Are you participating in the fun holiday Elf on the Shelf tradition? You may be looking for some easy ideas that don’t take a lot of time. Here are some Easy Elf on the Shelf Ideas that take 5 minutes or less to create. Please leave comments with additional ideas!
Easy Elf on the Shelf Ideas
- Turn the toilet water green
- Replace your screensaver with a photo of your elf
- Snow angels in flour or sugar on the kitchen floor or counter
- Making snowmen out of large marshmallows
- Bowling with marshmallows
- Turning the milk green
- Getting stuck in the cookie jar
- Playing Jenga
- Writing Christmas or “Elf-like” words in a crossword puzzle
- Uh oh, the elf got stuck in the vacuum!
- Sledding down the banister
- Rolling down the stairs in a toilet paper tube
- Playing dress-up with Barbie’s clothes
- Having a tea party with stuffed animals and dolls
- Trying on Mom’s jewelry
- Sleeping in the Kleenex box
- Reading a Christmas book to the stuffed animals
- Playing the piano (Christmas music, of course!)
- Sipping on soda through a straw
- TP-ing the Christmas tree
- Having fun with the computer’s printer…. copying himself!
- Going for a spin on the ceiling fan
- Hiding in a light fixture or sconce
- Writing things on the shopping list (candy canes, Christmas cookies, etc.)
- Clipping coupons (for sweet treats!)
- Hanging from the rear-view mirror in the car
- Playing doctor with stuffed animals or dolls
- Boosted up with a stack of pillows in the driver’s seat and driving!
- Coloring in a coloring book (all red and green, naturally!)
- Playing with the iPad (changing screen saver to a photo of himself)
- Squish him into a plastic ornament that opens into two halves and hang him on the tree
- Weighing himself on the scale
- Playing with glow-in-the-dark Silly String
- Decorating his own elf-sized Christmas tree
- Elf poker game with other stuffed friends/dolls
- Elf bringing mini-doughnuts (decorated cheerios)
- Elf bowling with a ball and mini-marshmallows
- Drinking a can of mini-soda with a straw under the tree
- Using someone’s underwear as a sleeping bag
- Sitting in a tea cup filled with packets of Splenda
- Taking a nap in the manger with Baby Jesus in your nativity set
- Adding bows to a houseplant
- Elf planking
- Inside your mail box
- Hiding in the winter gear or a coat pocket
- Hanging out with the other elves in the kitchen… Snap, Crackle and Pop!
- Playing video games like Mario Kart (sitting inside Barbie’s car with the remote-control wheel in his hands)
- Tangled in the Christmas lights
- Decorating the bathroom mirror
- Hanging candy canes from the dining room chandelier
- Planting a potted plant in the house (even cuter with a mini Christmas tree!) with little mess around him
- Naughty elf buying things online (like elf friends or accessories) with Mom’s credit card
- Elf pretending to be a baby (have him climb inside a bottle, hold a pacifier, wearing a diaper, etc.)
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