40 Elf On The Shelf Ideas -

We have been doing Elf on the Shelf in our house for four years now and in that time the elf has created much mischief! I thought I’d put together all our activities in one handy post – I’ve sorted them into sections on how much effort they take to set up too, so hopefully you’ll find some ideas.

Easy To Do Elf On The Shelf Ideas

These are pretty straight forward ideas that you can put together within minutes, particularly good if you’ve forgotten and need a quick one!

Grab a pen and some bananas and you’re done

Hand your elf from a clock, or wherever you want!

Again hang your elf and leave a note and let the kids have a fun game in the morning

Really quick and easy, just shove them in the fridge!

If you’ve got a load of hair clips you’re sorted

Looks harder than it is, you just have the clean up after

Another easy one but with a message for your messy ones

A good excuse for the elf not to have moved much is the let them have a sick day

Grab a few dolls and a book and you’re done

Ideas That Take A Bit More Effort

Requires getting out some dolls and setting them up

To do this I took a photo on their ipads then saved it as their background

Put sellotape over the faces and draw on a moustache

Needs a bit of effort, some foil and creativity but this was one of my favourite ones

Again you’ll need foil and a bit of time for this one

A bit of time and stealth to do this one

You’ll just need to make a slice of toast for this

Takes a bit of effort to do but really fun

This one uses flour and mustard to recreate

Just takes a bit more effort to set up the zip line

These Ones Take Some Pre-Planning

I bought this bedding then had to very carefully put it on when they were sleeping. Better when they are younger.

Christmas jumpers were delivered that I’d previously bought

I had to buy the tic tacs and the kinder eggs they changed in to ready for this one

I found Christmas toilet roll to do this one

This was a bit more elaborate as I bought mini trees and some decorations

I hope that’s given you a few elf on the shelf ideas for this December. Remember it may be an effort but it’s worth it to see their faces and keep the magic alive! If you like the elf we use it is from the Elf for Christmas shop and I can highly recommend, we’ve used ours for years!