Elf on the Shelf

Box the Elf anf Book come in

The Elf On The Shelf - The site is inspired by one family’s tradition of keeping a little toy elf on their shelf who would watch over the children and report back to Santa if the kids were to be put on the Naughty or the Nice list! (Clever idea, huh?!?) While visiting the site you can buy the Elf on the shelf book (including the toy elf!), You can register the name of your child’s toy elf at the north pole as well as do some FREE stuff such as: play games, print holiday coloring pages, find fun recipes for reindeer snacks and so much more!

I have been reading about the Elf on the Shelf for the past year. One of my favorite bloggers, Carlos Whittaker, made me laugh at his story last year and envy him for having the elf.

My husband's aunt surprised us by buying an elf for our family from Barnes and Noble. I was so happy and started thinking about all the fun and mischevious activities our elf would get into this year.

Our "brown" elf

The book

The children were as excited as I was about getting our own elf this year. We named him Zippy Sugar-Socks, or Zip for short.

This is such a great tradition and I recommend it to everyone. Not only is it fun for the children to find the elf in the morning and see what he/she is up to, but it is also fun for the parents to think of ideas on what the elf can do the next night!