The Elf on a Shelf – 10 sets of naughty ideas to add magic to your Christmas season

Elf on the Shelf Christmas and Elf Magic traditions are taking the country by storm, for good reason. They offer a delicious way to build holiday excitement and keep kids on their best behavior. This is how they work.

The “official” Elf on the Shelf, Elf Magic Elf or another elf, comes home early in the Christmas season to spend the holidays with his family.

Each night, the elf on a shelf returns to the North Pole, while his children are sleeping, to report to Santa on his behavior.

While the Shelf Elves have a more serious reputation, the Magical Elves are a mischievous bunch and tend to make a mess or pull a crazy trick while everyone is sleeping. Your kids will love waking up every morning and seeing what trouble the leprechaun got into the night before.

Here are ten ideas found on the internet and from local families to inspire your elf:

Elves love to do what your kids love to do

Elves adjust quickly to a home and many mornings are occupied with the favorite activities of the children who live there. Reading their favorite books, playing games (including Wii or Nintendo DS), having a tea party with their dearest dolls, and riding skateboards are Elves’ favorite pastimes.

Elves like computers and social media

Elves in households with teenagers are known to have email, Facebook, and Twitter accounts to keep an eye on the children online and send funny emails, status updates, and tweets. Many goblins also seem to surf the internet late at night, finding fun new sites for the kids to enjoy.

Elves love to be in pictures

Elves are apparently very good at selfies. Many families have found their digital cameras filled with pictures of their Elves in all kinds of crazy poses.

Elves often have a driver’s license

If an Elf cannot be found in the morning, the car is the first place to look. Leprechauns are often found in the driver’s seat, sitting on a pile of pillows or books. The car may be parked upside down or in a crazy position, and in some cases even at the end of the street or in a neighbor’s driveway. Christmas music is usually blaring through the speakers and the gas tank is mysteriously closer to empty than before.

Students write in journals

Elves and children often learn more about each other and build bonds by writing letters back and forth. Some Elves arrive with a festively decorated journal to keep all correspondence in one place. It is rumored that some Elves only write backwards, so the children must hold the note close to the mirror to read it. Some are well versed in Pig Latin or other codes that older children must decipher.

Elves Tell Potty Jokes Too

Bathroom humor spans all languages ​​and species. Leprechauns love to turn toilet water green (with food coloring), decorate Christmas trees in their underwear, decorate children’s rooms with toilet paper or whole houses, and write on bathroom mirrors with lipstick. breast.

Elves spell their names, everywhere!

Each leprechaun has a name. Some are named by the children they observe. Others arrive with a note introducing the Elf. Either way, all the Elves seem to like to leave their signature as often as possible. Maybe the Elf’s name is written in Cheerios, flour, or chocolate syrup on the counter. Other times in toothpaste on the bathroom mirror. Best of all, in food coloring on the freshly fallen snow.

Elves love things that remind them of home.

Snowball fights with cotton balls are a favorite pastime of elves. Also, elves often make elf-sized snow angels. If real snow isn’t available, Insta-Snow or flour are good substitutes. A favorite game of the Elves is Candy Lane. If the house doesn’t already have a copy, Elves have been known to bring one from the North Pole as an early Christmas gift.

Elves don’t always come alone

What could be better than a leprechaun on the shelf? Several Elves, of course. That means the mischief can multiply and kids wake up to elaborate scenes of Elf mayhem. Maybe a game of poker or a game of baseball or football or a play with leprechauns in costumes (taken from other dolls).

The elves play with their neighbors the elves

So many families have their own leprechaun on a shelf during the holidays that the leprechauns join up with neighboring leprechauns to add to the fun. Many neighbor elves have been waiting together at the bus stop for their children to arrive. Other Elves organize a Christmas party for the neighborhood children.

As you can see, the possibilities are endless for your elven lore. Happy Holidays!