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Clownin’ Around! Recreate this easy Elf on the Shelf Clown Costume. In addition, take a look at the many El fon the Shelf ideas with pipe cleaners. New creative, funny, and original Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily.

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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 on the Shelf Clown Costume

Is your elf clownin’ around? We are not talking about the Penneywise Elf Clown, we mean getting in to silly Elf on the Shelf antics with clean fun appropriate for young kids.

Create an adorable DIY Clown Costume for Elf using a few of these basic craft supplies that might be found around your home.

Elf on the Shelf Supplies Needed

• The Elf on the Shelf Doll
• Rainbow Pipe Cleaners
• Red Pom-Pom
• Double Sided Square Tape
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Optional: Bendable Elf on the Shelf Gloved Hands

To create this DIY Elf on the Shelf Clown Costume, first get a pencil. It does not have to be sharpened. Wrap tightly around a pencil, your rainbow pipe cleaners to create spirals. We used about 6 of each color. Put aside.

Next, make a small crown to create your DIY Elf clown hair. First we made a circle with a pipe cleaner the circumference of Elf’s head. Then we added three bible cleaners around this hat (folding down his red elf hat.) This gave us a base for our DIY clown hair.

Once your clown hair crown is on elf’s hat, begin to attach your spiral pipe cleaners.

Attach a small square of double side tape on Elf’s nose, you can cut down to keep it from being unseen.

Attach a red pom pom for a clown nose.

Elf on the Shelf Ideas with Pipe Cleaners

In our list of 12 items every Elf on the Shelf mom needs, pipe cleaners were on the list! If you have left over pipe cleaners from this DIY Clown Costume for Elf, try some of these other Elf on the Shelf Pipe Cleaners Ideas.

From DIY costumes, to reindeers and ornaments, take a look at these pipe cleaner Christmas crafts for Elf.

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Elf on the Shelf Reindeer Costume

Elf on the Shelf Pudding Cup Reindeer

Elf on the Shelf Pipe Cleaner Ornament

Easy Pipe Cleaner Christmas Tree

DIY Elf on the Shelf Angel Costume

Our most favorite Elf on the Shelf idea using pipe cleaners is this fun magic trick – Elf on the Shelf Cereal Box Trick!

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

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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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Elf on the Shelf Pinterest Boards

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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.

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