Elf on the Shelf is a fun-filled Christmas Tradition for children everywhere. Here are 20 Elf on the Shelf Ideas for your children to welcome one of Santa’s Elves in their home during each each holiday season.

Have you had an Elf? Elf on the Shelf that is. If you haven’t started the Elf on the Shelf tradition with your family yet, this is the year! It is so much fun!! There is still time to get your very own Elf on the Shelf for your children! Just in time for the holiday season that is fast approaching! Although, after years of coming up with new antics, I sometimes get stumped for ideas.

Here are some of my favorite

Elf on the Shelf Ideas:

Making An Arrival:

Bringing donuts and hot cocoa for breakfast:

Playing the Violin

Stealing Advent Chocolates:

Laser Game with Buzz Lightyear

Crashed at the North Pole

Roasting Marshmallows with Friends

Stole the Remote

Building Snowmen

Crafting with Elf on the Shelf

Visiting the Loo

Being a Knight & Shining Elf

Playing dead in a sarcophagus

Taken Captive by Little Creatures

Playing the Piano

Need a little help from a Nutcracker

Jousting with Skylanders

Capturing Spiderman

Catching a ride from ToothLess

Riding a Hot Air Balloon back to the North Pole

What is Elf on the Shelf?

The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition is a 2005 children’s picture book, written and self-published by American author Carol Aebersold and daughter Chanda Bell and illustrated by Coë Steinwart, featuring a Christmas-themed tale, written in rhyme, that explains how Santa knows who is naughty and who is nice.

In accordance with the traditional story, The Elf on the Shelf usually begins at Thanksgiving and continues until Christmas Eve when the elves return to the North Pole until the next holiday season. The Elf on the Shelf comes in a keepsake box that features a hardbound picture book and a small soft toy in form of a pixie scout elf.