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Have a dog lover? How about a a crazy cat owner? Lovers of furry friends or even plushies will appreciate these Elf on the Shelf Ideas with Pets. Elf Pets ideas for dogs, cats, reindeers, foxes, hamsters, fish, birds, and more.  New creative, funny, and original Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily.

Elf on the Shelf Ideas with Pets

Let’s talk Elf ideas with Pets. There are a few directions you can go. First, we can talk about the Elf Pets® brand released by the Elf on the Shelf company. Second, we can talk about creating Elf on the Shelf ideas with your own pets. Dogs, Cats, Fish… you name it!

Elf Pets

A few years ago Scout Elves® introduced us to Elf Pets. Currently they have released these Elf on the Shelf Pets.

Elf Pets Artic Fox

Elf Pets St Bernard

Elf Pets Reindeer

You can actually see a video of my older daughter and I unboxing the Elf Pets Artic Fox.

Can you touch Elf on the Shelf Pets?

As you know, the Elf on the Shelf Rules state you cannot touch the Elf on the Shelf Doll. One cool thing about Elf on the Shelf Pets is you can touch Elf Pets. In fact, your cuddles and love to the Fox, Reindeer or St Bernard Dog,  give your Elf on the Shelf Pets, magic. Learn more about our meeting of the Elf on the Shelf Pets Fox.

Shop Elf Pets Clothes for some of these Elf on the Shelf Elf Pet Ideas.

Do Elf on the Shelf Pets Leave?

Unlike their counterpart, Scout Elves, Elf on the Shelf pets do not leave. They can stay with you all year long. As you continue to cuddle them, you provide special Christmas Spirit to the North Pole for Santa and his helpers!

How do Elf on the Shelf Pets Work?

If you are the recipient of an Elf Pet, you have one rule – cuddle your Elf on the Shelf pet a lot so they gather plenty of Christmas spirit for Santa. Your cuddles and love to the Elf on the Shelf Fox, Reindeer or St Bernard Dog,  give your Elf pets magic. You can share those cuddles all year long as the Elf pets do not return to the North Pole with Santa Claus and the Elves.

Elf on the Shelf Pets Ideas

The best place to find activities and Elf Pets Ideas with your Elf on the Shelf Doll is on the Elf on the Shelf Elf Pets Page. They also have a cute Elf Pets Pinterest Board. Not many homes have adopted the official Elf Pets Fox, Dog and Reindeer.

Elf Pets Ideas

1. Elf Pets Picnic
2. Elf Pets Tic Tac Toe Game
3. Elf Pets Breakfast with Reindeer Pancakes
4. Elf Pets Hot Cocoa Treat
5. Elf on the Shelf Pet Coloring Pages Printable
6. Elf Pets Paw Prints Cookies ( <— What do Elf Pets Eat? These.)
7. Elf Pets Reindeers Rule
8. Elf Pets Marshmallow Bath
9. Elf Pets Reindeer Sled with Snow
10. Elf Pets Reindeer Poop
11. Elf Pets Bath
12. Elf Pets Carwash
13. Elf Pets Ice Fishing
14. Elf Pets Reindeer Polo Game

Elf on a Shelf Ideas with Dogs, Cats, Hamsters, Fish & More

From pretended pets to real pets your family has a furry friend or plush stuffed animal they absolutely love. Take some of those family pets and incorporate them into your Elf on a Shelf ideas.

Elf on the Shelf Ideas for Pets

Our most popular idea is our Elf Dog Bone food idea “Worst cookies Ever.” This idea is so incredibly easy and the kids find it really fun.

More Elf on the Shelf Ideas for Pets

1. Elf on the Shelf Dog Wrapped in Toilet Paper
2. Elf on the Shelf Fish Feeder
3. Elf on the Shelf Dog with Red Rudolph Nose
4. Elf on the Shelf Rides Pet Cat (might want to get the cat’s permission first – wink!)
5. Elf on the Shelf Pet Food Smile
6. Elf on the Shelf in the Dog Food
7. Elf on the Shelf Cat Scratch Post
8. Elf on the Shelf Zoo Animals in Pet Cage
9. Elf on the Shelf Feeds Pet with Dump Truck
10. Elf on the Shelf Hamster Ball
11. Elf on the Shelf Obedience School for Dogs
12. Elf on the Shelf Bird Feeder
13. Elf on the Shelf Dresses as a Bird
14. Elf on the Shelf in the Hamster Cage
15. Elf on the Shelf Pet Groomer

Do forget, you can view our Elf on a 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 a Shelf tutorial.

Elf on the Shelf Printables

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

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Free Elf Printables

What do you do if a pet knocks down your Elf on the Shelf doll? You use these Elf Magic Grippers!

We love sharing Elf on the Shelf free printables! Get all of our free Elf on the Shelf printables INCLUDING THESE ELF MAGIC GRIPPERS 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.

The Best Elf on the Shelf Ideas

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.

Free Elf on the Shelf printables and hundreds of Elf on the Shelf Ideas to inspire carefree nights and easy shenanigans for Christmas Traditions. Access the Free Elf on the Shelf Printables Library. Also access our Elf Store full of printables and digital downloads.

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 Free Elf on the Shelf Printables

If you have been with us a long time, you know we are obsessed with The Elf on the Shelf. In fact, we have been giving you Elf on the Shelf Ideas all season long. That is almost 60 days (all November and December) for five years. Five years, this year! That is a long time and a lot of ideas! However, 300 Elf on the Shelf Ideas doesn’t stop me. In fact, there are so many creative ideas out there my brain is not shy of new inspiration that i can’t wait to share. Stay with us starting November 1 when we bring back our two months of Elf on the Shelf Ideas!

Elf Printables

In addition to our creative elf shenanigans, we have a lot of Elf Printables.  We can see you love them! Many of our printables have made it around Pinterest 500,000 times (not kidding, that’s a very conservative number).  Just the Elf Twister Board Printable, (currently) has over 171,000 shares and that’s just one printable and before our number was reset at zero (boy that was a hard day!)  We are not here to brag about anything Frugal Coupon Living has done, we are here to give you more of what you love – Free Elf on the Shelf Printables!

Presenting below some of  my FAVORITE EVER Free Elf on the Shelf Printables from some of the most amazing bloggers ever!

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Be sure to follow Frugal Coupon Living on Pinterest and take a look at all of our Pinned to Pinterest Elf on the Shelf Ideas! This board is shared by other bloggers who share their wonderful Elf on the Shelf Printables, Photos, and Props!

Happy pinning, happy printing!

Please note that these were free when I created this post. In the meantime I have moved them to our Elf Store and added more products to our free category! Enjoy!

Shop Elf Store Printables and Instant Downloads

Free Elf on the Shelf Printables

Care for a game? Download this Elf on the Shelf Twister Board! (no longer free but still amazing!)

I love you from my head to my burri-TOES. Haha. Download this Elf on the Shelf Burrito Idea and Printable.

Let’s take a s-ELF-ie with our Elfie. Download this Letter Board Elf on the Shelf Selfie Idea.

Encourage good hyenine with these Elf on the Shelf Quarantine Printables and Elf on the Shelf Face Masks.

Play reindeer games. Do you have Scout Elves at play? Download and enjoy these Elf on the Shelf games for kids.

Just like a You’ve Been Boo-ed for Halloween, download and print this fun You’ve Been Elfed Set for neighbors, friends and family.

Before you begin, organize yourself. Save this complementary Elf on the Shelf Calendar and Supply list. We have one set filled out and the other blank for you to fill in the blanks.

Starting out with Elf? Follow these Elf on the Shelf Rules. Print to share with the kids.

Don’t worry when Elf falls. We have these Magic Elf Grippers so you can move him without loosing his magic!

Make sure you adopt your Elf. Print this Elf on the Shelf Adoption Certificate.

We are going back to the original printables at Frugal Coupon Living, Print these fun printables to bring your elf to life – many ideas in one printable!

It was cold outside but now it’s toasty and warm Elf on the Shelf Toast Printable. (No longer free but still a fun idea)

Immediately name your Elf on the Shelf so she/he gets his/magic. Here are fifty Elf on the Shelf Name ideas.

Elf on the Shelf Portrait with Perler Beads printable template for a cute Christmas craft with the kids!

Gobble ‘Til You Wobble Elf on the Shelf Letter Board is a perfect Thanksgiving addition.

This Elf Welcome Letter is a fun first night Elf on the Shelf idea. | Crystal and Comp

I love this freebie from  I Think We Could Be Friends – Jesus Came First! Print this I’m Back Elf on the Shelf Letter!

Add this Isaiah 9:6 printable “For Unto Us a Child is Born…” to your Christmas Manger.

Elf on the Shelf Behavior Chart. Where will your candy cane lie – extra nice, nice, danger zone or naughty!?

This printable is really exciting because it covers two days of Elf on the Shelf – when life gives you eggs, turn them into chocolate with this Kinder Joy Magic Egg Printable for Elf! (No longer free.)

Do you have a baby Elf? This It’s a Girl Elf printable is adorable and can be used for many reasons!

Have fun with math and your Baby Elf with this Acute Baby Printable.

All politics aside, make Christmas great again printable!

If you have The World’s Smallest Elf on the Shelf, download this “Help! I’ve Been Shrunk” sign.

This cute printable  comes the day before Christmas (on Christmas Eve.) Elf displays a camera and note so your child can take all the photos they want Christmas day. I used elf printable this when we bought my daughter an Instax Camera for Christmas, she got the camera (which was on her wish list) one day early. You can also use it with a disposable camera. Eighteen 25 has some of the cutest printables!

You are going to want these many Printable Elf on the Shelf Costumes! Elf Patrol, Elf Spy, and Elf Fort Maker.

So many ideas with these Free Elf on the Shelf Notes! Print the niceness alert a few times – your child can monitor their behavior!

Shrink chocolate chips, candy canes or cookies with this Elf on the Shelf Magic Shrinking Machine Printable. (No Longer free)

This is one of my favorite free printables from I Think We Could be Friends. It is a great way to clean your child’s room and also can be blamed on the Elf (not you!) Garage Sale – everything must go!

Maybe the garage sale didn’t get it all. Teach the kids it’s better than to receive. We love the idea of this Christmas Toy Challenge printable form Mama Cheaps.

Traveling? Carry this Elf on the Shelf Suitcase for your adventure!

Don’t forget to wash the car. Grab a sponge and some race cars and print this free Elf Car Wash Printable. (No Longer Free)

This elf cam came from, of all places, The Dollar Store – score. Grab your free elf cam printable from I Think We Could Be Friends and you have Santa watching your little one all season long!

Laura, at Mom Envy, was so sweet to share our  Elf on the Shelf Twister Board, we wanted to return the favor. How adorable is this Elf on the Shelf Christmas Baking Set Printable?

So has this happened to you? Elf falls… not just a tip over but a place fido might run and scoop him up or a place little Timmy might grab him and put him in his mouth. How do you solve this? Print this creative Magic Elf Moving Glove bag topper from I Think We Could Be Friends.

Lock a child out of their bedroom or even the bathroom with this Elves Only Sign. You could  supply some elf ears as a gift elf leaves for them so they can enter the room or the bathroom (or maybe they are just out for the day!)

All those michevious nights? It looks like Elf got in Candy Cane Jail from This Mama Loves.

Free Elf Car Printable – One way ticket to fun down the banister! This boxcar idea comes from the Original Scout Elves, the creators of Elf on the Shelf. More cute ideas here!

Last year I shared with you an Elf on the Shelf Bowling Game, but it sold out. That’s okay, because the next best thing is a bowling lane freebie like this free Bowling Lane from Learning As I Sew.  You can pick up your own miniature bowling pins and a marble.  Don’t forget you can make a bowling game with no bowling pins and no printables. More details on how to set that up here.

Behind the scenes story. Last year I was on bed rest with the twins during Elf season. My family did not get the joy of Elf visiting and doing silly things, instead he sat by my bedside so I could get on the floor and take photos of Elf while they were at school for the blog!

Need something so easy and simplistic? Countdown the day until Christmas with these Printable Elf Calendars from Who Arted? Chuckle. We did something similar HERE and HERE.

Hang Portraits. Download these Elf on the Shelf Portrait printables for frames or the refrigerator.

Having trouble with behavior? Take a look at this Elf on the Shelf Behavior Note. (No longer free)

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‘Tis the season for ugly sweaters! Grab your Elf on the Shelf Ugly Sweater Printables from A Little of This That Blog. Did you know National Ugly Sweater Day is December 18th? You can grab an ugly elf sweater here. Also take a look at our Ugly Christmas Sweater Invtations.

Enza at Bargain Blessings has some of the cutest super hero Elf Costumes including Captain America, Spider Man and even the Star Wars Series! Luke, I am your father!

I am sorry I left you waiting so long for these. Pick your Free Elf on the Shelf Photo Props from Heather Hedrick.

Pass out Elf on the Shelf Kisses with this free printable bag topper.

Left over Halloween Spider Webs? Turn your Elf into a Snowman with this free printable from Lunchbox Memories.

If you are willing to get crafty, we found the ultimate stash of free Elf on the Shelf Printables (you can thank us in the comments below.) The Glamours Projects has free artist set, baking set, shopping set, super hero set, nativity set, snack set and more! Happy creating.

If Elf accidentally gets touched, make sure to have this free magic dust printable (and glitter) available. Idea form Mama Cheaps.

Sometime in the year, send a postcard from the Beach or the North Pole. (No longer free)

Gearing up for the first day of school? Encourage your son or daughter with this Back to School Elf on the Shelf Postcard. (No longer free)

Don’t give up at the very end. Take a look at these  Ways to Say Goodbye Elf on the Shelf Ideas.  Pin to Pinterest on your Elf on the Shelf and Christmas Boards.

Don’t forget all of our daily Elf on the Shelf Ideas. We share every day in the month of November and December . Pin to Pinterest on your Elf on the Shelf and Christmas Boards.

Looking for Elf on the Shelf Ideas? Take a look at The Best Elf on the Shelf Ideas we have found! Pin to Pinterest on your Christmas and Elf on the Shelf Board.

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.