1. Make your elf appear to be roasting marshmallows by seating your elf next to your stove or in the kitchen next to a small tea light candle. Take a small stick pretzel place a mini marshmallow on the end of it and place the stick in your elfs arms. Scatter some marshmallows around the Elf.
2. Hostess snowball cakes and individually wrapped them in plastic wrap.. one in the Elf's hands and the other lying on top of a stuffed animal as if the Elf hit Sonic with a snowball
3. Nerf gun fight – darts everywhere4. Laundry fight – clothes everywhere
5. Lipstick on mirror message
6. Riding in Barbie's car with her.
7. Rearrange story books in ABC order or in a pile of disarray
8. Clean closet or make mess of closet
9. “We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.” -From the Movie Elf Have you elf drinking the syrup in the pantry threw a straw
10. Hang from shower nozzle with a towel on
11. Unroll toilet paper roll on the floor, around Christmas tree, etc.12. Create the elf donuts from my past blog and have your elf sitting with a plate of them ready to eat!
13. Caught sneaking candy
14. Eat milk and cookies
15. Emailing Santa at your computer with the document up : Dear Santa, Sorry I couldn't make it back to the North Polk tonight! I wanted to update you on XXX....
16. Write a message on the on the snow covered car window
17. Create a paper chain with a bit of a mess to show for it
18. Playing Connect 4 with another doll.
19. Hang from chandelier or ceiling fan
20. Make faces on school pictures with a marker
21. The elf put on a little felt scarf and spent the night in the freezer….it reminds him of the North Pole
22. Play board game with stuffed animal friends or action figures
23. Tea party with stuffed animal friends
24. Read book, newspaper, e-reader, ipad, computer, etc
25. Listen to child’s ipod
26. Play child’s DS/itouch
27. Play video games
28. Draw picture
29. Color in coloring book
30. Dump toybox
31. Create a block tower
32. Cut out little red paper feet and create a "track" which leads to your elf outside the back door looking inside like he was locked out.
33. Hanging out at the spice rack w/ a spoon and a bag full of reindeer food. (oatmeal, sprinkles and raisins.)
34. Hide one shoe
35. Sit in shoe, holding shoe laces as if going on a sleigh ride
36. Elf sitting with an empty bag of M&M's
37. Elf sitting with a midnight snack: Pumpkin pie almost all gone but some little "crumbles" use a baby fork.
38. Make cookies – flour everywhere
39. Attach the elf to a balloon and let him float around all day
40. Turn toilet water blue
41. Turn milk blue
42. Take picture of child sleeping
43. Hang out on child’s bedpost
44. Hang candy canes from the chandelier, then have the elf hanging from a candy cane.
45. Make paper airplanes and fly them around the house
46. Build something great with Legos
47. Put toothbrushes in toilet or clean toilet with toothbrushes– yuck (make sure new standbys are waiting in the wings)
48. Type /write an amazing letter of all the wonderful qualities your Elf has witnessed of your child!!!!!!!!
49. Have a package arrive via UPS/US Postal Service – new clothes for your Elf ordered by yours truly.
50. Hide parents phone, keys, or mom’s blow dryer
51. Recreate your family tree that now includes your Elf
52. Nothing. If your elf didn’t move overnight then perhaps their behavior contributed to their elf not moving.
53. Fold clothes, empty dishwasher, vacuum
54. Dust, sweep kitchen
55. Rake leaves/shovel or play in the snow
56. Dance party – music playing & stuffed friends dancing
57. Game day – playing soccer, baseball, basketball, dance, gymnastics, karate, etc in the house
58. Complete child’s homework or add pictures on homework
59. Make phone call
60. Cutting Coupons (maybe games or toys he wants?)
61. Run on treadmill/ ride exercise bike
62. Sew on sewing machine
63. Play cards
64. Learn multiplication facts
65. Play dress up – wearing mini homemade reindeer ears, etc.
66. Cover a room with Post-it notes on EVERY wall
67. Watch movie with popcorn & remote control
68. Drink a bottle of wine with your husband/wife, then hang the elf upside down on the empty bottle.
69. Change all clock times
70. Take all the kitchen cabinet knobs off
71. Unscrew all the light blubs
72. Lock car keys in the car (parents have to have good acting skills & time on their side)
73. Tear up child’s old homework
74. Take a red lipstick and put on everybody in the house noses as they are sleeping. When the children awake they will see their elf holding the lipstick with a note saying “Look in the mirror” with a picture of Rudolph. The children look in the mirror and see their noses paint like Rudolph.
75. Skype a friend/family member as your child is waking up (get someone to play along)
76. Open and eat some of a candy cane then put some candy "bits" or red on elf face.
77. Wrap gifts or cut up wrapping paper
78. Cut out toy pictures from toy catalog
79. Try on mom’s jewelry
80. Elf packs school lunches but mixes up everyone lunches (each child receives siblings lunch – great conversation piece at dinner)
81. Have him in the bathroom with toothpaste and toothbrush: place some of the paste on his mouth. He is brushing his teeth!
82. Cool off a cup of HOT chocolate with a stationary fan
83. Elf writes his own X-mas list – Elf clothes, Mrs. Elf, candy, etc.
84. Create a scavenger hunt for the kids with clues leading to mischief
85. Leave paper trail (or dog food trail) through house
86. Hang wet clothes on clothesline outside– especially funny in colder climates because their clothes will be stiff
87. Build a family fort with a name on the front
88. Wrap a new gift for the kids to open – exciting and thoughtful
89. Turn all the kitchen chairs backwards
90. Turn all the breakfast plates upside down
91. Swing on outdoor swing set – chilly
92. Sit by warm fire – cozy
93. Sit on toilet
94. Cover lawn with Easter decorations such as plastic eggs
95. Have mixer out and a flour mess, baking something!
96. Build snowman
97. Hang your elf from a curtain rod: Watching the room
98. Create a mask & cape out of paper/cloth – Super Elf! Perhaps he can be hanging from the ceiling by fishing line.
99. Inspire reading, writing or imagination – leave a new book to be read or ask child to write a list things they are thankful for or ask child to finish Elf’s half written story making it as silly and creative as possible
100.Write a message in the snow (better for little ones who won’t notice the obvious footprints)
101.Hand your Elf in a doorway with your mistletoe. Leave Hershey Kisses scattered on the floor.
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