It’s time to welcome the Elves back on December 1st. Are we ready? Probably not, but I wanted to write The Lazy Mum’s Guide to Elf On The Shelf for those quick and easy set ups.
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Meet Zippy & Trixie the little elves that have visited us for a few years now. They keep Rosie entertained with their antics in December.
Zippy & Trixie aren’t those Pinterest-fancy kind of elves. They are the laid back kind of elves which is perfect. So I don’t usually have to clear up too much mess from their naughtiness in the morning.
If you are getting an elf for the first time this year my advice is go simple first of all. Your children will be amazed at what ever they wake up to.You can buy them on Amazon.
Have a few ready and maybe write a little list so you are prepared. (This helped me last year as work was so busy)
So you know, on a Friday evening if you have had a few glasses of wine you can easily put together an elf antic.
Trixie & Zippy have one rule in our house. They are not allowed upstairs.
So here we go:
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Fill a tupperware box of water, add googly eyes & a carrot. Next to it sit your elf with a note saying ” I tried to bring a snowman back from the North Pole”
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Sprinkle flour on your kitchen worktop. Make ‘Elf Angels’ in it.
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Line loads of your shoes up in a train and fill them with cuddly toys. Eves at the front with a sign saying “All aboard the elf train”
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Put your elf in the fridge with a sign saying”Just chilling” It might take them a while to find them!
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Cover your Christmas tree in toilet paper and put the elf in your tree.
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Stick their feet to the ceiling so they hang upside down.
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Snuggle them up the sofa with snacks and the TV remote.
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Tape a toy of elf to a cup and have another toy/elf aim the nerf gun at it!
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Spell out a rude word with Cherrios. This is the one Rosie remembers above all the rest. And we don’t normally have cereal so she was chuffed she got these for brekkie for a while!
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Put a bra in the Christmas tree. Put the elves in it with a note saying ” We are in a booby trap”
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Make your elf into a snowman with 3 toilet rolls
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Off for a rollercoaster ride in the washing machine
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Got any googly eyes?
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Cover shoes with tinfoil
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Add some chocolate spread to a glass or mug and some weak orange juice to another for an elf loo
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Pinterest has some printable heads to cut out for your elf….super easy!
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Half grate a carrot for the ‘Snowman nose rejection area’ poor snowman!
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Games night!
PRO TIP:
Set your alarm to move the elf before you go to bed!
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