lovely festive photos, I’ve never done Elf on the Shelf either but its such a lovely idea- https://sophiehearts.net x

    • Reply

      Kayla Arnold

      28/11/2017

      I’m so excited to do it next month!!

  2. Reply

    Sian

    27/11/2017

    This is soo adorable and it’s nice that you can do lots of great things with Elf on the Shelf!!

    • Reply

      Kayla Arnold

      28/11/2017

      I’m so excited to start doing it!!

  3. Reply

    Hebah

    26/11/2017

    These are all such cute ideas! Thank you for sharing xx

    • Reply

      Kayla Arnold

      26/11/2017

      Thank you for reading!

  4. Reply

    Keziah

    25/11/2017

    This is so very creative. WOW!!!!

    • Reply

      Kayla Arnold

      25/11/2017

      Thank you so much!

  5. Reply

    Sonam

    25/11/2017

    This looks so cute and creative ☺️

    • Reply

      Kayla Arnold

      25/11/2017

      Thank you!

  6. Reply

    Becca

    25/11/2017

    Omg this is soooo cute!

    • Reply

      Kayla Arnold

      25/11/2017

      Thank you!!

  7. Reply

    Erika

    25/11/2017

    Very fun ideas. I’m sure this will be a great post to get inspiration from.

    • Reply

      Kayla Arnold

      25/11/2017

      I hope so!

  8. Reply

    KRIS

    25/11/2017

    Such great ideas! I’m passing this along to my cousin for sure!

    • Reply

      Kayla Arnold

      25/11/2017

      I hope it helps them!

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