Day 18 (12/11) - Coloring book - Have your elf coloring way outside of the lines in your kids’ favorite coloring book. (Supplies Needed: Crayons, coloring book) You’ll need to be super sneaky for this one. Get a photo of the elf and your child as they are sleeping. It will surprise them in the morning!

Elf on the Shelf Calendar {UPDATED 2022} FREE Printable Elf on the Shelf Calendar {UPDATED 2022}

For this antic, you’ll need a slow cooker or just a pot. You will also need cotton balls, toilet paper, string & mini pegs. Place the elf or elves into the cotton ball filled slow cooker {or pot}, wrap toilet roll around their head like us girls do after a bath! Finally, hang up their clothes on pegs above or next to them. Ready to be hidden in the mornings post, sat by the fire or laid out with breakfast these elf advent calendar letters are the perfect Christmas activity for children of all ages! Someone once said…a goal without a plan is just a dream. How about this one? An elf without a plan is just a nightmare! Amirite?

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with a farewell idea on December 24, there’s no thinking required. Get ready to execute these fun ideas all A funny antic of one elf taping the other to the wall. You’ll need washy tape or froggy tape. Whichever you prefer. Just use something that won’t damage the surface your taping the elf too! It can get difficult trying to think about a new creative location or antic for twenty four nights straight. Especially in the middle of a busy Christmas season. Arriving in dinky little envelopes, numbered for each day, these enchanting notes will let children in on the top secret fun that goes on at the North Pole in the run up to Christmas! You can not imagine the magic and adventure they will learn!

Free Printable Elf on the Shelf Calendar with Loads of Ideas

As I mentioned above, the internet has thousands of creative elf ideas to use. It’s just a matter of searching.Build two lego walls, as high as you like. The elf on one side, an action toy on the other. Marshmallow ‘snowball’ fight!