I see London, I see France… we know how the rest. This funny elf on the shelf idea has your North Pole visitor hanging from the ceiling fan in underpants! New creative, funny, and original Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily.

Ceiling Fan Funny

Funny Elf on the Shelf Idea

I see London, I see France…

I’m flying in your underpants!

This is such a cute funny Elf on the Shelf idea! Using string, hang Elf from the ceiling fan and add a little poetic note. You can turn the fan on slow for a little ceiling fan ride.

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Funny Elf Supply List

• The Elf on the Shelf
• String (we used red and white baker’s twine)
• Underpants
• Craft supplies: paper, pen, scissors, etc.

Elf on the Shelf Printables

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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.

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Elf on the Shelf Chores – Did you know elves have responsibilities too? Elf Takes the Garbage Out. New creative, funny, and original Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily.

Elf on the Shelf Chores

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 six 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!

Elf Takes the Garbage Out

Do you have a cute little recycle truck or garbage truck. Grab some black garbage bags and cut them up into 4″ x 4″ squares. Add some wadded up paper and tie them together to make mini garbage bags. Elf does his chores and takes out the garbage. You could use one of our Elf on Strike printables and add a note, “do your chores” for a child that needs to take out the garbage of another task!

There are other creative ideas for Elf taking the Garbage out. We found two cute ideas on Pinterest (Source and Source). In one case, Elf is actually taking the garbage out. In another case, the girl Elf doll puts the boy Elf doll in the garbage can. It looks like, for these Elf ideas, they used Mini Curbside Trash and Recycle Can Pencil Cup Holders.

Elf on the Shelf Supplies Needed

• The Elf on the Shelf Dolls
• Black garbage bags
• Paper
• Optional: Mini Curbside Trash and Recycle Cans and

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!

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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.

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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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Easy, peasy Elf idea. Create a Bathroom Toilet Paper Snowflake banner using a paper chain snowflake pattern. New creative, funny, and original Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily.

Elf Bathroom Toilet Paper Snowflake

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 six years. You can view our Elf on the Shelf Master List for a full list of ideas including every idea we have ever done.

Hold on. Stop right there. Don’t be intimidated. No, we did not cut a roll of toilet paper into a beautiful snowflake banner. Who do you think we are, Buddy Elf? Nope, I am a mom, just like you, trying her hardest to create new and funny Elf on the Shelf ideas (I got you boo – wrong season?)

Let me tell you what we did do. We cut a snowflake banner and just draped it from a roll of toilet paper. Adorable bathroom shenanigan – check! For these paper chain snowflakes, we followed this pattern. Once cut, we taped the paper snowflake banner to the back of the toilet paper roll. Easy, peasy.

If Elf in your bathroom will create quite the family back log, after your North Pole visitor is found by the kids, move Elf to another spot with these Magic North Pole Grippers (no magic lost!)

Other Elf on the Shelf Ideas with snowflakes include a Elf on the Shelf Q-Tip Snowflake. So quick and easy and the kids love it!

Elf on the Shelf Supplies Needed

• The Elf on the Shelf Doll
• Snowflake pattern
• Craft supplies: scissors, tape, paper, etc

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!

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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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Take your Elf on the Shelf Ideas with Cars outside with a Step2 Push Car. See how many cars you can line up with a road of traffic. New creative, funny, and original Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily.

Elf on the Shelf Ideas with Cars

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 six 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 sign up for all of our Free Elf on the Shelf Printables here.

Step2 Push Car

If there is any door you have seen me buy, sell and then buy again, it was our Step2 Push Car. It was a great ride-on for both my girls and my boys. Just when I thought I was done having kids, I sold our red push car and then bam, three more kids came! This car was not only a great substitute for our stroller (we brought it to all sort of sporting events and outdoor walks) but it also was great for keeping my kids in place – just click your child in place with an an easy click seat belt. As my girls aged, they rolled down the drive away seeing who could go the fastest and furthest.  Of course the Step2 Push Car is also perfect for Elf!

Elf on the Shelf Ideas Outside

Sometimes when take my Elf on the Shelf Ideas outside, I leave a little hint to help the kids find Elf. Of course, watch the weather, because you don’t want your Elf on the Shelf outside on a day perception is coming. One example is when we turned our Elf on the Shelf into a parrot. Elf was munching at the bird feeder and we had feathers leading to outside so our kids could locate elf. For this Step2 Push Car (or whatever ride-on you use), you could have a little note on the door that says – “Beep, beep. Honk, honk!”

Elf on the Shelf Supply List

• The Elf on the Shelf
• Step2 Push Car or Ride-On of Choice
• Hand written “Beep, Beep, Honk, honk” note on door.

Elf on the Shelf Ideas with Cars

We have plenty of Elf on the Shelf Ideas with Cars.  Our favorite (and many of yours too) is our Elf on the Shelf Car Wash Printable.  For your barbie lover, our Elf on the Shelf Barbie Car idea is cute too. Grab some small tools and some WD-40.  You can line up your Elf on the Shelf and his friends in a traffic pattern for a Road Trip.

You can see our Elf on the Shelf Master List for a complete list of Elf on the Shelf Ideas with Cars.

Free Elf on the Shelf Printables

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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!

Elf on the Shelf Christmas Tradition

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? Get inspired this Valentine’s Day with these Galentine Valentine’s Day Ideas for the girls.


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