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Dear makers of Elf on a shelf (1 Viewer)
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Jewell
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The Commish
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randall146
Footballguy
I assumed the "no touching" schtick is to help parents by preventing kids from losing the elf thereby ruining the whole thing
JHuber77
Footballguy
My kids aren't phased by this at all. They think its cool that he changes places but thats about it. They could give a crap that he "watches them" to make sure they are good and report back to Santa. If the makers of this product would attach some velco to the hands this would be way better, that way you don't have the apocalypse coming when he accidentally falls to the ground or your kids get a little too eager and touch him/her.
Third year in our hose with Elfie. I have forgotten three times already this year and told the kids I told Elfie not to leave because Santa would have had gotten some bad reports. Also told them that is the last time I am saving them from the bad list. Running out of excuses.
Great tradition though as the kids love it.
Great tradition though as the kids love it.
B-Deep
Footballguy
elfie?
RBM
Footballguy
Jewell
Footballguy
Kids are supposed to give the elf a name, and kids aren't always the most original. My niece and nephew named there's Reggie.
moleculo
Footballguy
good for them. Makes me feel a little better about this damn thing.
oso diablo
Footballguy
12 excuses for when you forget to move EOTS
My 7yo asked if we could get an EOTS last night. i blurted out that it isn't real; it's just a toy. oso the dream-crusher.
My 7yo asked if we could get an EOTS last night. i blurted out that it isn't real; it's just a toy. oso the dream-crusher.
moleculo
Footballguy
no worse than any other movie my 3 yr old and 5 yr old daughters watch over and over and over and over... My Little Pony, Toy Story, Tangled, anything from the Barbie franchise, etc.Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
wtf is elf on a shelf? I see people posting pictures on facebook, but I thought they were just being weird.
playin4beer
Footballguy
We've had ours since 05 or 06?? Got it as a Christmas gift for our girls from a family friend. He's been around so long now, that 3 of my 4 girls are old enough to know the truth.. which makes it easier on us because they help move him for us. Only the youngest (7) is still a believer.
PrinceofDarkness
Footballguy
Wow. I am thankful my kids aren't into this at all.
shadyridr
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PIK95
Footballguy
Our Elf doesn't rat to Santa. We are in Cranston Rhode Island and we don't believe in rats here.
Bogart
Footballguy
My ex is doing Elf On A Shelf for the first time this year, kids are 8 and 4 and love it.
Problem is that she spent her wad too early on Elfie (his name) creative ways. So far the elf has done the following:
Decorated the Christmas tree with the kid's underwear
Raced Ken in two Barbie cars. Both drivers had Barbies riding with them.
Shared a "drink" with Barbie as both had straws in a bottle of maple syrup.
Playing a game of UNO with other stuffed animals
Riding a paper origami dragon that was also moved out of the room it is normally in.
Spelled his name in toothpaste on the bathroom mirror
Vandalized a Christmas photo of the kids with Santa, giving everyone crazy hair and beards with a sharpie.
Playing Angry Birds.
Performing a ukulele concert in front of a crowd of about 20 stuffed animals.
Thankfully I only have to come up with about 4 ideas for the nights I have them before Christmas.
Problem is that she spent her wad too early on Elfie (his name) creative ways. So far the elf has done the following:
Decorated the Christmas tree with the kid's underwear
Raced Ken in two Barbie cars. Both drivers had Barbies riding with them.
Shared a "drink" with Barbie as both had straws in a bottle of maple syrup.
Playing a game of UNO with other stuffed animals
Riding a paper origami dragon that was also moved out of the room it is normally in.
Spelled his name in toothpaste on the bathroom mirror
Vandalized a Christmas photo of the kids with Santa, giving everyone crazy hair and beards with a sharpie.
Playing Angry Birds.
Performing a ukulele concert in front of a crowd of about 20 stuffed animals.
Thankfully I only have to come up with about 4 ideas for the nights I have them before Christmas.
PrinceofDarkness
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I just don't have the will to lie to my kids about stupid ####. . .Really? It take zero effort at all to move this thing once a day.
playin4beer
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wow... ours just moves to a different location each night...My ex is doing Elf On A Shelf for the first time this year, kids are 8 and 4 and love it.Problem is that she spent her wad too early on Elfie (his name) creative ways. So far the elf has done the followingecorated the Christmas tree with the kid's underwearRaced Ken in two Barbie cars. Both drivers had Barbies riding with them.Shared a "drink" with Barbie as both had straws in a bottle of maple syrup. Playing a game of UNO with other stuffed animalsRiding a paper origami dragon that was also moved out of the room it is normally in.Spelled his name in toothpaste on the bathroom mirrorVandalized a Christmas photo of the kids with Santa, giving everyone crazy hair and beards with a sharpie.Playing Angry Birds. Performing a ukulele concert in front of a crowd of about 20 stuffed animals.Thankfully I only have to come up with about 4 ideas for the nights I have them before Christmas.
Jaysus
Good times!
Yeah, that is way out of my league. Mr Peppermint generally just, you know, sits on a shelf.wow... ours just moves to a different location each night...My ex is doing Elf On A Shelf for the first time this year, kids are 8 and 4 and love it.Problem is that she spent her wad too early on Elfie (his name) creative ways. So far the elf has done the following
shadyridr
Footballguy
so they dont believe in Santa Claus?I just don't have the will to lie to my kids about stupid ####. . .
shadyridr
Footballguy
THISwomen are nutswow... ours just moves to a different location each night...My ex is doing Elf On A Shelf for the first time this year, kids are 8 and 4 and love it.Problem is that she spent her wad too early on Elfie (his name) creative ways. So far the elf has done the following
The Commish
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THISwomen are nutswow... ours just moves to a different location each night...My ex is doing Elf On A Shelf for the first time this year, kids are 8 and 4 and love it.Problem is that she spent her wad too early on Elfie (his name) creative ways. So far the elf has done the following
My wife even thought this was too much work.
Jewell
Footballguy
My ex is doing Elf On A Shelf for the first time this year, kids are 8 and 4 and love it.Problem is that she spent her wad too early on Elfie (his name) creative ways. So far the elf has done the following
Your ex is an Elf on the Shelf HOFer.
MCguidance
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I don't have kids, but this seems pretty cool. Kids must dig it. I would only do it like every Friday night or something, though. Such a smart idea - these women killed it.THISwomen are nutswow... ours just moves to a different location each night...My ex is doing Elf On A Shelf for the first time this year, kids are 8 and 4 and love it.Problem is that she spent her wad too early on Elfie (his name) creative ways. So far the elf has done the following
Smart boy.My 3 yr old doesnt feel threatened by his AT ALL.Me - Son, if you dont listen, Max (elf's name) will go to the North Pole and tell Santa you're being a bad boy and he wont come backSon-
Kool-Aid Larry
Footballguy
are you sure it isn't dead?
Usual21
Footballguy
AWESOME!
The Commish
Footballguy
Oh, my son would absolutely love it. I mentioned it to my wife...we might try a couple here or there, but there's no way I'd be able to do something like that every day.I don't have kids, but this seems pretty cool. Kids must dig it. I would only do it like every Friday night or something, though. Such a smart idea - these women killed it.THISwomen are nutswow... ours just moves to a different location each night...My ex is doing Elf On A Shelf for the first time this year, kids are 8 and 4 and love it.Problem is that she spent her wad too early on Elfie (his name) creative ways. So far the elf has done the following
tdoss
Footballguy
Don't try to institute this when your kids are teens.
My wife brought it home and was having fun with it the first couple of nights by putting it in funny situations only to wake up Saturday morning to it hanging by its neck with an iPod charger cord from the ceiling fan. For added measure, my son turned the fan on low so the elf was spinning slowly around and around as she entered the room.
My wife brought it home and was having fun with it the first couple of nights by putting it in funny situations only to wake up Saturday morning to it hanging by its neck with an iPod charger cord from the ceiling fan. For added measure, my son turned the fan on low so the elf was spinning slowly around and around as she entered the room.
tdoss
Footballguy
My son tells me he had a thought of taking the elf's head and mounting it on our desert tortoise (ala Breaking Bad) but because the weather change he couldn't find him because he's dug in hibernated somewhere.Snitch's don't do we'll in my household
Bogart
Footballguy
Can't decide if that's better or worse than my idea of having Elfie behind a naked Barbie on all fours.
AcerFC
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PrinceofDarkness
Footballguy
No, they never have - kids are now 10, 9, and 3. My 9 year old reports that the vast majority of the kids in his 3rd grade class still believe in Santa.I've been lambasted on these boards in the past for my No-Santa approach.so they dont believe in Santa Claus?I just don't have the will to lie to my kids about stupid ####. . .
iamsmilin
I want one, but I'm not creative
So wrong.
Way to follow through.Santa came to our house, but gave our son underwear, some sticks and leaves etc with a note saying if he was really sorry four touching the elf mama and daddy had the rest of his presents and we could give them to him if we chose. Never a problem since.Sincerely thought about going this routeThis is remedied when he doesn't get any presents from SantaMy 3 yr old doesnt feel threatened by his AT ALL.Me - Son, if you dont listen, Max (elf's name) will go to the North Pole and tell Santa you're being a bad boy and he wont come backSon-
Seriously? It's worse than when I was in college and the guys made someone's tickle me Elmo hump every stuffed animal around. Personally I don't want to do it. Not gonna start it. You can't make me.
Deepster
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This year, my daughter wrote him (Henry) a question on a piece of paper and when she went to bed, we answered it. Now, she's had this "conversation" going every night with a different question and he scrawls out a 1 or 2 word answer. It's pretty funny.
"If I touch you, will you really lose your magic?"
"How do you like being an elf?"
"Do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"If I touch you, will you really lose your magic?"
"How do you like being an elf?"
"Do you have any brothers or sisters?"
AcerFC
Footballguy
Not even if lil smilin cries for it. My daughter didnt cry but she kept asking.
Jaysus
Good times!
It only stayed like that long enough for the photo... he did wind up with a 'girl' on each arm that night though.
Please See Mine
Footballguy
Told my daughter that he was probably tired and/or taking the weekend off. She was a little concerned that it was because she touched it.I do like the schtick posted upthread of having the elf steal things and whatnot.
Black Box
Footballguy
And you can only imagine the chaos that goes on in the store each night.
Black Sunshine
Footballguy
We didnt do the official Elf but my wife wanted to be more creative and do her own version. Its one of the tinkerbell fairies dressed up in christmas garb that showed up one night in a sleigh she painted with a tiny scroll. My 7 year old exchanged letters with it a couple of times now and put a bed out for it last night that it was in this morning when she woke up. She believes but also wasnt totally buying at first. Thinking it may be the last year for Santa for her. Cant remember how old I was when I found out hut I was crushed. Nothing like setting up your children for a big let down eh?
iamsmilin
I want one, but I'm not creative
Lil smilin is a master manipulator but I will fight it with all I have.
Rayderr
Footballguy
Do you have a ouija board? You can have him just point to the "yes" and "no" sections of the board.
17seconds
root of all aliai
that's awesome
