20 easy Elf on the Shelf ideas

This was our first year to have an Elf on the Shelf.  My daughter LOVED it!  I must admit, it was pretty fun for me too!  I have seen some crazy stuff on the internet that people do with their elves, but there was no head shaving or undecorating the Christmas tree at our house.  Our elf was cute and mischievious, but not messy or bad.  Here are 15 of the easiest things we did with him...fun the easy way...just my style!

1.  Reading a book ('twas the night before Christmas)

 



 

2.  In the car...

 

3.  In the bathroom wrapped up in a little toilet paper.  If you enjoy cleaning up messes, he could toilet paper a whole room!

 



4.  On top of the cake plate trying to steal the cookies...

 



 

 

5.  Making paper snowflakes...



 

6.  We homeschool and have a big white board, but he could leave a message on any white board you might have.

 

7.  Turned the milk green in the fridge...

8.  putting a puzzle together...

9.  playing a game of Candyland with friends...



10.  He drew a picture of himself and put it on Claire's bulletin board...

 

11.  He decorated a house plant....

 

12.  Having a tea party with friends...



13.  under the tree among the presents....

14.  helping with homework?  Claire left her handwriting book out and he practiced writing his name in cursive...

15.  Playing with toys...he just happened to be playing with zoo animals the day we were going to the zoo!

16.  This is Pete with my daughter's camera.  When she looked at the pictures on it, she found pictures of him...in the Christmas tree, with the cat, etc.



 

17.  We have had an unusually warm December this year so when we got a cold front Pete was ready with the hot chocolate ingredients...

 

18.  He ate a cookie out of the cookie jar...

 

 

19.  He climbed the Jesse Tree.  If you don't have a Jesse tree, he could climb the Christmas tree or a house plant instead.

 

 

20.  One night Pete made a sugar molecule.  Now, this got included in the "easy" post because I needed 1 more easy thing to make 20.  :)

However, this could be done easier if you don't have a molecule kit.  We just happened to have bought one because we were studying molecules that week.  He could also draw the sugar molecule or print it off from the internet.

Elf on the Shelf (Wordful Wednesday)

I caved and got my daughter an elf on the shelf this year.  She's 10 and know the "truth" about Christmas, but she likes to pretend she doesn't.  And you know what?  I like to pretend she doesn't either so that's why I was suckered into paying 30 bucks for this thing.  (Shhh!!  No one tell my husband what it cost!)  Anyway, we've been doing it for 2 days now and it's a lot of fun...and apparantly we got a really smart elf because we've found him reading and writing so far...maybe his educational diligence will rub off on Claire!

This is "Pete."  I have no idea why she named him Pete.  I wanted to name him Elfred...because he's a red elf and if you switch the words you get Elf-red.  Claire was not amused by that and named him Pete. :)

I'm linking up with Parenting by Dummies today for WW.  Stop by and join in the fun!