Anyone do Elf on a shelf??

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  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
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    Yeah I don't know anyone who does this in the UK, but I'm sure someone might prove me wrong. Umm, creepy, weird, odd, & you have to move the damn thing about?! :noway:

    I never really had dolls as a kid though. They freaked me out then too.
  • metaphoria
    metaphoria Posts: 1,432 Member
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    I managed to survive my childhood without a lot of the latest fads. So I'm sure my kids will be ok. And they listen because I'm the Mama, not because of the Santa threat.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
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    I can't stand that creepy elf's face. Makes me want to punch it right in it's shiny little smug grin.
  • jayliospecky
    jayliospecky Posts: 25,022 Member
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    We prefer to scare our children with the peanut butter bears.

    "You'd better be good. You know the peanut butter bears are always watching you..."

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  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,841 Member
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    We had these as kids but haven't done this in our house with our boys. Loved having those elves around at Christmas growing up.
  • buckmeatball
    buckmeatball Posts: 39 Member
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    The kids love it, well worth the effort........ours is Bruce.
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
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    What does this said elf look like? I think it's kinda cute but also creepy!
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
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    They creep me out.
  • Mother_Superior
    Mother_Superior Posts: 1,624 Member
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  • WeepingAngel81
    WeepingAngel81 Posts: 2,232 Member
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    We don't do this, but I do have a count down for the kids. It's something my mom made (not a new concept, she just made the part that hangs on the wall) and started for my sisters and I. I tie little gifts on to it for the kids starting at the 1st of December. It's just little gifts, like stuff under a dollar. Hair ties for my daughter, little cars for my son. Sometimes it's just a note saying the get a free date night with mom or that they get to stay up 30 minutes later. They get to open them after school and they love it!
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
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    I want that box of twinkies. Don't even care about the elf lol.
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
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    I want that box of twinkies. Don't even care about the elf lol.
    there's a box of twinkies?????????????


    I just want my stocking....or something in some stockings.
    TwinkieDong's display image is a very nice sizzling hot box of twinkies LOL.
    (Yeah, haven't had a twinkie in what seems years.. Zombieland, anyone??)
  • amymt10
    amymt10 Posts: 271 Member
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    yup, boys love it!!!!!!!! occassionaly momma forgets to move the Elf when the kiddies are asleep, oops!! That's when I tell them "I guess the Elf was trying to trick you and stayed in the same spot" Lol!!!
  • LuLuChick78
    LuLuChick78 Posts: 439 Member
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    I managed to survive my childhood without a lot of the latest fads. So I'm sure my kids will be ok. And they listen because I'm the Mama, not because of the Santa threat.

    ^^^This for me also :)
  • alphabull
    alphabull Posts: 45 Member
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    We've had an Elf on the Shelf for a couple years now. It was a boy elf (that's all they had back then), but last year I bought a skirt for him and now he's a her (I have young daughters, so they like her better than him). Our elf is very mischievous, always playing pranks on the kids and I. She scribbles beards on family photos, ropes and rides the stuffed animals, hides in hard to find places and even left some Hershey kisses for the kids one time (google it, its funny).
  • JNettie73
    JNettie73 Posts: 1,208 Member
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    I am so sad to read that so many find it creepy. Everyone is entitled to their opinion though. I on the other hand love Elf on the Shelf.

    From a teaching aspect there is so much you can do with the elf to incorporate in your classroom. It can be used to make learning fun. That is if using holiday based items does not go against your school's policy. I used it with my preschoolers last year. It was actually adorable. Every day my students came into my classroom and searched for him. During free play they used to make "food" for the elf to eat in the kitchen and leave a plate for him. They would say hello to him and goodbye before they left for the day. I ended up incorporating it into my lessons. We worked on making guesses/ inferences (guessing where he would be the next day/ inference -why the elf was doing something), voting (on what the elf would be doing the next day/ favorite place the elf was), art work (draw your favorite thing the elf did) and so on. The children had a really good time with it. I also received a lot of positive feedback from the parents. One parent told me she had an easier time getting her son up and ready for school because he was excited to see where the elf was and what it was up to. I did feel slightly bad for lying to them, but the pure joy on their faces made up for my guilt.
  • nikitiki53
    nikitiki53 Posts: 127
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    I don't have kids, but my roommates and I have an Elf. It's quite interesting what he gets up to. Oh, and he's out all year long!
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,780 Member
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    My son is 3 and I am resisting this Elf. his cousins all have one, and I am sure kids in his daycare will have one, so I don't know how we will answer those questions yet...

    we don't care or condemn anyone for using one, and I have seen some people use it in very creative and fun ways, at this point though - it doesn't seem like it is for us.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    I am so sad to read that so many find it creepy. Everyone is entitled to their opinion though. I on the other hand love Elf on the Shelf.

    From a teaching aspect there is so much you can do with the elf to incorporate in your classroom. It can be used to make learning fun. That is if using holiday based items does not go against your school's policy. I used it with my preschoolers last year. It was actually adorable. Every day my students came into my classroom and searched for him. During free play they used to make "food" for the elf to eat in the kitchen and leave a plate for him. They would say hello to him and goodbye before they left for the day. I ended up incorporating it into my lessons. We worked on making guesses/ inferences (guessing where he would be the next day/ inference -why the elf was doing something), voting (on what the elf would be doing the next day/ favorite place the elf was), art work (draw your favorite thing the elf did) and so on. The children had a really good time with it. I also received a lot of positive feedback from the parents. One parent told me she had an easier time getting her son up and ready for school because he was excited to see where the elf was and what it was up to. I did feel slightly bad for lying to them, but the pure joy on their faces made up for my guilt.

    On behalf of the kids' future therapists...

    ...thank you for increasing our business.
  • ElliottTN
    ElliottTN Posts: 1,614 Member
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    Sounds like a great way to ensure your kids will grow up and have their very own mental health specialist one day.

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