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!
Sophie
What lovely festive photos, I’ve never done Elf on the Shelf either but its such a lovely idea- https://sophiehearts.net x
Kayla Arnold
I’m so excited to do it next month!!
Sian
This is soo adorable and it’s nice that you can do lots of great things with Elf on the Shelf!!
Kayla Arnold
I’m so excited to start doing it!!
Hebah
These are all such cute ideas! Thank you for sharing xx
Kayla Arnold
Thank you for reading!
Keziah
This is so very creative. WOW!!!!
Kayla Arnold
Thank you so much!
Sonam
This looks so cute and creative ☺️
Kayla Arnold
Thank you!
Becca
Omg this is soooo cute!
Kayla Arnold
Thank you!!
Erika
Very fun ideas. I’m sure this will be a great post to get inspiration from.
Kayla Arnold
I hope so!
KRIS
Such great ideas! I’m passing this along to my cousin for sure!
Kayla Arnold
I hope it helps them!