What isn’t to love about the Christmas season…..sales, family, food, spirits, and the endless energy of the Elf.  Moving nightly into creative and new spots with crazy shenanigans at play.  It’s super fun of course, but sometimes your well of ideas dries up and you need just a bit of inspiration to get you over the dry spell.

Have your Elf show up with a large wall coloring poster!  Your kids can color on it throughout the whole holiday season and your Elf can leave messages and do a little coloring on it as well!  Magic Elf Wall Coloring Poster sold in our shop.

The sleigh is packed and all Elves need to check in.  The quickest way to do that is on your cell phone!  Have a friend be your counter part so kids can read the responses from Santa.  (idea from Picklehead Soup)

Even elves cause a little mischief sometimes and what looks like your Elf robbing you blind might really be your Elf filling up the piggy bank! (idea from Picklehead Soup)

Everyone needs a little Elf 101, even Ariel, Elsa, and Pooh. (idea from A Small Snippett)

There is no way to deny who ate the M&M’s here.  Kids love the mischief that these little elves can get into! (idea from A Life Examined)

Set your Elf up in game mode against the Wise Men – sports, trivia, snowball fight – it’s all fun and games! (idea from A Small Snippett)

Have your Elf add some Rudolph noses to pictures, draw mustaches with black dry erase markers, or add some googly eyes to those precious faces! (idea from A Mommy’s Adventure)

You know we LOVE Buddy the Elf (see our Elf inspired collection).  Have a family movie night watching Buddy the Elf and wake up to your Elf eating this fabulous breakfast (Is there sugar in syrup?) (idea from I Heart Naptime)

Sack race anyone?! (idea from Picklehead Soup)

How incredibly precious is this Elf in his bunny suit!  A Christmas Story can be appreciated by kids now and for generations to come.  (source unknown)

Creative Swing- hopefully your elf discovers an already empty roll and doesn’t leave the toiler paper all over your house. I’ve seen a few photos with some TP’d homes.   (idea from Tip Junkie)

Replace all your photos with pictures of your Elf or maybe he sets up his own little shroud.  He is awfully cute! (source unknown)

If you pack your kids lunches the night before, have your Elf wrap up each item in the lunch box! Be sure your kids know the Elf did it and not you so they think you are still somewhat sane. (idea from A Small Snippett)

Your kids will love creating music videos of themselves at “Elf Yourself” just as much as your Elf does! (idea from A Small Snippett)

Simple, easy, and super precious!  (Idea from A Small Snippett)

Relaxing in a hammock-that’s totally my style. (idea from by Evy Photography)

Have your Elf make a mini ring chain countdown to Christmas.  Good thing he has little fingers so making mini rings should be a breeze for him! (idea from The Little Things)

If your Elf is a fashionista, Amazon has the cutest little Elf on the Shelf clothing that you can purchase.  Have your Elf show up in the clothing one day or have your kids pick out the clothes as a gift for him/her.  Elves love gifts!

Elf on the Shelf has both girl and boy versions as well as various ethnicity’s!  Amazon has all versions.   We would love to see photos of your clever Elf antics!