From their website:
The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition is an activity the entire family will enjoy. Based on the tradition Carol Aebersold began with her family in the 1970s, this cleverly rhymed children's book explains that Santa knows who is naughty and/or nice because he sends a scout elf to every home. During the holiday season, the elf watches children by day and reports to Santa each night. When children awake, the elf has returned from the North Pole and can be found hiding in a different location. This activity allows The Elf on the Shelf to become a delightful hide-and-seek game.
We read the story last night and as a family we came up with our elf's name, Happy. The boys went to bed thinking about Happy and in the morning they sprung out of bed ready to look for him. They searched high and low and eventually found him on the dining room chandelier. I will say that they were both disappointed that he wasn't real, which I found extremely surprising that they thought he would be. While eating breakfast Zane asked "why does Happy have a price tag coming out of his butt?" Of course I quickly made up a lie saying that that is his name tag and says he is from the north pole. So make a mental note to remove your elf's care tag. Find out where Happy appears by following me on twitter. I hope you enjoy your Elf on a Shelf as much as we do!
5 comments:
We're doing the same thing! Such fun! The only tricky part is remembering to move the elf by the time the boys get up in the morning...I've forgotten a couple times. He's not helping as much with behavior as I had hoped...maybe we need to read the book again! Enjoy! (ours is named Zap, BTW!) Happy Holidays Gretchen!
Oh I love the name Zap! Happy holidays Kari, thanks for stopping by.
Price tag on his butt.... so funny! Laughing in my coffee this morning :)
so hilarious, right Corie? Oh out of the mouth of babes!
Thanks for an idea, you sparked at thought from a angle I hadn’t given thoguht to yet. Now lets see if I can do something with it.
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