Elf on the Shelf

LoveActually4 · October 2013

Please educate me on this.

We don't have it (yet) and my stepson said I'm depriving them all by not doing it, I don't even know what it is.

Thanks!

MrsCodeMonkey · October 2013

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000XR6MBQ

People set him up in funny poses. I find him a tad creepy, but it looks like something cute to do with the kids.

MrsCodeMonkey · October 2013

Do a search for funny Elf on the Shelf pictures. They range from potty humor to threesomes with Barbies. And then there's this take on the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie:"

https://articlesofabsurdity.com/category/elf-on-the-shelf/

LaurelBee · October 2013

I bought one for Ds last year, then gave it away to my cousin Bc ain't nobody got time for that. I'm already lying to them about Santa, I guess I don't need to add a creeper doll to the mix

MrsCodeMonkey · October 2013

@LoveActually4 you could try doing the same activity with a doll or action figure. In a few years I'm thinking DD would love making a santa hat out of felt to put on a doll...or how about Batman? That would be awesome. $30 for an elf is a bit much.

scoutkate · October 2013

We got one as a gift last year and I'm looking forward to doing it again this year. We don't make our elf do crazy things, we just move him around every night and tell Betsy that he's reporting bad behavior to Santa.

JackoftheBox · October 2013

I thinks he's funny. We are getting one for DS this year. We will see how it pans out...

ILoveBoys · October 2013

We do not do elaborate schemes with ours. He just moves from room to room. DH even got him sitting in our second story foyer window last year. The boys liked that. It doesn't have to be a huge thing.

theimpossibleastronaut · October 2013

Team creepy. My DH has a coworker whose kids are terrified of it. I agree with the kids. It reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode about a killer doll... :shudders:

lildevil968 · October 2013

We did this last year, and the kids loved it. Our elf didn't do bad things, she just landed different places in the house, and the kids had to find her every morning.

Meeshe · October 2013

My kids LOVE it. We don't do any of the elaborate stuff. It's hard enough to remember to move him every night. But they are so excited to find him in the morning. It's very cute. My daughter named him Donald the first year when she was 3. She told me the other day that she really hopes that Donald comes back this year. She's 6.