I jumped on the bandwagon. Drew is almost 3 and I figured he could finally understand the concept of an Elf watching him and reporting him to Santa. We're seeing more and more of the 'trying threes' and I was really hoping this thing would help his behavior.
We've read the book, discussed the Elf, named him Jolly (Drew picked it out) and fingers were crossed his magic would bring us a household of no tantrums.
6 days in, however, I've realized that it's not working. Jolly sucks. Perhaps I'm not putting enough effort into it (sorry you pinterest worthy mothers with awesome Elf ideas), but I think it's just that he's too young for it to actually work. Oh well. I've started this tradition and I'm not giving up on it now. Next year will be better, so this year I'm just enjoying his face when he spots Jolly each morning.
Here are my attempts to be cutesy with Jolly. Don't judge. I don't have time to set up an entire hollywood stage each morning for this overpriced felt figure.
Day 1: This was Jolly's introduction into the family. Dump truck, 'snow' balls, a new book for Drew and a note from Santa who has exactly the same handwriting as me. Odd.
Day 1: This was Jolly's introduction into the family. Dump truck, 'snow' balls, a new book for Drew and a note from Santa who has exactly the same handwriting as me. Odd.
Day 2: He rode the train right in from the front door.
Day 3: He brought Drew a shaker that sounds exactly like Santa's sleigh.
Day 4: Sneaking nillas from the cookie jar.
Day 5: Hanging from the chandelier. Real original right?
Day 6: Reading to all of Drew's animals.
Don't worry, you won't get a daily post on Jolly, or even weekly for that matter. I'm Elf the Shelfed out from people's pictures on Instagram and FB and refuse to bore you any further with ours.
Have a great weekend!
Day 3: He brought Drew a shaker that sounds exactly like Santa's sleigh.
Day 4: Sneaking nillas from the cookie jar.
Day 5: Hanging from the chandelier. Real original right?
Day 6: Reading to all of Drew's animals.
Don't worry, you won't get a daily post on Jolly, or even weekly for that matter. I'm Elf the Shelfed out from people's pictures on Instagram and FB and refuse to bore you any further with ours.
Have a great weekend!
Too cute! It might be just me...but I just move ours to a different spot every night. Usually no set up - he just moves to a tree, or a chandelier. My kids just like seeing where he lands. And mine doesn't get into mischief - my kids do enough of that!
ReplyDeleteLove the one with Jolly reading to Drew's 'friends'!
ReplyDeleteI love these so far! :) Super cute.
ReplyDeleteI like him riding on the train and reading to the stuffed animals. :) Cute.
ReplyDeleteI think the ones you did were super cute! I was debating doing the elf on a shelf this year with my son (he is three and a half) but decided to wait til next year because I wasn't sure how well he would understand it.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute! We do one with Charli and even did it last year (clearly it is more for Steven and I) hahaha!! We like it though and Charli LOVES seeing Jingle every morning and waves to him and says hi! Haha! And don't worry, Jingle usually just hangs out, no mischief or anything crazy!
ReplyDeleteIts funny -- I don't do Elf, I just know that I would get a few days in and having to create a mini mess of a scene would wear on me and I'd forget ... or slack off, and ruin it for the kids. But I *love* to see all the different scenes other people set up! Its cute in theory ... It just would NEVER work in our house!
ReplyDeleteI think it's a cute tradition and I think the things you've done with Jolly are great! Pinterest is the cause of way too much mom guilt so don't pay attention to it! just have fun with it! I haven't done it yet because I think Callie is too young to really understand so I hear where you are coming from.
ReplyDeleteI've been hiding this stupid elf every day and Arden couldn't care less...HA! Maybe next year?!? I'm impressed with your creativity thus far! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the reading to his animals!
ReplyDeleteClaire understands and will straighten up if I tell her I'm going to tell "Gary" what she is doing. She even started crying telling me not to tell him! Max, on the other hand.. could care less.
You're doing a lot better than I am at creating the stage every day for your elf. I love all your ideas! I pretty much just set ours in a new place each morning. I think I'll wait until Rosen is a little older and more interested in him to create scenes for our elf.
ReplyDeleteYou are doing great with the elf! Thankfully Aislynn is still too young for this. But hey, I'm all for better behavior!
ReplyDeleteI have one waiting in the closet but didn't get it out because E just wouldn't get it I don't think. Your ideas a really cute!
ReplyDeleteI think I'm the only person NOT doing elf on the shelf... Harper definitely isn't big enough to understand and I don't know what Wil would think. Although thinking about it he would probably love it.
ReplyDeleteThese are really good! We have an elf. He sits on our mantle. Don't think Mace would get it yet. Maybe next year! (And I'm going to steal your ideas :)))
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas! Thinking about doing this next year. I think Cash will get it more then. :)
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