Elf has made a smiley face using Cheerios, or whatever cereals you have to hand, on the breakfast table. 17. Elf takes the pups for a walk Elf is on mummy or daddy’s computer or iPad surfing the internet for toys. 30. Flying with a parachute Creative elf has lined up his friends and is taking a picture of them underneath the Christmas tree! Credit Simplify Create Inspire 33. Kissing Elf

This works even better if you attach some of your child’s favourite action figures to the sleigh with wool or string as if they are pulling it! You could make it look like elf has crashed into the tree!Elf has made an aerial slide using a piece of string or ribbon strung across your room! He’s got a candy cane and hooked it over the string and is hanging on for dear life! 12. Chocolate poop Soo Kim is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. She covers various lifestyle stories, specializing in travel and health. She is also a South Korea expert who regularly covers Korean culture and entertainment, from the latest K-dramas, including Squid Game, Korean films and K-pop news to exclusive interviews with the biggest Korean actors. She is the author of the book How to Live Korean, which is available in 11 languages, and co-author of the book Hello, South Korea: Meet the Country Behind Hallyu. Ask your child to do a drawing for the elf. The next day have the elf holding a drawing in return for your child’s drawing. 20. Elf is hiding in a houseplant

Naughty elf is sliding down the stair’s in one of the family’s slippers! Try adding some string so elf can hold on and make it look like a sleigh. 22. Elf is sewing Have a big fry up ready for the kids when they come downstairs and place the Elf on the table holding the cutlery. He’s cooked everyone a tasty breakfast! 59. Elf plays drumsConsidered the most important rule, the Scout Elf must never be touched (of course, apart from when the parents move them around) as that will cause them to lose their magical powers. Get a cheap plastic mini toy parachute and attach it to the elf, then make it look like the parachute is tangled in the tree or on one of your ceiling lights. 31. Taking Santa hostage This is a brilliant last-minute idea that you can put together as long as you have some gummy eggs, like from Haribo, in the house. Pop Elf into the biscuit jar or tin and have him just peeking out of the top. Trail a few crumbs around the outside of the jar to show he’s been eating them in the night! 57. Face masks Make some paper chains so that you have a few loops, then leave some extra so it looks like Elf has been caught in the middle of making paper chains! Via Me Becoming Mum 39. Cowboy Elf

Get a tiny Christmas tree and cover it with little decorations and baubles and then it looks as if Elf has decorated his very own tree. 61. Elf is donating the toys The Elf on the Shelf Scout Elf will appear on various Bristol landmarks between Friday 1 and Sunday 24 December 2023. Follow daily clues as to the elf’s location on Redcliffe & Temple BID’s socials. Elf is eating chocolate spread or Nutella straight from the jar with a spoon and has some smeared on his mouth! 26. Upside down on the Christmas tree Place the Elf on a empty cardboard box with a note saying he would like your kids to donate their unwanted toys to charity. The Elf on the Shelf is the creation of Bristol-based prop and puppet maker Jenny Simmons with the 15 ft likeness taking two months to build in the artist’s Bedminster workshop. The Bristol Elf is a partnership between the BID, the puppet maker and The Lumistella Company’s official TheElf on the Shelf teams from both the US and UK.

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Get out your child’s toy dinosaurs and make it look as if Elf is feeding them. I used mini marshmallows but you could use sweets or chocolate. You can make this even more fun by using pen to drawer lumps of coal on the toilet rolls, plus add a little cloth to make it look like a scarf, to make them look like a snowman! Via Mummy of Four Image via Unique Young Mum 8. Chocoholic Elf

Elf has tipped over the fruit bowl and fruit is scattered all over the kitchen counter. Leave the Elf lounging in the empty fruit bowl as if he’s using it as a bed. 29. Elf goes online Elf brings Santa’s “nice” list to show your child, with their names on it! You can just do this on your computer and print it off in a nice font, or try handwriting it if you have good handwriting! Idea from Growing Clan 19. Sharing drawings This is a great one if you have two elves, but if you don’t just set them up to play against one of your child’s favourite toys. Elf has used a polaroid camera to take selfies, or “elfies”! Have a couple of photos of the Elf next to him along with the camera. 43. Elf takes a nap Wrap the Elf in tin foil, including making him a little hat, then hang him from a ceiling light using string. Add some cut out stars (use foil for these too) to make it look like he’s in space. 55. Elf is raiding the piggy bank

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You’ll need to stuff the Elf into the balloon then blow it up. Push it in head first – its quite hard to do feet first!