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Our Elf on the Shelf named Candle (yes S named her) arrives for her first visit of the year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. She always makes breakfast for us on her arrival day.
What is Elf on the Shelf?
Are you familiar with Elf on the Shelf? The elf is a scout sent from the North Pole to help Santa Claus. The elf flies home each night to tell Santa Clause about the family’s day. However, each morning, the elf returns to the family in a different spot than the day before. S loves to wake up each morning and see where Candle is.
Elf on the Shelf Breakfast
For our Elf on the Shelf breakfast, we have snow covered donuts and glacier hot cocoa.
Candle leaves us pancake batter, so that we can make warm pancakes with maple syrup.
I love S’s face when she sees the breakfast on the table.
Candle also brings a letter and present for S, usually something like a puzzle or game.
After breakfast we read the Elf on the Shelf book together (pardon the hot chocolate/candy cane face).
Then starts the fun of finding Candle each morning and seeing what kind of trouble she has gotten into.
Does your house get visited by an Elf on the Shelf?
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We have a ton of friends who have an Elf on the Shelf. My little guy is still too little. I don’t know if I would be creative enough.
Next week I am going to post a list of easy ideas. I really try not to make it complicated or messy!
We love some Elf On The Shelf around here! Can’t wait til he shows up next week 😉
Me too! Ours is showing up this Sunday since we are going to be out of town for a week in December.
We still haven’t gotten into Elf on a Shelf since Britton’s a tad too little this year. I bet it is SO much fun for your daughter when she comes down each morning–this is the stuff that Christmas memories are made of! 🙂
Yes, she cannot wait for Candle to show up this year. S asked if she could come early this year because we were going to be out of town for a week in December.
We will be doing Elf on the Shelf for the first time this year. I didn’t know when I should bring our elf out but I think I’ll do it on Thanksgiving. Seems like the elf will be a lot of work but I know my girls would love it. Looks like S really enjoys her elf.
It’s not too bad moving the elf. I try to do easy, non-messy ideas – I’ll have a post next week 🙂 Your girls will enjoy finding their elf.
My children are grown but my grandchildren enjoy Elf on the Shelf. They call theirs, Buddy. Buddy brings many family memories to their home. I almost wish my husband and I had our own Elf.
I have seen several couples do Elf on the Shelf and they alternate who hides him. That would be fun!
We haven’t started Elf on the Shelf (daughter is 2), but I think it’s definitely a tradition that we’ll begin next year! I’ve seen such creativity from other moms who participate.
It is fun to do and I enjoy how much my daughter loves it.
You know I never even heard of Elf on a Shelf before I started blogging. Very cool 🙂
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Thanks Nancy! The elf is so fun!
What a wonderful idea! I am sharing this with my daughter as an idea when she starts Elf on the Shelf with my little granddaughter. I found you over at On Display Thursday. I have already shared this on G+ and will be pinning! This is brilliant!
Thank you so much Chloe! We enjoy having our elf and cannot wait for her to arrive this year.
I love this idea for Elf on The Shelf! We started the tradition last year, so this year I can do more fun things like breakfast with Elf Holly!
It’s so much fun to play around with the elf 🙂
Candle — such a beautiful name. Hehe. I barely heard of Elf on the Shelf last year, but it’s such a cute, festive idea. :] // â–² itsCarmen.com â–²
Thank you Carmen! We love having our elf around during the holidays. She’s so much fun!
I love that your Elf makes breakfast on his first day arrival back from the North Pole! I seriously can’t get enough Elf on the Shelf ideas! This is a great one!
Thank you so much Susen! It is so fun to have our Elf make us breakfast!
I love reading about elf on the shelf adventures!
Elf on the Shelf is so much fun!
Aww love the idea of Elf on a shelve 🙂
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Thank you Claire!
This is just too stinkin’ cute!!!
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Thank you so much Judy! It’s so fun to put together!
I love the note from Elf on the Shelf. I am soo ready to get ours out. Thanks for linking up to On Display Thursday!
Thank you Carmody! Elf on the Shelf is actually a lot of fun!
Oh my! I love this! Pinned and tweeted. We always love partying with you, I hope to see you Monday at 7 pm at our party. Happy Sunday! Lou Lou Girls
Thank you so much Kimberly!
Such a cute idea that looks like so much fun! Thank you so much for sharing at the (extra-long) #homematters linky party! A brand new party starts TOMORROW! We hope to see you then! 🙂
Thank you Kristen!