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Elf on the Shelf Tracker

Your Elf on the Shelf has arrived, now what? Does just the thought of a Scout Elf coming in your house give you anxiety? It gave me anxiety for a long time and that is why I have been working on new Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily (in the months of November and December) for the past seven years.

Every year I bring you at least 55 New Elf on the Shelf Ideas. I have been doing this for 7 years, so in our Huge Elf on the Shelf List (100+ ideas) You can find over 500 Funny Elf on the Shelf Ideas. Many come with a Free Elf on the Shelf Printable.

If you are getting started with the offical Elf on the Shelf, make sure you have a Bendable Scout Elf.  In addition to our free Elf printables, you also can shop our best collection of Elf Digital Downloads & Printables.

Magical Elf on the Shelf Trackers

Let’s talk about different Elf on the Shelf Tracker online. Online trackers, slow moving Elf on the Shelf videos, and Elf on the Shelf Calendars…. this post will answer all your Elf tracker information.

Elf Tracker Apps

First, let’s talk about Elf on the Shelf Tracker Apps.

Alexa North Pole Elf Tracker With Amazon Echo

This is the easiest Elf Tracker. Add the North Pole Elf Tracker to your Alexa and daily check in to report your Elf on the Shelf Activity. Emma the head Elf tracker needs updates of your Elf’s daily activities. Great for kids.

Elf on The Shelf Tracker Radar Simulator 

This Elf tracker app is more simplistic. Perfect for little kids who would not see the hole in it’s design. For example, Similar to the NORAD Santa tracker, find where your elf is moving around the earth. Only your elf might be on the self in your home. If your child won’t question situations like that, let them play with this Elf tracker.

Elf On The Shelf Live Tracker Simulator

This Elf on the Shelf tracker offers a bit more of an interactive experience. Use a tracker radar and follow elves on a map.

Shelf Elf Tracker – Where’s that Elf? – Daily Reminder and Ideas for your Scout Elf’s Location

This Elf tracker is more of a personal tracker for you. Get daily questions asking where your Elf is and update the app to keep a running log of your Scout Elf’s activity and whereabouts. (Parents, it has the potential to act as your daily “reminder.”)

Moving Elf on the Shelf Caught on Camera

Often I get asked how to catch Elf on the Shelf moving. Children cannot catch elf moving but sometimes a camera can!

Parents, if you have been asking how to make elf move, the best way to track Elf on the Shelf moving is to use the Life Lapse Stop Motion Maker for Google or Life Lapse Stop Motion Maker for Apple.

See the video below for creative scenarios and a tutorial for Elf on the Shelf using the stop motion app.

Elf on the Shelf Snapchat Filter

Of course, there is another way to get Elf on the Shelf moving on camera. Take a photo in your home (Of your Christmas tree, your sleeping child, you name it) and add a dancing and moving Elf on the Shelf.

You can see this in action by following these simple steps.

Elf on the Shelf Snapchat Directions

1. Open your Snapchat.
2. Once you sign in, look for Elf Shelf by CAL or Elf Twerk by CAL
3. Take a photo of your home
4. Add the Elf Snapchat filter

You should have it for 48 or download or record screen to keep longer.

Santa Tracker

On Christmas Eve, you can also track Santa has he travels the globe visiting the homes of good boys and girls and picking up many Scout Elves.

Official NORAD Santa Tracker

For 60 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight. Follow Santa as he makes his

Elf on the Shelf Printables

Our most popular Elf on the Shelf printables can be found in our Elf Store. Shop Elf Outfits, Elf Twister Board, Elf Scavenger Hunt, Elf Employee of the Month and so much more! This also includes our Editable Elf on the Shelf Calendar PDF with filllable fields.

Elf on the Shelf Tracker Printable

We also love sharing Elf on the Shelf free printables! If your child wants to keep track of their own Elf on the Shelf activities, download our Elf on the Shelf Calendar and use the blank copy as an Elf Tracker. Save the other copy as Elf on the Shelf Ideas for you!

You can also Elf yourself with the free printable elf template. Three designs so you can make your own paper elf craft and moveable Elf. Also learn how to use the ElfYourself App for a cute dancing Elf idea. This Elf on the Shelf printable is found in our free printable library.

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Elf on the Shelf on Social Media

Save these ideas because you will want to stay up to date on these ideas each Christmas season. We do our best to mix up easy and hard Elf on the Shelf Ideas.

Elf on the Shelf Facebook Page

Multiple ideas are added each day to our Elf on the Shelf Ideas Facebook page. This is a great way for you to share your own Elf on the Shelf Ideas and share our ideas to your page. There are some good ones! Be sure to like the page!

Elf on the Shelf Pinterest Boards

We also are in charge of a Elf on the Shelf Ideas Pinterest board. On this board, we have invited other bloggers to share their ideas and free Elf on the Shelf Printables too! Be sure to follow the board!

Our goal, to make Elf easy for you!

What is Elf on the Shelf?

Elf on the Shelf is a Christmas Tradition. The tradition has a book and a elf doll. The book is poetic and in rhyme sharing the purpose of the Elf’s visits. The Elf visits each Thanksgiving. He/She goes and returns from the North Pole each evening. Every morning he can be found in a new location in the house. The Elf has been found in the refrigerator, fishing in the toilet, writing messages on the mirror or hanging from the lights. It is VERY IMPORTANT, the Elf is not touch each evening or his Christmas magic will be lost! Each family is able to name their special elf. The elves return to their home (Santa’s North Pole Work shop) every Christmas Eve. An Elf’s Story can also be found on DVD.

Don’t forget all of our daily Elf on the Shelf Ideas. Pin to Pinterest on your Christmas and Elf Boards.

We have been doing Elf on the Shelf forever. See our Elf on the Shelf Master List. Pin to Pinterest.

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Have your North Pole Visitor deliver this elf game printable. Your elves will be at play with these Elf-Inspired Christmas games for Kids, Friends, and Family. These elf-themed games will have everyone Ho Ho Ho-Ing with laughter. New  Ideas for Elves daily.

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We are back, and so is the North Pole Elf! If you have been with us a long time, you know we have brought you a new  Ideas for The Elves daily (in November and December) for the past seven years. You can view our Huge List for a full list of ideas including every idea we have ever done.

For many of these ideas, make sure you have an elf that can bend. You can do that easily with our Bendable Elf tutorial.  You also can shop our collection of Printables for ideas to cover the entire season!

Elf-Themed Games for Christmas

You know we love games with elves! From Elf-Sized Twister Board, Miniature Chutes & Ladders Board, and even our Elf-Themed Ideas with Games.

Today we have an Elf-Themd Games Printable. Have your family elf deliver this printable. It is perfect for parties, the classroom, or small gatherings. Play outside or within the family for social distancing.

The Best Christmas Games printable includes the following Elfed-themed ideas.

Elf Themed Games List Printable PDF

Blind Bluff Elf Game

In a room safe from any breakable objects or dangerous edges, declare one person the blind elf. This person is blindfolded and must walk around ONLY on their knees. All of the other players move around the room trying to avoid getting tagged by the Blind Elf. However, during the whole game, all players except the blind elf must sing an agreed-upon Christmas song. Once a player is tagged, they become the blind elf and the game begins again.

Santa’s on the Rooftop Game

This game has one person who will be the “leader.” The other players all lay on their backs in a circle. The players all agree on a “keyword.” For instance, Candy Cane. The leader than begins calling out places that Santa might be like, Santa’s in his workshop. At the end of each of the caller’s sentences all of the players shout back, “SANTA!” For example, “Santa’s on his sled” SANTA. Santa’s flying over my house. SANTA. At some point, the leader says the keyword OR incorporates the keyword into his phrase…”Santa’s in Hawaii eating Candy Canes.” All of the players lying down must jump up. The last one to jump up is the new leader.

Naughty or Nice 4 Corners Game

Choose a room with four available corners for standing. Using paper, label the corners 1, 2, 3 and 4. One person is chosen as IT and goes outside of the room. IT stands in the doorway with his/her back turned towards the room and counts to 20. All of the players go and stand in a corner. At the end of counting, IT chooses a number and says, “Everyone in corner 2 is NAUGHTY.” All of those players then sit in the middle of the room and are out. The remaining players then change corners while IT counts again. The game continues until there is only one player left on the NICE list.

Elf Ears Game

One person is chosen as the Elf and they sit on the floor blindfolded. All of the other players join hands and walk in a circle singing a Christmas Song like “Jingle Bells.” At the end of the song, the circle stops moving and the Elf in the middle uses his/her Elf Ears to try and identify the person in the circle directly behind them by name. If they get it wrong, they stay in the middle. If they get it correct, the person they named becomes the new Elf Ears.

Head Workshop Elf Game

Gather 10 (or more) Christmas objects from the house and place them in a row. One person is named Head Elf and stands facing away from the objects with his/her eyes shut. While the Head Elf counts to 10, one of the players should sneakily take one object and then return to sitting with the object behind their backs. All of the other players put their hands behind their backs as well. The Head Elf then turns around and tries to see what has been taken from Santa’s Workshop AND guess who took it. If they guess both correctly, they get to choose the next Head Elf.

Elfie, Alfie, OOH OOH Game

Choose one person to hide a small object in a designated room (a touchable elf doll works great for this!) At least one part of the object must be in plain sight. The other players then come into the room and look for the object. When they find the object they shout, “Elfie, Alfie OOH OOH!” A variation for older kids is that the finders don’t GET the object, they just shout the phrase when they see it. Other players keep looking until everyone has shouted Elfie Alfie OOH OOH.

Keep Cold, Snowman Game

One person controls a music player. The other players collect one less pillow than there are players. These pillows are placed all over the floor. The other players are snowmen trying to keep cold on the “snow piles”(pillows). When the music begins the snowmen start leaping from pillow to pillow. When the music stops, the snowman without a pillow melts and takes over the music. Also, look at our North Pole Helper Ideas with Games. This includes Elf Ideas you can do for your Elf Doll.

Games Supplies

• Elf Doll
• Elf Games List PDF Printable

Christmas Elf Game Printable

There are two places you can pick up printables for Elves – our store and our free printables library. The most popular printables can be found in our Christmas Store.

In the store, shop game boards, Christmas Scavenger Hunt Game, Jokes for Kids, and much more!

Free Christmas Elf Printables

We also love sharing Elf printables! Get all of our free Elf printables by entering your email address below. Look for an email to confirm you signed up. Once you confirm, look for a second email in your inbox with a link and password to the free printable elf props for Santa’s helper!

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WHAT’S TRENDING? Looking for a few engaging activities? Grab Minute to Win it Games – Traditional, Holiday, Group, and more! Use these fun activities in the office, classroom, or at your next birthday party.

Need Tips for traveling with the Elf on the Shelf? This is your vacation or day trip solution – Elf on the Shelf in a Jar. No magic lost when you carry around your North Pole visitor in a jar. New creative, funny, and original Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily.

Elf on the Shelf in a Jar for Travel

We are back, so is the Elf on the Shelf! If you have been with us a long time, you know we have brought you a new Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily (in the months of November and December) for the past seven years. You can view our Elf on the Shelf Master List for a full list of ideas including every idea we have ever done.

For many of these Elf on the Shelf ideas, make sure you have an elf that can bend. You can do that easily with our Bendable Elf on the Shelf tutorial.  You also can shop our collection of Elf Printables for ideas to cover the entire season!

Does Elf on the Shelf Travel with You?

Does Elf on the Shelf travel with you? The answer is yes and no. In the Elf on the Shelf Christmas Tradition. Elf on the Shelf stays home while your son/daughter goes to school or leaves the home for the day. That doesn’t mean that Elf on a Shelf and Santa are not always watching. Part of the Christmas magic is that Elf and Santa can see everything. For example, if your child has trouble at school, the next day the Elf can hold a “Behave at School” Elf on the Shelf Strike Sign! Elf did not travel to school but Elf knew what was going on.

In the yes situation, there are Elf on the Shelf Solutions for when a family is traveling or on vacation. What do I do with Elf on the Shelf on vacation? There are a few solutions. First you can use our Elf on the Shelf postcards. When you travel, Elf can travel too and no be present with your family.

Another idea for taking a family vacation or going somewhere for a long time is using an Elf on the Shelf travel Jar. Put Elf on the Shelf to travel with you. Since elf is not touch, only the jar is touched, no magic is lost. When you get to your destination, take Elf out and perform your regular Elf on the Shelf antics for your stay. Elf can then travel back home (in a jar) the last day of your trip. One alternative is to have Elf in the front dash for When Elf Travels on Vacation. Just make sure he is secure!

Elf on the Shelf Travel Jar

Let’s talk about an Elf on the Shelf Travel Jar. Elf on a Shelf can go with you to the store, a car ride, to the movies, out to dinner, to church, a birthday party, a family visit, a vacation or even a day trip!  You name the reason Elf on the Shelf will travel. This is your solution to what to do with Elf on the Shelf while on vacation!

Using a glass or plastic jar, put elf in side for travel. Be careful with a glass jar with young kids – nothing scary then Elf falling to the floor and shattering.

Elf on the Shelf Supplies Needed

• The Elf on the Shelf
• 16 oz+ Jar with lid
• Pen or marker
• Paper

Elf on the Shelf Quarantine Jar

Don’t forget we have Elf on the Shelf Quarantine Printables!

One idea is to include an Elf on the Shelf Quarantine Jar. In this case you could leave Elf in a Jar for up to 14 days while he Quarantine’s from the North Pole.

Elf on the Shelf Printables

Our most popular Elf on the Shelf printables can be found in our Elf Store. Shop Elf costumes, our Elf Twister board, Jokes for Kids, our Magic Shrinking Machine and so much more!

Free Elf Printables

If on this Elf on the Shelf Travel idea, Elf falls to the ground, have  backup plan. Make sure pack Elf on the Shelf Magic Grippers. This ensures no magic is lost.

We also love sharing Elf on the Shelf free printables! Get all of our free Elf on the Shelf printables by entering your email address below. Look for an email to confirm you signed up. One you confirm, look for a second email in your inbox with a link and password!

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1.) Enter your email address here.

2.) Look for a confirmation email in your inbox and confirm you requested a sign up.

3.) We will send you a Free Printables Welcome Email with link and passcode to all of our free printables.

4.) Enter your passcode at the top of the page here and click “Access Printables”

5. Enjoy your Elf on the Shelf Printables.

Elf on the Shelf on Social Media

Save these ideas because you will want to stay up to date on these ideas each Christmas season. We do our best to mix up easy and hard Elf on the Shelf Ideas.

Elf on the Shelf Facebook Page

Multiple ideas are added each day to our Elf on the Shelf Ideas Facebook page. This is a great way for you to share your own Elf on the Shelf Ideas and share our ideas to your page. There are some good ones! Be sure to like the page!

Elf on the Shelf Pinterest Boards

We also are in charge of a Elf on the Shelf Ideas Pinterest board. On this board, we have invited other bloggers to share their ideas and free Elf on the Shelf Printables too! Be sure to follow the board!

Our goal, to make Elf easy for you!

What is Elf on the Shelf?

Elf on the Shelf is a Christmas Tradition. The tradition has a book and a elf doll. The book is poetic and in rhyme sharing the purpose of the Elf’s visits. The Elf visits each Thanksgiving. He/She goes and returns from the North Pole each evening. Every morning he can be found in a new location in the house. The Elf has been found in the refrigerator, fishing in the toilet, writing messages on the mirror or hanging from the lights. It is VERY IMPORTANT, the Elf is not touch each evening or his Christmas magic will be lost! Each family is able to name their special elf. The elves return to their home (Santa’s North Pole Work shop) every Christmas Eve. An Elf’s Story can also be found on DVD.

Don’t forget all of our daily Elf on the Shelf Ideas. Pin to Pinterest on your Christmas and Elf Boards.

We have been doing Elf on the Shelf forever. See our Elf on the Shelf Master List. Pin to Pinterest.

WHAT’S TRENDING? Looking for a few engaging activities? Grab Minute to Win it Games – Traditional, Holiday, Group, and more! Use these fun activities in the office, classroom, or at your next birthday party.