Christmas 2021
Ok, I have all teenagers. They are too old for the traditional Elf on the Shelf. I wish they were younger, there are so many cute ideas out there for little kids. Since my kids are older, I didn't want to spend the money on the super cute book and real elf on the shelf. I thought I would put it out and they would think it was dumb and they were too old. I was so wrong, they loved it. I would recommend buying the real Elf on the Shelf, but I got this one at Hobby Lobby in the ornament Section on sale for $1.85 click here. It isn't meant to be used this way and is starting to fall apart, it is cute and posable though.
The first year I did it and they actually liked it, the second year they wanted to do it and took turns, and we skipped the house fire year. (Here's a link to some of our younger kid elf posts) I wasn't going to do it in 2019, then I decided it would bring laughter and happiness back into the home. We didn't get much of a Christmas that year. So, I spent hours looking up ideas for older kids/adults on Pinterest. (don't you just love Pinterest!). All of the ideas were either too childish, or too crude meant for adults. So, I took some of the ideas and made them into my own funny teachable moments. The kids loved it, so I kept doing it. You know your kids like it when they show their teenage/adult friends everyday and their friends laugh and are jealous because their elf is childish. Again, all my kids are all adults or really close to being adults. Maybe they just think I'm crazy, but that's ok too.
The toilet. I flushed to get the side walls wet and got the toilet seat wet. Opened and threw two packets of hot Chocolate with marshmallows all over it. I inserted a straw into another straw to make a long straw and taped the message to the lid.
Then, I sprayed the seat with water to get it wet.
By morning it looked way gross.
Ok this one is really basic. I couldn't get my printer to work and it was really late at night. So, this is what I came up with. It's an idea from when you used to see people's name and numbers written inside bathroom stalls. My kids didn't get it. I guess nobody does that anymore. I told them when I was a kid often times childish people would write the name and phone number on the bathroom stalls to get revenge at them. I guess it was more common before all the caller ID.
Boys are constantly trying to show off their muscles for the ladies at the gym.
Put your Elf's head in it's place.
I will try to add posts everyday of what our Elf did that night.
Check back tomorrow.
If you liked this post, you'll love our previous year Elf: